Project Manager PMP (701588)

Seeking an experienced Project Management Office (PMO) Project Manager to join the Project & Portfolio Delivery Center of Excellence Team to manage and provide leadership to project teams in Waterfall, Scaled, Agile and Kanban environments.? Candidate in this position will provide guidance to IT and Business Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and RTEs to ensure they follow VDOT Agile and Waterfall methodologies and other processes to stay in compliance. The position is responsible for the following:

Apply common PM methodology, processes, tools, templates, education, training, and PM competencies

Oversee and communicate PM standards and compliance

Accountable for overall tracking, analysis and reporting of ITD project portfolio

Educate and develop project management staff (PMs and SMs); provide orientation for new PM staff on-boarding for ITD

Establish and maintain Agile Project Management, Scaled, Kanban and Traditional Project Management frameworks and their supporting practices

Develop and maintain a consistent set of project management standards, methodologies and tools to enable project managers to deliver projects on time and within budget

Define processes and procedures, guides, templates for managing projects

Support the direction and strategy of project management competency for the organization

Liaise and partner with VITA to promote VDOT business and technology goals

Liaise and partner with a particular delivery group (Agile, Outsourced or Maintenance) to provide advisory and coaching support to Program Managers, PM staff, project team members, and project stakeholders on the application of the PM practices.

REQUIRED:

Active PMP certification - upload a copy of the certification(s) (REQUIRED NO EXCEPTIONS)

VITA Project Manager Certification (REQUIRED. Can be obtained within 60 days of hire)

Documented experience mentoring project managers and providing administrative project oversight (REQUIRED)

Ability to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities, embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance

Experience creating knowledge base or job aids?

Proven track record in positively motivating teams and instilling accountability for project delivery that is on-time and within budget and scope

Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio, life-cycle management and agile processes

Ability to provide SME-level support for Microsoft Project Professional in an enterprise environment

Demonstrated understanding of governance processes, procedures and policies. Making improvements on the feedback received - inspect and adapt.

Competence in metrics and general knowledge of Project Online (POL) system administration

Must have strong facilitation and collaboration skills

Strong technical and functional understanding of MS Project, Project Server, POL, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner and Power BI

Familiar with Waterfall, Agile and Kanban values, principles, processes and methods

Experience on a variety of Scrum teams (size, culture, co-located, remote, hybrid, etc.)

Experience using reporting tools to transform and standardize data

Experience writing and delivering training to project managers is preferred

Ideal candidates would be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed

Requirements

Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Candidate

Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams

Required
8
Years

Project Management experience

Required
5
Years

Experience providing training to project managers and project teams

Required
5
Years

Experience reporting metrics

Required
2
Years

Business process improvement experience

Required
2
Years

Experience with Six Sigma/Lean

Highly desired
2
Years

Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server), Microsoft Project/POL experience

Required
5
Years

Experience working in a PMO?office

Required
5
Years

Experience working in a remote and local team environment

Required
2
Years

Balance business/technical background with sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams.

Required
2
Years

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience Candidate Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams Required 8 Years Project Management experience Required 5 Years Experience providing training to project managers and project teams Required 5 Years Experience reporting metrics Required 2 Years Business process improvement experience Required 2 Years Experience with Six Sigma/Lean Highly desired 2 Years Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server), Microsoft Project/POL experience Required 5 Years Experience working in a PMO?office Required 5 Years Experience working in a remote and local team environment Required 2 Years Balance business/technical background with sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams. Required 2 Years