Overview
On Site
$91 - $95
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
Finance
IT Management
Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Organizational Change Management
Presentations
Project Management
Publications
Recruiting
Reporting
Research
Resource Management
Status Reports
Strategic Planning
Target Audience
Technical Writing
Work Breakdown Structure
Communication
Communication Planning
Documentation
Estimating
Evaluation
Exceed
Facilitation
Leadership
Microsoft Visio
Process Reengineering
Project Documentation
Requirements Elicitation
SACWIS
Job Details
Job Title: Project Manager 3 Job ID: 25-09440 Location: Austin, TX Duration: 12 months of contract
The Project Manager is responsible for facilitating and leading project activities and work sessions comprising agency program and IT staff. The Project Manager will work closely with project sponsors on project decisions, risks, and issues. The Project Manager will document project activities, update status reports, schedules, resource plan, project estimates, and issue and action logs. The Project Manager will be required to use Microsoft Office Suite software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and MS Project. The Project Manager must have strong written and verbal communication skills and have the ability to analyze and resolve project issues.
Project Manager is responsible for the following:
The Project Manager is responsible for facilitating and leading project activities and work sessions comprising agency program and IT staff. The Project Manager will work closely with project sponsors on project decisions, risks, and issues. The Project Manager will document project activities, update status reports, schedules, resource plan, project estimates, and issue and action logs. The Project Manager will be required to use Microsoft Office Suite software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and MS Project. The Project Manager must have strong written and verbal communication skills and have the ability to analyze and resolve project issues.
Project Manager is responsible for the following:
- Coordinate, plan, and evaluate project(s) using defined project management methodologies.
- Monitor and manage project costs and reports information to IT leadership as assigned.
- Monitor and manage project quality to ensure project deliverables are acceptable and fulfill the terms of the project.
- Facilitate cross-program and external workgroups to set goals and objectives with the purpose of producing defined work products.
- Develop and maintain project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, risks and issue logs, action/decision tracking logs, communication plans, and status reports.
- Develop resource management plans to ensure proper staffing levels for each project.
- Identify risks/issues and develop mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate project activities with internal Client Dept staff, other state agencies, governmental jurisdictions, and community/private sector partners and contractors.
- Provide recommendations and proposals to senior and executive level management.
- Coordinate and communicate with project stakeholders, IT management, and program area staff to facilitate successful completion of project tasks.
- Prepare high-quality written presentations, updates, summaries, and other documents according to target audience needs.
- Perform project-related research and analysis tasks as assigned to report on requirements, to include state and federal requirements, and inform IT management of any risks or issues.
- Conduct research on complex topics, including assessment, analysis, and evaluation of federal regulations and communications, professional literature, and other publications to make determinations and recommendations related to state and federal legislation.
- Other duties as assigned.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
| Minimum Requirements: | ||
| Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. | ||
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 8 | Required | Working knowledge of Project Management Life Cycle processes and documentation |
| 8 | Required | Awareness and knowledge of systems and solutions that that promote efficiency, effectiveness, and enables direct delivery of services to clients. |
| 8 | Required | Experience in Business Process Redesign. |
| 8 | Required | Working knowledge of project documentation including project plans, work breakdown structures, issues logs, action logs, and decision tracking documents. |
| 8 | Required | Facilitating meetings, work sessions, requirements gathering sessions and conducting presentations with all levels of an organization to include direct delivery, senior, and executive leadership. |
| 8 | Required | Providing recommendations to key agency leadership |
| 8 | Required | Working knowledge in guiding various project teams; and subsets of teams within large enterprise projects. |
| 8 | Required | Experience managing competing interests from various project stakeholders and reaching consensus for appropriate next actions. |
| 8 | Required | Strong communication – verbal and written - skills with all levels of an organization to include direct delivery staff up to executive level leadership. |
| 8 | Required | Strong presentation and facilitation skills for leading work sessions and project team meetings. |
| 8 | Required | Experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project and SharePoint) |
| 5 | Required | Experience in implementing SACWIS/CCWIS systems |
| 1 | Preferred | Awareness or knowledge of DFPS systems and programs. |
Contact:
Jaya Balaji: | | URL:
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