Job Title: IT Project Manager(Hybrid)
Location: RichmondVA
Duration: 6Months
Job Type: CorpCorp /1099 / Contract W2
Rate:$100/hr. on C2C
InterviewType: Either Phone OR InPerson
Client: State of Virginia
Note: Candidate MUST be LOCAL to Richmond VA andmust have active PMP Certification
Job Description:
The Senior Project Manager will beresponsible for successfully planning organizing and motivatingdiverse project teams throughout all phases of Waterfall Agile andHybrid projects and for delivering projects that provideexceptional value to the Commonwealths internal and externalstakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate vendors and consultants and VDOT IT and business staffas assigned in the execution of IT projects and relatedprocurements.
Coordinate and oversee thedevelopment of proposals statement of work statement ofrequirements and RFP responses.
Assist in teamdevelopment while holding teams accountable for their commitmentsand removing roadblocks to their work.
Facilitate multidisciplinary teams in the development of plansgoals objectives policies and procedures for completion of aproject.
Oversee and manage execution and/orcoordination of daytoday project activities as required.
Manage working relationships with key stakeholdersincluding executive management business management vendors projectsponsors suppliers and technology management.
Set project goals that are consistent with technical objectives andthe agencys overall technology strategy.
Trackand communicate a projects progress from a schedule cost and riskperspective to the project team customers and projectstakeholders.
Collaborate with technology leadsand solution architects to incorporate agency best practices intoproject plans.
Drive consistent projectdelivery through the entire project lifecycle including executionof procurements definition of project plans resource allocationmanagement of project risks scope and schedule delivery of valueand wellordered transitions to operations.
Monitor progress by thirdparty vendors and define and measure theirprogress with metrics.
Develop and maintainproject budget plans task lists schedules risks and status toinclude resource allocation and schedules.
Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governancerequirements.
Exhibit significant emotionalquotient (EQ) in handling project challenges and maintain apositive project culture in line with VDOTs mission and sharedvalues.
Additional responsibilities asassigned.
Knowledge Skillsand Abilities:
Strong experience indeveloping executing and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementationprojects.
Strong experience leading thebusiness and IT resources through the discovery and documentationof business and technical requirements in request for proposal andstatement of requirement formats.
Stronganalytical organizational and decisionmaking skills.
Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating andteam building.
Exceptional verbal and writtencommunication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify andbriefly succinctly communicate complex issues to multipleaudiences.
Ability to lead others to implementnew approaches systems structures and methods.
Ability to define and balance the competing demands for qualityscope schedule and cost.
Communicate timelinesand expectations to technical and business staff.
Ability to analyze and document systemprocesses.
Solid understanding of softwaredevelopment life cycle models.
Exceptionalknowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principlesand practices. In addition the ability to blend them together inthe right proportions to fit a particular project and businessenvironment.
Knowledge of process engineeringand reengineering techniques and practices.
Qualifications
Thecandidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience managinglarge projects and a bachelors degree.
Fluencyin Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project Visio andOffice required.
PMP Certification through PMIor Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standardsfor IT Project Managers.
Experience with VITAsCommonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process isstrongly preferred.
Experience with ProjectManagement Office methodologies and practices is stronglypreferred.
Experience with the coreCommonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP VITA Statewide Contractand CAI SOW) is preferred.
Skill Matrix
Skill
Required /Desired
Amount
ofExperience
Current Project Management Professional (PMP) from theProject Management Institute (PMI) OR VITA PMcertification
Required
10
Years
Candidate must have a minimum of 10 yearsexperience managing large projects
Required
10
Years
Microsoft Office products (Word Excel AccessOutlook Visio PowerPoint Project Server)
Required
10