Requirements

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent PM credential/education with a Minimum of 4 years of experience managing a portfolio of interdependent Information Technology (IT) projects.

• Minimum of 8 years experience managing cross-functional, multi-year IT projects demonstrating clear oral and written communications with all stakeholders; with a focus on application development, vendor software implementation and/or technology infrastructure projects.
• Experience tracking project deliverables, maintaining project budgets, managing procurements, maintaining vendor relationships, managing stakeholder relationships, tracking and resolving project risks and issues using the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) project management methodology.
• Experience managing and implementing projects utilizing industry standard development life cycle methodologies; with a focus on iterative project planning and application development/execution.  

Responsibilities

• Facilitating successful completion of IT projects by working across project team boundaries in a matrix environment to secure resources, resolve issues, and set project timeline and milestones.
• Manage project using a Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) based project management methodology containing well defined and documented processes, templates, and guidelines for all project phases, the adherence to which is required and managed by a formal Project Management Office.
• Prepare and manage Project Management Plan including but not limited to: scope statement, schedule, budget, quality plan, risks, issues and communication plan, etc.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level documents including presentations, proposals and training materials;
• Track Project performance to ensure goals are being met;
• Identify and facilitate communications with stakeholder groups;
• Utilize formal project change process and communicate all changes with all stakeholders;
• Communication of project status and updates at all levels of organization, with internal stakeholders, project team and executive staff
• Develop and manage project budget, ensuring no cost overruns;
• Coordinate with Agency Executives, project team members, portfolio staff and other stakeholders;
• Identify and mitigate project risks; escalate and resolve issues impacting project success;
• Provide weekly, bi-weekly and/or monthly status updates to executives within agency;
• Provide regular updates using the prescribed project management tool;
• Develop transition plan(s) and execute those plans to ensure orderly transition to agency including proper mentoring and training as needed to ensure successful transition.
• Identification and maintenance of critical path and contingencies
• Resource allocation estimating and reporting

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