Job Description | Senior Project Manager will support projects specific to and lead by the Chief Technology Officers group. Candidate must currently reside in Central Indiana. General Responsibilities: - Responsible for relationship management, project planning, resource management, tactical execution, and the creation and / or oversight of final project deliverables
- Collaborate with senior management, stakeholders, and the team to meet business objectives and provide professional leadership & mentorship fostering respect and trust to inspire others to pursue excellence.
- Review, revise, and implement policies, practices, standards, and tools that support CTO project efforts
- Work directly with senior managers and staff supporting all facets of IOT's service delivery
- Manage staff and teams, as needed
Job Requirements: - Eight (8) years of project management experience OR Associate's Degree and six (6) years of project management experience OR Bachelor's Degree and four (4) years of project management experience.
- Certification as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute or similar professional designation preferred.
- Extensive experience overseeing multiple projects to successful conclusion
- Experience with technology projects using various development methodologies, including agile and waterfall SDLCs
- Ability to manage projects of relative high complexity and dollar value
- Demonstrated capacity to maintain tact, diplomacy, and mindfulness in engagement with highly visible and highly demanding stakeholders at a variety of levels
- Strong knowledge of, and documented experience with, exceptional delivery of products and services to a wide range of users, with an emphasis on (but not restricted to) successful delivery in one or more level of government
- Ability to handle multiple high-visibility, high-priority initiatives effectively, independently, and under competing constraints
- Exceptional professional presence, including the strong ability to communicate publicly to a variety of audiences
- Develop, monitor, and maintain project plans
- Ability to establish and manage project budget with the understanding of all financial implications/issues
- Coordinate and monitor activities of all stakeholders to ensure timelines and budgets are met
- Communicate project status to management and project stakeholders
- Able to perform more varied and difficult tasks
- Able to work in a collaborative team environment to obtain best results
- Ability to delegate work, set clear direction, and manage workflow
- Ability to effectively give feedback, provide guidance or corrective action, coach, and develop employee skillsets
- Work is broad in scope requiring extensive judgment in adopting techniques to meet the information technology requirements, specifications, standards, and procedures of a complex enterprise-wide system.
- Work requires attention to detail and understanding of the impact that IT service delivery has across not only the Executive Branch, but also the State of Indiana broadly.
- As the backbone of the State's IT operations, IOT's efforts have a direct, critical role in facilitating government services from agencies to the citizenry.
- This position carries both high visibility and high expectations, requiring exceptional knowledge, and relationship building.
- The selected candidate will be counted upon to be an exceptional representative of IOT to stakeholders at all levels, at all times.
- This position will work closely with individuals representing all levels of IOT, including senior managers, subject matter experts, and agency personnel, consultants, contractors, and other key stakeholders as needed.
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