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Position Description:
Senior PM has full responsibility to manage and oversee all aspects of the most complex IT projects to deliver an IT product, service or system. This includes but is not limited to managing both external and internal IT project teams, and interacting with department heads, agency secretaries at the user agency, State control agencies, and individuals of similar status and capacity in the private sector. The Senior 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 Senior 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 for 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 Senior 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 planning skills, organizational awareness, and interpersonal effectiveness to successfully navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Ability to facilitate collaboration between technical teams, program leads, and data stakeholders. Possess strong problem-solving skills to proactively identify and resolve project impediments, manage competing priorities, and maintain momentum. Familiarity with common issues encountered in enterprise data and system integration projects. Technical knowledge sufficient to evaluate data-related project components, validate deliverables, and guide effective decision-making. Experience working within Agile teams and managing Kanban boards to coordinate iterative delivery, track progress, and communicate status to stakeholders. A demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams, coordinate input from multiple sources, and support change management.
Experience Required:
This classification requires a minimum of seven (7) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been as a senior PM of one or more large or complex IT project.
Experience Preferred:
Verified management of at least three (3) complex IT or Enterprise data-related projects during the past four (4) out of five (5) years that required the application of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile methodologies to manage cross-functional teams project management principles across multiple and diverse stakeholder agencies, including the assessment and evaluation of business processes, data governance practices, or system integration outcomes. Preferred verified experience includes working with Jira for project tracking and Confluence for documentation and collaboration. Verified experience leading at least three (3) projects during the past four (4) out of five (5) years that involved data sharing across departments or organizations, with demonstrated use of problem-solving techniques to address data standardization, access, or interoperability challenges. Verified experience managing at least three (3) projects during the past four (4) out of five (5) years that required a working familiarity with cloud-based data management environments, system interfaces, and data quality assurance, as well as the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to data integration and system compatibility.
Education Required:
This classification requires the possession of (a) a bachelor s degree, and (b) a valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), which will be verified during the RFO process. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience.