Project Manager

Job Description:

• The client 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 client and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
• Coordinate with client 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 onbudget delivery.
• Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with project metrics.
• Support system and application training efforts.

Required:

• Experience managing large MultiStream projects valued at $10M or greater each
• Experience in IT infrastructure delivery (Networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning)
• PMP Certification
• Experience in both Scaled Agile and Waterfall Project Management
• VITA Certification
• Agile Scrum Master Certification
• SAFe® Scrum Master Certification
• Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
• Experience managing projects with high visibility and high stakes
• Experience managing projects that had to coordinate with at least one external team.
• Experience managing a project as part of a larger program and under PMO governance.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, Management Information Systems, Project Management or Finance/Business