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The candidate will be supporting The Ohio Department of Transportation s Office (DOT) of Data Governance. This may involve leading projects related to Data Governance, Geographic Information System (GIS), or Transportation Asset Management program areas.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities include:
- Organizes, manages, and directs project team tasks and assures the proper application of PMO standards, tools, and methodologies in project work.
- Develops the project plan.
- Supervises and manages the project Stakeholders, the project team and project communications.
- Manages project risks, issues, and changes.
- Oversees and manages the project schedule and project budget.
- Manages conflicts and ensures successful project delivery.
The candidate will be supporting The Ohio Department of Transportation s Office of Data Governance. This may involve leading projects related to Data Governance, Geographic Information System (GIS), or Transportation Asset Management program areas.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities include:
- Organizes, manages, and directs project team tasks and assures the proper application of PMO standards, tools, and methodologies in project work.
- Develops the project plan.
- Supervises and manages the project Stakeholders, the project team and project communications.
- Manages project risks, issues, and changes.
- Oversees and manages the project schedule and project budget.
- Manages conflicts and ensures successful project delivery.
The ideal candidate would have the technical qualifications specified below:
- Proven experience as a lead project manager, overseeing all phases of the project lifecycle from planning to implementation.
- Develop, adjust, and update estimates for project phases (planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation).
- Ensure scope changes are documented, approved, and aligned with client expectations.
- Monitor project milestones and phases to ensure adherence to schedule, proactively managing risks and delays.
- Prepare and share periodic status reports with stakeholders, providing clear updates on progress and potential challenges.
- Create and manage detailed program plans, ensuring alignment with service commitments, performance metrics, and strategic goals.
- Lead the final program evaluation for stakeholder approval upon completion, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
- Tailor and baseline program templates, ensuring compliance with standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Lead scheduling and oversight of reviews, inspections, and quality assurance activities across the program.
- Coordinate with team leads to adjust estimates, manage timelines, and ensure successful execution of work packages.
- Present proposals to agencies and analyze program metrics to track and implement improvement measures.
- Manage program scope, risks, and change approvals, fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and customer representatives.
- Anticipate and resolve issues proactively, addressing conflicts with sensitivity and tact.
- Ensure that program standards, procedures, and metrics are consistently followed, driving continuous improvement.
- Communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure seamless project execution.
- Balance team workload, ensuring optimal capacity utilization, and plan program-specific training and orientation for team development.
- Experience developing project plans, inclusive of project scope, requirements, timelines and/or other project controls to ensure project success.
- Must have vendor management experience.
- Ability to develop strong client and working relationships with the team
- Experience working with government agencies is a plus
- Experience with geographic information systems (GIS) technologies
- Experience with transportation asset management concepts
- Experience with data governance concepts
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Visio
- Must have strong communication skills; both written and spoken
- Must have ability to work in a team environment
Required Skill:
- 8 years Project/Program Management experience
- 4 years experience with full lifecycle implementation projects from requirements definition through implementation
- 3 years experience hands-on expertise with Microsoft Office products including Project and Visio
Preferred Skills:
Current PMP certification
Questions
Q1 - Candidates must be local to Ohio. Where does your candidate currently reside?.
Q2 The resource will be required to be onsite at 1980 West Broad St, Columbus, 5 days a week. Does your candidate agree to this requirement?
Q3 - Do you understand, and will abide by, the provision in your subcontract with OST that it is PROHIBITED for government equipment to be taken or used outside of the United States? The consequences of this occurring can and will result in immediate termination of the contractor and make them ineligible for rehire in the program.