Project Manager
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite
Description:
- The client’s projects involve information technology services towards Virginia state’s Agriculture and Consumer Services.
- Projects include building and maintaining applications for the business groups and Enhancements to the current technology where DBA’s and Developers are involved.
Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- PMP OR VITA PMD Project Manager Qualification level 1-4 Required.
- Experience managing software development projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience managing projects in a technical environment particularly in an information systems or software development environment.
- Experience managing vendor and contractor resources in coordination with internal staff resources.
- Knowledge of and ability to apply one or more formal project management disciplines such as the PMP Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK Project framework PRINCE2 methodologies or other industry recognized project management framework.
- Capable of producing well-documented project plans risk management plans change management plans work breakdown structures budgets and project status reports.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to include the ability to clearly communicate project status and planning concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. The demonstrated ability to effectively interact with and provide customer service to all levels of the organization customers and partners.
Responsibilities:
- Manage work breakdown structures and Azure DevOps or Microsoft Project tasks to coordinate work necessary to complete project milestones. Must apply discipline and consistency to continually add update and manage tasks task assignments task statuses and task estimates.
- Produce project schedules budget projections and status reports based on detailed project data. Update VITA PlanView system for project governance activities.
- Manage projects utilizing a team of in-house and vendor technical staff performing software development infrastructure upgrades and migrations implementations and other technical projects to deliver line-of-business functionality for both internal users and citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Develop and manage project plans risk plans communication plans and other formal project management documents.
- Coordinate activities of internal and external technical teams between stakeholders including vendor partners for projects as needed.
- Identify changes to scope budget or time-line notify customers of risks make modifications and resolve problems within a mutually agreed upon timeliness.
- Maintain project status information and provide project status reports to Information Systems management and project stakeholders.
- Ensure that project activities comply with the client and Commonwealth policies and standards including security standard and required documentation
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Project Manager 8 years of experience, Required 8 Years
- Sr exp with Agile, Required 8 Years
- Sr exp with Waterfall, Required 8 Years
- Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Required 6 Years
- Sr PM exp with software development projects, Required 5 Years
- Exp with scope, budget,risk, Highly desired 5 Years
- Active PMP certification OR VITA PMD Project Manager Qualification (level 1-4) REQ. Pls upload the cert under the REF TAB in Vector , Required
- AzureDevOps, Desired
- JIRA, Desired
- Prior successful exp within State Gov (Commonwealth of Virginia preferred) , Desired
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