IT Project Manager PMP or VITA PM cert

Project Manager PMP or VITA PM cert

Start Date: 06/24/2024.

End Date:06/28/2024.

Location: Richmond VA

Interview Type: Either Phone or In Person

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Visa: USC

Complete Description:

*Local Richmond VA candidates only please

*Candidate MUST possess PMP certification through PMI OR VITAs PM certification. No other certifications qualify.

*Candidate must also be able to work onsite 23 day/week

**Contract to be extended beyond 6/30/24 likely by 612 months

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for successfully planning organizing and motivating diverse project teams throughout all phases of Waterfall Agile and Hybrid projects and for delivering projects that provide exceptional value to the Commonwealths internal and external stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Strong experience in developing executing and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.

Strong experience leading the business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements in request for proposal and statement of requirement formats.

Strong analytical organizational and decisionmaking skills.

Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.

Ability to lead others to implement new approaches systems structures and methods.

Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality scope schedule and cost.

Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.

Ability to analyze and document system processes.

Solid understanding of software development life cycle models.

Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project and business environment.

Knowledge of process engineering and reengineering techniques and practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects and a bachelors degree.

Fluency in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project Visio and Office required.

Experience with VITAs Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process is strongly preferred.

Experience with Project Management Office methodologies and practices is strongly preferred.

Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP VITA Statewide Contract and CAI SOW) is preferred.

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience

Current Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute(PMI) OR VITA PM certification Required 10 Years

Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years experience managing large projects Required 10 Years

Microsoft Office products (WordExcel Access Outlook VisioPowerPoint Project Server) Required 10 Years

The candidate should have 15 years of overall IT experience Required 15 Years