Sr. IT Project Manager
- TEKJOBS
190 Days Ago
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Remote
6-13 Years
Required Skills: project planning/strategizing skills
Job Description
Job Title: Sr. IT Project Manager
Location: United States
Experience Level: 10+ Years
Employment Type: [Full-Time/Contract]
Visa Sponsorship: H1B
We seek qualified candidates for an on-site role in [United States].
H1B sponsorship is available for this position.
If you are interested, please submit your application.
Job Description:
The department is seeking a Project Manager to drive business and technology projects to completion while insuring adherence to established budgets, business plans, process, procedures and requirements while working closely with Business unit personnel, Business Analysts and Architects.
The project manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects.
Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required.
The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each to the Project Sponsors and the PMO Director.
The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology and potentially including upper level state government committees.
The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management and control.
The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders.
Essential is the ability to multitask on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.
Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision
Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment
Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios
Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately
Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product
Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills
Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives
Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts
Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team.
Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management
Other duties or tasks as assigned by management
Skills:
Direct management of system integration projects
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects.
Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures
Strong process and gap analysis skills
Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross functional environment
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines
Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements
