Senior IT Project Manager

Short Description:

Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI framework.

Complete Description:

Only local candidates will be considered for this position.

OVERVIEW

Minimum five years or more project management experience. Capable of managing a technical, software, and/or data and reporting-centric IT projects with 10 or more staff and/or a project with multiple subprojects.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Designs, plans, and coordinates IT work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project kickoff, progress and close-out reports, and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan as/where appropriate. Builds an effective team inclusive of the right IT technical and business-facing subject matter experts and user testers. Assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project team members. Handles complex application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required for complex application features. Generally manages a group of applications systems analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Executive presence. Professional certification is highly desirable.

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION

Project Manager capabilities with 5 or more years of experience. Capable of managing a project with up to ten (10) or more staff and/or a projects with multiple subprojects.

Skills:

 
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Expertise Rating
Move

Experience in IT Project Management
Required
5
Years
 
 

Prior experience working on large data, business intelligence, or software projects as a Senior IT PM
Highly desired
 
 
 

 

Experience managing projects within Azure DevOps
Required
 
 
 
 

Strong knowledge of information systemsdevelopment life cycle, information technology,project tools and approaches to developmentand implemention
Required
 
 
 

 

Experience with Waterfall methodology
Required
 
 
 
 

Experience with Agile methodology
Required
 
 
 
 

Ability to translate technology terms and explainconcepts of SDLC to program/business folkswho have little to no exposure to large softwareprojects
Required
 
 
 

 

Ability to work with technical team members,and other IT professionals to flesh out projectplans and risk registers and overcome obstacles
Required
 
 
 

 

Strong communication and presentation skills
Required
 
 
 
 

PMP Certified
Highly desired
 
 
 
 

Questions:

Question 1

Selected candidate will be required to work onsite 3 days per week. Please confirm the resource understands this requirement.

Question 2

This position will go through two rounds of interviews. First interview will be via Teams and the second interview in-person. Please confirm the resource understands this requirement.

Agency Interview Type:

In person only

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid