Project Manager - ONSITE

We are seeking to hire a motivated and an experienced Project Manager to lead, manage, and coordinate the implementation efforts with the various stakeholders. Successful candidate will be responsible for project management tasks related to planning, development, testing, and implementation of new software applications projects and/or enhancements to existing applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years Project Management experience; public sector experience is preferred.
• College degree, preferably in IT related field; minor or advanced degree in business or IT related subject is a plus.
• PMP certification and/or other industry and project management certifications is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
• Minimum 1 year of experience providing project management software implementation services.
• Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining project deliverables such as project charter, project plan, status reports, project timesheets, estimates, communication plan, reports, risk management plan, budget (work hours and cost), milestone/deliverable charts.
• Budget management skills: Ability to prepare, analyze, and review financing plans and related budgetary information required for estimating projects.
• Experiences with software vendor and remote resources management
• Demonstrated experience in managing issues, scope, and quality while bring projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change.
• Negotiating skills within a context of political sensitivity and conflicting interests.
• Presentation and written communication skills.
• Ability to build teams and generate a spirit of cooperation while coordinating diverse activities and groups; people management and negotiating skills within a team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Meet with project sponsors and stakeholders to determine and document project scope.
• Prepare Scope of Work for software replacement/upgrades.
• Represent the District in Source Selection committees.
• Manage project software/development implementations.
• Lead blueprint sessions with relevant stakeholders to identify and document detailed requirements.
• Develop project plan including project schedules and project costs.
• Prepare Project Charters, Risk Assessments, and present at various committees.
• Prepare project budget estimates.
• Provide project updates to ITS PMO on QuickBase and as required by ITS PMO.
• Manage project document collection repositories like SharePoint, MS Teams, and other project management applications.
• Coach and mentor district staff in project management practices.
• Create and manage work orders for enhancements, bug fixes, incident change requests, etc.
• Identify and coordinate resources required to implement project plans.
• Work with developers to ensure applications are developed as planned.
• Ensure process and procedures meet ITS security protocols.
• Coordinate and review testing, training, change management and rollout for new portals or applications.
• Manage vendors implementing/developing various outsourced projects.
• Provide timely project updates to project sponsors and relevant stakeholders.
• Provide other services as needed related to cyber-attack response or resulting organizational change management.

Deliverables:

• Collect functional business requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, task, and workflow analysis.
• Create and manage work orders for enhancements, bug fixes, incident change requests, budget allocations.
• Create presentations for various stakeholders.
• Create Project Plans.
• Provide and distribute meeting minutes.
• Manage SharePoint, MS Teams, or other project management sites for project timelines, tasks, communication, and document collection.
• Project charter(s), including the definition of completion criteria.

Please be sure to fill out provided questionnaire. Applications with incomplete questionnaires will not be considered. Further, when filling out the questionnaire, please refrain from using terms such as negotiable, open, market, etc..., we have limited time to fill this position and may not be able to follow-up/ consider all applications that are not specific.

Please click "Apply Now" button, below, to apply for this job.
We will contact qualified candidates after review.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

We are seeking to hire a motivated and an experienced Project Manager to lead, manage, and coordinate the implementation efforts with the various stakeholders. Successful candidate will be responsible for project management tasks related to planning, development, testing, and implementation of new software applications projects and/or enhancements to existing applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years Project Management experience; public sector experience is preferred.
• College degree, preferably in IT related field; minor or advanced degree in business or IT related subject is a plus.
• PMP® certification and/or other industry and project management certifications is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
• Minimum 1 year of experience providing project management software implementation services.
• Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining project deliverables such as project charter, project plan, status reports, project timesheets, estimates, communication plan, reports, risk management plan, budget (work hours and cost), milestone/deliverable charts.
• Budget management skills: Ability to prepare, analyze, and review financing plans and related budgetary information required for estimating projects.
• Experiences with software vendor and remote resources management
• Demonstrated experience in managing issues, scope, and quality while bring projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change.
• Negotiating skills within a context of political sensitivity and conflicting interests.
• Presentation and written communication skills.
• Ability to build teams and generate a spirit of cooperation while coordinating diverse activities and groups; people management and negotiating skills within a team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Meet with project sponsors and stakeholders to determine and document project scope.
• Prepare Scope of Work for software replacement/upgrades.
• Represent the District in Source Selection committees.
• Manage project software/development implementations.
• Lead blueprint sessions with relevant stakeholders to identify and document detailed requirements.
• Develop project plan including project schedules and project costs.
• Prepare Project Charters, Risk Assessments, and present at various committees.
• Prepare project budget estimates.
• Provide project updates to ITS PMO on QuickBase and as required by ITS PMO.
• Manage project document collection repositories like SharePoint, MS Teams, and other project management applications.
• Coach and mentor district staff in project management practices.
• Create and manage work orders for enhancements, bug fixes, incident change requests, etc.
• Identify and coordinate resources required to implement project plans.
• Work with developers to ensure applications are developed as planned.
• Ensure process and procedures meet ITS security protocols.
• Coordinate and review testing, training, change management and rollout for new portals or applications.
• Manage vendors implementing/developing various outsourced projects.
• Provide timely project updates to project sponsors and relevant stakeholders.
• Provide other services as needed related to cyber-attack response or resulting organizational change management.

Deliverables:

• Collect functional business requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, task, and workflow analysis.
• Create and manage work orders for enhancements, bug fixes, incident change requests, budget allocations.
• Create presentations for various stakeholders.
• Create Project Plans.
• Provide and distribute meeting minutes.
• Manage SharePoint, MS Teams, or other project management sites for project timelines, tasks, communication, and document collection.
• Project charter(s), including the definition of completion criteria.

Please be sure to fill out provided questionnaire. Applications with incomplete questionnaires will not be considered. Further, when filling out the questionnaire, please refrain from using terms such as negotiable, open, market, etc..., we have limited time to fill this position and may not be able to follow-up/ consider all applications that are not specific.

Please click "Apply Now" button, below, to apply for this job.
We will contact qualified candidates after review.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.