The selected candidate will be responsible for project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource coordination, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, vendor coordination, testing, implementation, and overall project delivery.
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Lead complex IT projects through the complete project lifecycle.
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Develop and maintain detailed project management plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and deliverables.
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Manage project scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.
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Coordinate planning, requirements, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and project closure activities.
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Develop project estimates and coordinate revisions with technical team leads.
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Track project progress against approved schedules and take corrective action when required.
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Monitor project budgets and communicate financial impacts to stakeholders.
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Manage multiple project workstreams and prioritize activities based on business needs.
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Coordinate cross-functional teams including application, data, infrastructure, security, networking, and service management teams.
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Facilitate communication between business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and leadership.
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Manage vendor activities, deliverables, timelines, and issue resolution.
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Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies using a RAID Log.
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Develop risk mitigation strategies and track risks and issues through closure.
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Manage scope changes through established change management processes.
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Develop and maintain project communication plans and deliverables matrices.
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Prepare weekly and periodic project status reports.
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Present project status, risks, issues, recommendations, and milestones to senior leadership.
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Coordinate system testing, quality assurance activities, peer reviews, and implementation activities.
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Coordinate project-specific training, orientation, and knowledge-transfer activities.
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Ensure project deliverables meet established business, technical, quality, schedule, and budget requirements.
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Follow established PMO standards, methodologies, policies, and procedures.
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Conduct project reviews and final project evaluations with stakeholders.
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Serve as the primary point of contact for project-related issues and resolution.
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Proactively identify potential project problems and develop mitigation strategies.
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Balance project team workload and resource capacity.
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Mentor junior project management staff when required.
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Prepare and deliver project presentations and proposals as needed.
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Active PMI PMP Certification with 5+ years of active certification
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Strong experience as a Senior IT Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Program Manager
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Proven experience managing complex IT projects through the complete SDLC
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Strong experience with project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource management
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Experience with Risk, Issue, Assumption, and Dependency Management
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Strong RAID Log management experience
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Experience with change and scope management
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Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills
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Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams
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Experience managing vendors and implementation partners
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Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
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Must currently reside in Pennsylvania
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Ability to work onsite in Harrisburg, PA at least one day per month
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Experience with large-scale enterprise IT implementations
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Experience with application implementation or system replacement projects
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Experience with business process reengineering
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Experience with government, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments
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Experience managing long-term projects with 8–12+ month delivery cycles
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Experience coordinating application, data, security, networking, infrastructure, and service management teams
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Experience with Daptiv or similar project management platforms
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Experience with Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, Excel, or PowerPoint
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