The PM directs, administers, manages, and facilitates enhancement, re-engineering of a business process or a developmental project. The PM is the individual ultimately responsible with the Bureau of EMS, Executive Sponsor, Vendor, various impacted IT areas and other stakeholders as defined. The PM’s primary responsibility is to drive the entire effort from start to finish. The PM must ensure that the project is completed on schedule, within the defined budget and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.
The selected contractor must be familiar with the five (5) phases along with inputs/outputs identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that combine to turn a project idea into a working product. The PM will need to rely on their proven experience leading projects to a successful implementation, and their judgment, to plan and accomplish goals. Strong interpersonal skills are required when consulting with the program area and various IT teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions.
The role description is outlined below:
Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering or development of a high priority, high profile, and commonwealth enterprise – wide information technology project of strategic importance.
- Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
- Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the commonwealth.
- Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
- Works with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.
- Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
- Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort.
- Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
- Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
- Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
Skills:
At least 7 years of relevant Project Manager experience directly managing technical initiatives with a large complement of project team members.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years preferably through the PMI Institute.
Required
A four (4) year college degree or equivalent technical study is preferred
Experience implementing SaaS solutions is highly desired
Strong background in Public Health with an emphasis on Emergency Medical Services (EMS)is highly desired
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