The project manager will be responsible for planning and managing small to major IT projects that may or may not be underway for client’s various business units. The individual will manage a team composed of subject matter experts, IT staff, and/or contractor resources doing planning work, confirming functional requirements, defining interfaces, establishing test and training plans, provide IT consulting activities that objectively assess, identify, advise, evaluate and recommend IT business application and or IT program solutions. Some current project types include but are not limited to:

• Implementation of new IT systems or software,
• Definition and implementation of automated interfaces between existing IT systems,
• IT infrastructure projects such as a software upgrade or hardware deployment projects,
• On-going upgrade and enhancement projects for existing applications

Required Skills:

Other responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Manage and integrate project resources including oversight of the project team. Exercise PM best practices for the Project and oversee and perform project activities consistent with the nine knowledge areas including: Procurement Management, Schedule Management, Integration Management, Scope Management, Cost Management, Human Resources Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, and Communications Management.
• Implement organizational change management that includes a holistic approach and process for leading the Agency(ies) and its people through the planned changes from the project including:
  • Building buy-in for the change(s);
  • Anchoring the change(s) in business operations;
  • Ensuring that the people in the organization are ready, willing, and able to adopt the change(s);
  • Managing and measuring the change(s) so that the change(s) implemented are sustained and the desired benefits of the changes are realized.
• Create and manage updating of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) and Risk Registry.
• Create and manage updating of the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that describes and provides a numbering system for all project requirements for traceability through testing.
• Oversee appropriate updates to the Project Management Plan and related project components as outlined in the SDLC.
• Participate in Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) assessments.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Business, Information Technology or other related discipline. Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification.
• Seven (7) years demonstrable experience leading Application Development and Integration in similar environments.
• Five (5) years of COTS implementation experience specifically relating to four of these types of systems: Asset Management, Budget Systems, Document Management Systems, Financial Systems, Geographic Information System (GIS), Infrastructure Support, Maintenance Management, Management Reporting, Procurement Systems, Project/Program/Portfolio Management Systems, and Business Process Improvement.
• Five (5) years of experience leading efforts where SDLC, Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies were employed.
• Good Oral and written communication skills, contract management skills, and coordination and organizational skills.
• Demonstrate ability to document at a professional level of expertise in project management and produce high quality deliverables.