Overview
Skills
Job Details
PMP CERTIFICATION REQUIRED with experience in Scaled Agile environment, VITA certification is preferred. Strong oral and written communication skills required.
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Asset Management Division is seeking a senior technical Project Manager to manage and deliver complex IT Project(s) with multiple teams and work streams coordinated to an aggressive delivery schedule.
Project Manager is responsible for the outcome of the assigned projects. The Project Manager leads the team through the Commonwealth Standard for Project Management for successful completion of the project phases:
Preselect
Initiation
Planning
Execution and Control
Closeout.
The selected candidate will
Serve as a hands-on technical project manager with development staff and business groups
Coordinate and communicate with Information Technology Division management and staff to coordinate work staff and resourcing.
Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff
Facilitate multi-functional technical team collaboration.
Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and contractors in the execution of projects, including contract management, and work with procurement office(s).
Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
Coordinate with VDOT and VITA project management offices.
Maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status and disseminate information to team members and customers as defined in the communication plan.
Ensure documentation of requirements and use cases, facilitate design workshops for assigned project.
Ensure preparation of test objectives, test plans and test cases for assigned project.
Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for on-time and on-budget delivery.
Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with project metrics.
Support system and application training efforts.
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Experience managing large MultiStream projects valued at $10M or greater each
Required
10
Years
Experience in IT infrastructure delivery (Networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning)
Required
10
Years
Experience in both Scaled Agile and Waterfall Project Management
Required
10
Years
PMP Certification
Required
VITA Certification
Highly desired
Agile Scrum Master Certification
Desired
SAFe Scrum Master Certification
Desired
Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
Required
10
Years
Experience managing projects with high visibility and high stakes
Required
10
Years
Experience managing projects that had to coordinate with at least one external team.
Required
10
Years
Experience managing a project as part of a larger program and under PMO governance.
Required
10
Years
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, Management Information Systems, Project Management or Finance/Business
Required
4
Years