ONLY CANDIDATES THAT POSSESS AN ACTIVE PMI PMP CERTICATION FOR A MINIMUM OF '5' YEARS WILL BE CONSIDERED. Need to be local to Pennsylvania.
REQUIREMENT ALSO INCLUDES UPLOADING A COPY OF THE CANDIDATES 'ACTIVE' PMP CERTIFICATION.
The primary objective of this engagement is to serve as the Lead PM for the implementation and enhancement of several large, critical IT projects. One key project will be the iSMART (aka Training Management System (TMS) replacement) along with continued support of the Web Infrastructure for Treatments (WITS) product.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
The Project Manager directs, administers, manages, and facilitates an enhancement, re-engineering of a business process or a developmental project. The PM is the individual ultimately responsible for the DDAP program implementation. The PM’s primary responsibility is to drive the entire effort from start to finish. The PM must ensure that the project is completed on schedule, within the defined budget and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.
The selected contractor must be familiar with the five (5) phases along with inputs/outputs identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that combine to turn a project idea into a working product. The PM will need to rely on their proven experience leading projects to a successful implementation, and their judgment, to plan and accomplish goals. Strong interpersonal skills are required when consulting with the program area and various IT teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions.
- Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
- Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for the complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the commonwealth
- Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
- Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
- Ensure all changes to scope follow processes outlined in the Change Management Plan and are documented.
- Work closely with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution Management, Networking, Security and Service Management teams, as required, identifying tasks for the project schedule to support the implementation.
- Create, review, and obtain approval of the Communication Plan and Deliverables Matrix to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and management.
- Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Identify and manage project risk and issues, through the use of a RAID Log. Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure. Engage management in a proactive manner.
- Following the HHS DC IT Daptiv guidelines. Provide weekly project updates.
- Deliver presentations, as necessary.
- Ensure project compliance with HHS DC IT PMO standards and procedures.
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