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Title: Project Manager
Location: St. Paul, MN
Duration: 6+ Months with possible extensions
Positions: 3
Slots: 1
Interview type: In-Person
Description of Project
The Metropolitan Council (Met Council) is seeking up to three (3) full-time resource to serve as Project Managers for multi-year transit program initiatives that are both highly visible and impactful to Twin Cities residents. The ideal candidate has experience as a Project Manager implementing cloud-based software.
At a high level, the resources will provide strategic leadership while managing complex dependencies to deliver projects that have aggressive schedules on behalf of the Met Council.
Project / Program Planning & Management
- Develop comprehensive project plans using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
- Define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties / vendors for execution of projects within baselines.
- Utilize departmental tools for project management, tracking, and reporting.
Team Leadership
- Lead project teams and manage / coach junior project managers as appropriate to ensure service delivery.
- Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.
- Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.
- Accountable to lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within assigned projects.
- Ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Stakeholder Management
- Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors.
- Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.
- Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.
Risk & Issue Management
- Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.
- Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.
Budget & Resource Management
- Develop and manage project budgets, per governance requirements.
- Allocate resources effectively to ensure project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.
- Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.
Transformation & Organizational Change Management
- Lead transformation and change management scope within projects and programs as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.
Process Improvement
- Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO
- Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects
- o Note:Highest completed degree in the following majors: Computer Science, Business Management, or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.
- Associates degree counts as two years of experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher counts as four years of experience
- Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.
- PMP Certification
- CSM Certification
- 2 years experience with Microsoft Project
- 1 years experience with Azure DevOps