Under limited supervision, manages projects through the full life cycle from project definition and approval through implementation and evaluation of all project deliverables. Provides guidance to the project team. May also serve in a lead role.
Seeking a Project Manager (PM) who will be primarily assigned to oversee contracted and outsourced IT development efforts. As time permits, PM may be assigned to manage internal IT Projects.
Job Responsibilities:
Ensures procured products are setup within Configuration Management, Contract Tracking, and established as Configuration Items within ServiceNow.
Breaks down scope into RACI charts, work breakdown structures, activities, tasks, dependencies, etc. for project management plans and scheduling.
Prepares/maintains project management plans and project schedules.
Conducts meetings and oversees work effort/quality produced by project team.
Obtains GDOT IT resource assignments and manages work tasks/schedules to completion/resolution.
Assists in providing external resources access to GDOT IT environments or required data.
Performs risk and issue management, proactively escalates as necessary.
Tracks and reports the status/progress of IT Projects, including costs and invoice payments; records meeting minutes, action items, decisions, etc.
Oversees system integration, data migration, data replication/archiving, or other activities engaging GDOT IT resources.
Performs project change management and oversees coordination of system change management; proposes alternative plans/recommendations to bring project tasks back on track; obtains quotes and develops additional Scope of Work/Contract Amendments as required.
Ensures delivery of all required work items and deliverables, including system security plans or orderly removal of GDOT users/data upon contract termination.
Ensures conformance of contractor/vendor with agreed requirements/specifications and any applicable contract terms and conditions.
Ensures completion of all required user/configuration management acceptance testing/validation; facilitates code check-ins.
Facilitates QA and user acceptance testing, performs acceptance management.
Obtains approvals for schedule changes, additional expenses, or scope changes.
Oversees installation, user onboarding, training, and rollout plans. Transitions systems to ongoing support/maintenance.
Ensures organization, storage, and retention of project records, documents, and system documentation.
Required/Desired Skills:
Batchelors degree in a related field from an accredited college or university. Required 4 Years
IT application development Project Management with multiple projects from requirements to close-out phases, with a progression of responsibility. Required 7 Years
Experience in new development, installation, and configuration on large IT application development projects with internal/external customers. Required 7 Years
Experience in waterfall, hybrid, and Agile/Scrum based project methodologies. Required 7 Years
Experience in managing complex projects, implementations, and rollouts. Required 7 Years
Able to develop and maintain schedules in MS Project without any additional training. Required 7 Years
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or eligible to take exam. Required 7 Years
Experience with developing statements of work/proposals Desired
IT acquisition, procurement, or contracting experience Desired
Experience with cloud-based implementations Desired
