Project Manager

Company / Department culture (why do you enjoy working for the company – selling points for potential candidates):
TEAM FOCUSED ON RESULTS.
LOTS of collaborative design. Every team member has the opportunity to work, develop and resolve issues independently in an efficient way.

Scope of the project:
The DSS DIVISION OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES manages the Operations of the Palmetto Automated Child Support System (PACSS) WHICH is the Federal Certified Child Support system of record for the State of South Carolina. The PACSS SYSTEM REQUIRES Project Management services to manage on-going maintenance and operations activities, including management of M&O system vendor contract.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
This position will work collaboratively in a leadership position within the DTS team and with close collaboration of the Child Support Services Division (CSSD) and will perform the following:

• Using the PMI project management principles, leads the PACSS team in efforts to manage, coordinate and oversee a vendor team that provides on-going system Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services for the new Palmetto Automated Child Support System (PACSS).
• As the Project Manager, leads initiatives across multiple functions and teams by planning, directing, and coordinating to the project objectives with consideration for risk.
• Plays a leading role in managing the agency's formal application change management process; ensures that requests for application changes are vetted and prioritized; manages these changes throughout the entire software development life cycle.
• Works with State and Vendor project teams to ensure that reported system defects are properly documented, triaged, prioritized and resolved; Working with the vendor team, manages these code changes throughout the software development life cycle.
• Working with state and vendor team resources, ensures that an accurate project schedule, detailing all approved work, is properly updated and maintained.
• Develops and delivers monthly management reports showing progress of work against the approved schedule; Provides state project team with guidance and instruction to collect needed data and metrics for these reports; Presents progress report findings to DSS executive management
• Plays a leading role in developing plans and process for system O&M knowledge transfer from vendor team to State team member.
• Works with management and other Project Leaders to continually identify and implement organization-wide process improvements.
• Lead the IRS PUB 1075 Audit Activities for the SC57X-CS for the PACSS system.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 7+ years' experience as a project manager using PMI project management methodologies,
• 7+ years' experience in information technology including computing, telecommunications, printing, data storage, data transmission etc.
• 7+ years of experience with large scale production system implementation.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience related to Child Support Enforcement system design and development
• Experience with TFS, MS Project, SharePoint, or PowerBI.

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree

Required Certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP)