10 Aug
IT Project Manager
Iowa, Walnut , 51577 Walnut USA

Vacancy expired!

Job Role: IT Project Manager

Location: Walnut, IA

Employment Type: Long Term Contract

Job Description

:The technical project manager is 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, procuring vendor products/implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report the status of each to the Executive Steering Committee. The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas, including Information Technology, Medicaid, Child Welfare, and the other regions of the Department of Human Services (DHS), 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 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 the department and legislative direction. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES
  • 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 the 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 the project team. Escalate issues to management and 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.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Direct management of system integration projects – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates, and reporting) – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Extensive experience with planning, managing, and tracking multiple major impact projects. – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts to interpret, document, and formalize procedures
  • Strong process and gap analysis skills – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment – 8 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements – 6 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines – 6 YEARS REQUIRED
  • Experience with Microsoft Project Online and Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team Services – 3 years DESIRED
  • State / Federal Government Appropriations Experience –3 years DESIRED
  • Working experience with Agile Projects – 3 years DESIRED
  • Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations and implementing change management initiatives – 3 years DESIRED
Looking forward to working with you.

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