Project Manager | Hybrid| Atlanta, GA

Job Duties: Oversees and controls, schedules, resources, scope, and risks.

Ensure stakeholders take necessary action steps to achieve the goals and objectives of the project.

Work with the project steering committee and senior project management to resource the tasks of the project.

Work with State NextGen PMO and quality assurance team to extend the expected project standards, procedures, and quality objectives to the agency level.

Chairs, manages, or facilitates agency project meetings, communicating individual roles and project expectations. Ensure that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively.

Manage scope by using a variety of data sources to support project negotiations related to time, scope, and/or quality.

Develops, monitors and coordinates project activities, such as scheduling, tracking, and reporting; leads change efforts impacting own projects.

Works with senior project management to Identify specific opportunities or weakness within assigned projects and makes specific change recommendations to structures, processes, or people to improve project performance.

Provides work direction and leadership to assigned project activities, including scheduling, assignment of work, and review of project efforts.

Monitors project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule. Identify ways to resolve schedule issues. Keeps management aware of the situation.

Assesses variances from the project plan, gathers metrics, and develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives.

Conduct formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.

Provide the team with constructive feedback as it pertains to project performance.

Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.

Qualifications

- Bachelor s degree in related field or specialized training and three years of IT project management or equivalent IT team leadership experience.

Active PMP certification from PMI or equivalent Project Management certification. (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION)

- PMP certification from PMI or equivalent certification

- 5 years' experience leading projects of high complexity (must have occurred in the last 2 years).

- Expert with MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, and all MS O365 Software

- Experience working in state government

- Experience working in an outsourced environment

Experience

Master s degree in related field

Experience within the last 5 years leading/coordinating vendor managed projects

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