Project Management Specialist (On-site from Day One)

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Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.

If you are interested in furthering your career with Kyra and help us improve theway governments serve their citizens, please send your resume, and make sure to include salary expectation, availability, and contact information. You do not want to miss this opportunity!

Title

Project Management Specialist (On-site from Day One)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

* Minimum of five years experience in business process reengineering and documentation.
* Knowledge of project management tools, methods, and best practices such as those defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
* Knowledge of the ideologies, techniques, and tools for quality assurance and control, and the ability to put those into practice.
* Knowledge of transportation technology operations.
* Expertise in project management, process management and business systems requirements definition.
* Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.
* Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
* Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and prioritize work assignments for him/herself or lower-level team members.
* Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
* Knowledge of project management practices and agile methodologies.
* Knowledge of Rules 60GG-1 through 5, F.A.C.

Primary Responsibilities

* Designs, implements, evaluates, and audits project management processes and templates for the Application Services office.
* Compiles metrics relating to IT project success, project attributes, and individual productivity and adherence to defined processes.
* Serves as a resource to project managers and project leaders to educate and assist them with implementing project management processes and making improvements/changes.
* Provides administrative support to project managers and project leaders.
* Organizes, publishes, and maintains project-related documentation and templates in various sources.
* Continually communicates with both project managers and assigned staff to ensure the needs of both are being met.
* Gather and document the goals and objectives related to Application Services business strategy and help document them as requirements for the application, infrastructure, and development plans.
* Act as a liaison between Application Services and other client business units.
* Understand technical problems and solutions in relation to the current, as well as the future, business environment. Must be able to suggest plans to integrate new and existing processes.
* Identify processes for improvement, document existing processes, identify and analyze gaps between current processes and the desired state, design new processes, develop process performance measures and plan the transition to a new process.
* Participate in continuous review and update to ensure that processes meet changing business unit conditions.
* Monitors, implements, and/or maintains quality assurance processes.
* Assist in the business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing remediation, modernization, and migration efforts in the enterprise environment.
* Assist with the documentation of business cases and feasibility studies. This includes facilitating work sessions to elicit and prioritize remediation, modernization, and migration requirements.
* Assist with the translation of high-level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or functional specifications.
* Coordinate the development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for computing asset remediation, modernization, and/or migration. Present to management, business users, and technical staff.
* Assist with User Acceptance Testing. Draft test cases, execute test cases, and document test results.
* Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregated information into meaningful pieces.
* Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of business processes.
* Prepare proposed business rules, develop, monitor, and implement knowledge transfer activities.

Education

* Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or financial-related field and five years professional work experience. Work experience can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the degree. Special consideration will be given to candidates with Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification or similar agile/project management certifications.

Location

Tallahassee, FL

Duration

Long-Term

Why Kyra?

Founded in 1997, Kyra Solutions is a national leader of transportation technology and regulatory solutions in government. We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service and tailored solutions has supported our consistent double-digit growth for over a decade. We are headquartered in the greater Tampa Bay area with other offices across Florida and an innovation center in Silicon Valley, CA.

Because of our dedication to our employees, we have won one of the Best Companies to Work for in Florida 2 years in a row by Florida Trend magazine. Kyra has won other numerous awards including the coveted INC magazine s one of America s Fastest Growing Companies several years in a row. Kyra s commitment to our employees, to best practices in project management and business analysis, and to solution development has led to our achievement in becoming the first Project Management Institute certified company in Florida. Our proven successful track record has resulted in several prestigious awards including the State of Florida's Diversity Business of the Year Award. We are proud to be a sponsor for the TaxWatch Productivity Awards and partner to Florida TaxWatch. for more information.

Background & References

Verifiable professional references will be required along with the resume; however, references will be checked/contacted after the interview and before the project starts. Level two background check will be done on the selected candidate for employment, criminal (State & Federal), education, and others as mandated by the client. Please make sure your resume and all other information provided are accurate. Any misrepresentation will mean permanent disqualification by the client. Equal employment opportunity employer.