| Duties & Responsibilites : | Job Tasks:-
- Develops time and cost estimates, project plans, and budgets. Oversees and controls ongoing costs, schedules, resources, scope, and risks. Directs project team members to take necessary action steps to achieve the goals and objectives of the project.
- Facilitates critical process assessments and redesign for process improvements.
- Work with the project steering committee and senior project management to resource the tasks of the project.
- Works with senior project management and quality assurances to utilize established project standards, procedures, and quality objectives.
- Chairs, manages, or facilitates project kickoff meetings, communicating individual roles and project expectations. Ensures 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, cost, 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 projects, including scheduling, assignment of work, and review of project efforts.
- Monitors project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule. Identifies 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.
- Conducts formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.
- Provides 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.
Minimum Qualifications:-
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or specialized training AND Three years of IT project management. Experience must have occurred in the last five years.
- Experience with projects of moderate to high complexity.
- Hands on experience with MS Project, SharePoint, and MS Office.
- Experience leading infrastructure/end user computing projects
- Project management certification through PMI or equivalent organization/training
Preferred Qualifications:-
- Experience working with multiple 3rd party vendors.
- Experience working in an outsourced environment
- Experience with server based and mainframe applications
- Experience in health and human services
- Experience working in state government |
