Senior Project Manager - State Client

Short Description:

The PM is the primary point of contact for problem resolution and project direction and reports to various directors/technical leaders within the department or agency.

Complete Description:

The Sr. IT Project Manager (PM-6) functions as a coordinator and director of large-scale projects and solutions within a given agency or team. The PM is the primary point of contact for problem resolution and project direction and reports to various directors/technical leaders within a department or agency. This role will engage with or oversee large-scale projects that involve complex implementation of systems being done by outsourced vendors or internal project teams. The PM liaises with outside subject matter experts and specialists in the field and maintains project direction. The PM may manage various team members involved with the delivery of the project.

Required Experience:

•Minimum 15 years’ experience required in Project Manager/Program Manager.

•Leadership experience delivering large, transformational system integration programs/projects with direct accountability for more than 50 individuals

•Experience managing system integrator vendors and software vendors to deliver system integration projects

•Experience delivering State / Federal system integration programs/projects

Roles and Responsibilities:

•Provides project control support and coordinates the work of the PCO or PMO staff, implementing solutions to meet the customer requirements and supporting the customer’s ongoing system engineering life-cycle processes. Responsible for supporting all project delivery work with the required methodology and following all standard project management industry standards such as PMI’s framework.

•Coordinates and controls the end-to-end process of capturing all key project artifacts, including but not limited to, business cases, project charters, baselined project schedules, project management plans, change requests, status reports, etc.

•Raises identified issues and risks to the appropriate senior-level management, including the Project Management Office (PMO) for action inclusive of a description of the issue, comprehensive analysis of options, and recommendation for remediation.

•Manages portfolio of projects’ execution to ensure conformity to established budgets, timelines, and scope.

•Works with the stakeholders, including the PMO to facilitate project governance effectiveness through weekly status reporting, project/portfolio data, regular governance meetings, etc.

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