Project Manager

Job Role: Project Manager

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Position Description:

The PM usually works under the direction of a Senior PM or user agency personnel and manages or oversees all aspects of one or more IT projects while interacting with mid-level officials of similar capacity at the user agency and private sector. The PM determines appropriate products or services with clients or customers to define project scope, requirements and deliverables; develops, modifies or provides input to project plans; implements project plans to meet objectives; coordinates and integrates project activities; manages, leads or administers project resources; monitors project activities and resources to mitigate risk; implements or maintains quality assurance processes; makes improvements, solves problems or takes corrective action when problems arise; gives presentations or briefings on all aspects of the project; participates in phase, milestone and final project reviews; identifies project documentation requirements or procedures; and develops and implements project schedules and release plans. The PM; designs or conducts analytical studies, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses or other research; evaluates, monitors or ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures; identifies standards or requirements change management; participates in change control (for example, reviewing change requests); implements information systems security plans and procedures; and ensures appropriate product-related training and documentation are developed and made available to customers.

Skills Required:

The PM will possess knowledge and experience in customer service; decision making; flexibility; interpersonal skills; leadership; organizational awareness; problem solving, reasoning; team building; oral communication, speaking and writing; business process reengineering; capital planning and investment assessment; contracting/procurement; cost-benefit analysis; financial management; planning and evaluating; project management; quality assurance; requirements analysis and risk management; configuration, data, and information management; information resources strategy and planning; information technology architecture; information technology performance assessment; infrastructure design; systems integration; systems life cycle; and technology awareness.

Skills Preferred:

Strong project coordination skills across technical and programmatic teams. Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including sprint planning and project tracking tools such as Jira. Proficiency in translating business needs into clear technical specifications and documentation. Understanding of modular data system design and data flow mapping. Familiarity with GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines, Unity Catalog role-based access controls, Databricks medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) for staging data products in Dev and Prod environments.

Experience Required:

This classification requires a minimum of five (5) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible PM project experience applying project management (PM) principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least three (3) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity.

Experience Preferred:

• 2 Year Experience leading cross-functional technical projects focused on system or workflow enhancements.
• 2 Year Experience working with data entry, analytics, engineering, and program teams to align technical development with end-user needs.
• 2 Year Experience contributing to data integration or transformation efforts, particularly those involving reporting or data product development.