Overview:Quantam Solutions provides IT solutions and consulting for various clients. We offer competitive hourly wages, health benefits, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan. We are currently seeking a
Senior IT Project Manager.
Five years of a Scrum Master Certification is required. An active PMP Certification is highly desired. Candidates must be located within 90 miles of Dimondale, MI. Interviews will be in person in Dimondale, MI. There is no option for a video interview. The work schedule is hybrid, with two days onsite (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Dimondale, MI. There is no option for a fully remote work schedule. A Bachelor's Degree is required for this position.
Job Description:This position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist our client with a multi-year high priority project. This role, as part of our client's Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with our client's Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders in the delivery of various projects for our client.
The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management. This position requires the PM to be working in person for two days a week and three days remote.
Basic Duties: - Utilize our client's Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and management budgets.
- Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from executives, managers and project team members.
- Accountable for monitoring, controlling, and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
- Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, particularly the project sponsors, project team members, program managers, and client management, on the status of the project, using appropriate communication methods.
- Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
- Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain the following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle:
- Project Charter - Project Schedule - Project Budget - Communication Plan - Project Status Report - Risk and Issue Management Plans - Change Requests - Project Closedown Summary
- Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies.
- Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
- Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope, schedule, or budget. This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
- Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
- Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases. Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
- Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
- Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.
Required Skill Sets: - Seven years of in-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices.
- Seven years of proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role.
- Seven years of experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs.
- Seven years of experience developing and delivering project status.
- Five years of experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity.
- Five years of advanced working knowledge of MS Project.
- Five years of experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.
- Five years of oversight of Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.
- Five years of experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS).
- Five years of experience managing multi-vendor environments in a government environment.
- Five years of developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules.
- Five years of prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience.
- Five years of Scrum Master Certified.
- Five years of System Security Plans (SSP).
- Five years of Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM).
Desired Skill Sets: - Three years of possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Skills:IT Project Management,Project Budget,Project Schedule,Change Requests,Project Risk,Issue Logs,Project Status Reporting,Clarity,Microsoft Project,Stakeholder Management,System Architecture,Government Environment,Multi-Vendor Environment,System Security Plans (SSP),Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM)