IT Project Manager (Locals Preferred)

IT Project Manager

Location: Saint Paul, MN

Job Description:

Client is seeking one full-time Project Manager to work in the Fiscal and Administrative Services (FAS) division on various projects, mainly the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).

At a high level, the resource will:

• Provide leadership and guidance for projects
• Provide strategic vision and thinking with focus on outcomes
• Create clear and attainable project objectives
• Create clear and attainable project requirements
• Manage project constraints of cost, time, and scope
• Form close links with team members and stakeholders

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and guidance for projects
• Provide strategic vision and thinking with focus on outcomes
• Create clear and attainable project objectives
• Create clear and attainable project requirements
• Manage project constraints of cost, time and scope
• Form close links with team members and stakeholders
• Direct & manage project development from beginning to end
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
• Estimate project resource requirements and participants needed to achieve goals including changes during where necessary
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Establish project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables
• Manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans as appropriate
• Communicate project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely & clear fashion when necessary
• Manage multiple smaller projects
• Provide knowledge transfer

Required Skills:

• Five (5) years of experience in an IT Project Management role
• Two (2) engagements lasting more than six months in an IT Project Manager role
• Demonstrable leadership ability
• PMP certification.