02 Mar
Remote IT Project Manager openings
Vacancy expired!
Job Description
We are seeking 2 IT Project Managers for a remote/telecommuting role focusing on IT Project Management and will be focusing on managing Data Center, Cloud, and Network related projects. One role will be a 6 month contract-to-hire and the other role will bea 6 month contract with option to hire.These roles will be responsible for the following:
- Perform project management for the full project lifecycle development and implementation of technical activities that ensure successful project completion for teams as large as 15 people
- Serve as the point of contact and client interface for project technology related issues
- Manage project expectations, evaluate project needs, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure that program needs are met with respect to urgency and priority
- Develop trust, credibility, and strong client relationships; seek opportunities to add value to internal and external client initiatives
- Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards
- Execute all project management functions; including work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables, budgets, staff assignments and developments
- Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, infrastructure, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery
- Supervise and manage staff assigned to the project by assigning and directing their activities
- Manage activities of subcontractors utilized to deliver the technical solution
- Define and implement development plans for assigned projects
- Ensure staff is knowledgeable on the applications and technologies in use on the project and that project team understands and follows processes and procedures
- Provide detailed direction during various stages of the lifecycle to include requirements analysis, testing and potentially programming support
- Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow on work
- Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management
- Ensure that all appropriate costs are included in quarterly forecasts
- Ensure thatcompliance is being metwith all applicable requirements of the contract, state and federal regulations, and the terms and conditions of the RFP and proposal
- Coordinate, prepare and manage technical presentations and functional demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders
Qualifications
Top skills:
- Strong PM skillset
- Excellent organizational skills
- Experience with Cloud/server migration projects
- Network relate projects (Circuits/Router/Switches/firewall projects)
- Data Center Migration Projects
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university within preferred field of study in Computer Science or Business Management. Equivalent work experience will be considered
- 12+ years of direct IT related experience working on complex, enterprise-wide software solutions
- 2+ years’ experience in a leadership position
- Experience in development and implementation of IT applications to support complex business processes focused on customer/client identification, outreach and education, service delivery, and ongoing relationship management
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills, as well as an understanding of client relationship building are essential
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analyses
- High degree of confidence and ability to influence others through expert communication skills
- Experience managing IT budgets and resource
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment
- Ability to execute many complex tasks simultaneously, and work as a team member as well as independently
- Experience successfully developing and deploying IT solutions using various development methodologies (e.g., waterfall, iterative, etc.)
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Software including Word, Excel, Visio, MS Project, and PowerPoint
- Experience with project management tools and software, such as MS Project or JIRA
Nice to have/preferred:
- PM Certification preferred
- Working Knowledge of IVR, Oracle 11g, Oracle Siebel, OBIEE, J2EE, Web Technologies, Web services, XML, or Deployment Management experience is a plus
- Integration Project Management experience is a plus
- Relevant industry experience to include government services, healthcare, insurance preferred
- Proficiency with state healthcare programs (e.g., Medicaid, CHIP) and related functions (e.g., enrollment management, eligibility determination) preferred
Additional Information
These contract-to-hire and contract with option to hire will be a telecommuting role to start and will work with us on a W2 basis.Vacancy expired!