PMO Manager, Remote, $55/HR ON W2 ONLY, Multi year long Project

Core Skills

• Strong facilitation skills to guide internal and client stakeholders.

• Strong organizational skills for resource management, compliance reporting, document management, and workflow coordination.

• Strong attention to documentation, deliverables, and presentation materials.

Technical & Methodological Skills

• Strong command of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and traditional project management methodologies.

• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, sprint plans, and phase gate documentation.

Tools & Platforms

• Jira / Azure DevOps or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.

• Project & Portfolio Management tools such as MS Project, Clarity, Primavera.

• Collaboration tools including Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

Overall Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing large-scale IT projects or multi-year transformation programs.

• Experience delivering projects in Hybrid Agile environments combining iterative development and waterfall controls.

• Experience working with state agencies or government systems (preferred).

• Proven ability to manage multi-vendor delivery teams, architecture workstreams, and large stakeholder groups.

Program Governance & Phase Gate Management

• Facilitate project progress through Hybrid Agile phases:

  • Initiation → Planning → Design & Development → Testing & Validation → Transition → Post Implementation.

• Ensure compliance with governance artifacts such as Project Charter, PM Plan, RA Matrix, Requirements Baseline, and Roadmaps.

• Coordinate with PMO, Architecture, OCM, QA, and IV&V stakeholders across the transformation office.

Agile Delivery Leadership

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, and retrospectives.

• Ensure alignment between sprint cycles and release plans.

• Track and report Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown, risks, and dependencies.

Scope, Schedule & Risk Management

• Build and manage integrated project workplans across Agile and waterfall workstreams.

• Conduct fit-gap and feasibility analysis with technical teams.

• Perform continuous risk assessment and mitigation across vendors, systems integration, security, and compliance.

Stakeholder & Change Management

Cutover, Release & Transition Management

Leadership & Communication