Project Manager - W2 Only

About this Position:

Job Title: Project Manager

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Manages assigned IT projects and coordinates with all stakeholders from inception to completion to achieve the desired outcome.

• Works with project team to identify and document project scope/charter, budget (where applicable), resources, project schedules including milestones and risks, and project deliverables.

• Establishes meeting cadence for each project to ensure projects remain on budget and on schedule.

• Maintains project team accountability through tracking budget, milestones, risk mitigation actions, issues, and task assignments. Escalates issues timely to applicable stakeholder(s).

• Collaborates with others to establish project meeting agendas and produces project team meeting notes including providing project status updates and reports to stakeholders.

• Closes out each project in a timely and orderly manner, with documentation of lessons learned and finalizing of essential project documentation.

• Maintains accurate master IT project list.

• Produces required IT project related presentation and supplemental materials for meetings including steering committee and strategic planning meetings.

• Work with IT Management and Project Management Office to develop, document, and codify the project planning, implementation, and management methodology for adoption by the client.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5+ years of project management experience.

• 3+ years project management experience in managing enterprise level IT projects.

• 3+ years of experience with budgeting.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Experience managing system modernization iniatives.

• Experience working with state clients.

• Experience collaborating with external vendors.

• Active PMP certification.

• Experience with ServiceNow.

Required Education:

• A bachelor's degree in the business management, public administration, information technology, or other related field of study.

Additional Skills:

• Strong verbal communication and written skills with the ability to compose clear, concise reports, documents and correspondence.

• Thorough understanding of information technology concepts, terminology and standards.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

• Ability to effectively plan and organize work activities and prioritize task completion according to schedules and goals.

• Ability to lead and influence.

• Ability to understand and clearly communicate complex projects.

• Considerable diplomacy and tact exhibited in stressful situations.

• Employee must develop and maintain knowledge of agency mission, goals and objectives.