Senior Project Manager
4 days ago
Raleigh
DataStaff, Inc is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Raleigh, NC. *This position is hybrid Job Description: • Work with multiple internal and external stakeholders and selected vendor(s) to analyze, plan, and implement a new system., • Work with senior-level business executives, IT personnel, business program resources and Vendor staff to execute project requirements and manage stakeholder expectations., • Manage the day-to-day activities for the project and complete all input to the Project Management (Touchdown) system as needed., • The project will be utilizing the agile methodology., • Working with the business leaders and SMEs to obtain a thorough knowledge of the needs of a new IT system, • Developing and maintaining detailed project schedule, budget and monitoring expenditures, • Developing and maintaining all required project management artifacts following the PMBOK guidelines, • Managing scope, resources, timelines, costs/budget, quality, communication, and procurements to meet the goals of the State, • Working closely with the team conducting alternative analysis and writing documentation (including an RFP if required)., • Working with vendors to manage deliverables to ensure that all the milestones are met, • Ensuring that project plans and schedules are established and maintained, ensuring that deliverables are completed timely and accurately, • Establishing project governance, conducting formal presentations, coordinating with all project stakeholders and ensure that appropriate project controls are instituted, • Serving as an IT project liaison to the business client, • Working with business stakeholders to develop necessary project management, change management, risk management, rollout, and training plans, • Working with the technical team to ensure technical readiness during implementation, • Developing and maintaining all required State CIO project documentation Knowledge and Experience: • Results-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic, • Must be able to demonstrate excellent IT Project Management, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills., • Capable of leading effective project meetings that are tailored to the audience, • Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using project management tools, • Must have proficiency in project management, agile, scrum, and Kanban software tools, • Must have strategic planning skills with good understanding of roadmap development., • Ability to write and present effective project materials, including presentations and status reports, • Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel, • Proven experience with working collaboratively with business/program partners, • Ability to effectively identify and resolve system or business process/project issues, • Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results, • Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high-demand dynamic environment, • Strong analytical skills, • Strong written and oral communication skills, including development of project, • Must have experience writing RFPs/technical writing, • Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development, • Ability to help manage Scrum team backlog and/or Kanban Flow, and priorities using agile based tools (ServiceNow, Jira, Version One etc.), • Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for a software development / maintenance team that was diligently applying Agile / Kanban values and principles and practices, • Proficient in conducting all the Scrum ceremonies within a collocated as well as distributed teams, • Experience in facilitating release planning, • Experience managing or supervising legacy system upgrade and/or replacement projects, • Experience collaborating with State and Local Government, • Knowledge of Public Health Programs is preferred, • Experience planning and managing data conversion activities, • Experience building rollout plans Required Skills: • 8 Years - Project management experience, preferably with large, complex automation implementation efforts, • 8 Years - Demonstrated Project Management experience on system deployments with multiple clients., • 8 Years - Proven track record of delivering projects and work streams with aggressive timelines and deliver within scope, budget and schedule, • 8 Years - Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability., • 7 Years - Hands on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications., • 3 Years - Strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills., • 3 Years - Demonstrated oral and written communication and presentation skills., • 7 Years - Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project), • 7 years - Experience with MS Office and SharePoint, • 5 Years - Demonstrated experience with both Waterfall and Agile Projects, • 8 Years - Demonstrated experience with vendor management on a large IT project/system implementation, • 8 Years - Demonstrate technical architecture/infrastructure knowledge and experience, including experience with multiple hardware platforms and operating system, • 8 Years - Demonstrate technical knowledge and analysis skills with hands-on experience in development, data base design, and web-based technologies, • 3 Years - Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development, • 3 Years - Ability to help manage Scrum team backlog and/or Kanban Flow, and priorities using agile based tools (ServiceNow, Jira, Version One etc.) Desired Skills: • 5 Years - Demonstrated experience working with DCFW programs, • 3 Years - Extensive understanding of SharePoint end user experience, sites, libraries, lists and groups, • 5 Years - Experience in health care industry, • 7 Years - Experience leading and Implementing COTS and SAAS Projects, • 5 Years - Experience writing RFPs/technical writing, • 3 Years - Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for a software development / maintenance teams that was diligently applying Agile / Kanban values, • 5 Years - PMP Certification from PMI. Scrum Master certification is a plus This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
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