Job description
Job Title: Project Manager PMP (Hybrid)
Location: Richmond, VA
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Description:
The Client is seeking a Project Manager to manage and deliver a complex IT project(s) with multiple teams and work streams coordinated to an aggressive delivery schedule.
Under the program manager, the project manager is responsible for the outcome of the assigned projects. The project manager leads the team through the Commonwealth Standard for Project Management for successful completion of the project phases: Pre-Select, Initiation, Planning, Execution and Control and Closeout.
The Candidate Will:
- Serve as a hands-on technical project manager with development staff and business groups.
- Coordinate and communicate with the client management and staff to coordinate work tasks and resourcing.
- Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.
- Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and contractors in the execution of projects including contract management and working with the procurement office(s).
- Adhere to the client project management practices and governance requirements, coordinate with the client Project Management Offices.
- Maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status and disseminates information to team members and customers as defined in the communications plan.
- Ensure documentation of requirements and uses cases, facilitate design workshops for assigned project.
- Ensure definition of test objectives, designed test plans and test cases for assigned project.
- Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for on-time and on-budget delivery.
- Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with metrics.
- Support system and application training efforts.
Qualifications
- The candidate must have a minimum of 8 year’s experience managing large projects and a bachelor’s degree.
- Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery (networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning).
- Experience managing large, multi-stream projects.
- PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4 Projects. See: http://www.vita.virginia.gov/oversight/projects/default.aspx?id=589
Preferred:
- Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project management.
- Agile Scrum Master certification
- Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
Special Instructions to Applicants:
- This position requires a fingerprint-based background check.
- PMP certification from PMI or PM certification from VITA is required - no other certification Qualifies.
Skills:
Skills Required / DesiredAmountof ExperienceCandidate must have a minimum of 10 years’ experience managing large projectsRequired10YearsSolid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles.Required10YearsBalance business/technical background with sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams.Nice to have10YearsMicrosoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)Required10YearsBachelor’s degreeRequired
