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Job Description
he PMO is committed to the pursuit of creative and innovative solutions that enable our State to help Iowans achieve healthy safe le and selfsufficient lives through the programs and services we provide. We strive for an IT culture that identifies the newest most effective solutions through discovery open discussion and collaboration. We have fun together care about each other and take pride in the solutions we provide. We believe in continuously optimizing our processes refining our solutions and improving ourselves to the benefit of the Iowans we serve. If you are pionate about applying your creative and innovative architecture strategies and approaches across the State of Iowa technology enterprise then this is the role for you!
The department is seeking a Project Manager to drive technology projects to completion while ensuring adherence to elished budgets business plans process procedures and requirements while working closely with business unit personnel Business ysts and Architects.
The project manager will be 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 needs resourcing completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services and submitting funding requests as required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each to the Project Sponsors and the PMO Director.
The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology and potentially including upperlevel state government committees. The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and ysis ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance essment 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 department and legislative direction.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Ability to work within a project governance structure (odology 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 team and meet deadlines in a fastpaced 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 ss
- Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing ss
- Strong verbal and written communication ss
- 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 project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
- Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio project and program management
- Other duties or tasks as igned by management.
Requirements: (8 years experience)
- Direct management of system integration and/or technology projects
- Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
- Experience working within a project governance structure (odology required templates and reporting)
- Extensive experience with planning managing and tracking multiple major impact projects.
- Strong process development ss w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts to interpret doent and formalize procedures
- Strong process and gap ysis ss
- Excellent project management ss w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a crossfunctional environment
- Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and doent business requirements
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting elished deadlines
- Working experience with Agile Projects
- Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations and implementing change management initiatives
Required / Desired Ss
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Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Last Used
Direct management of system integration and/or technology projects
Required
8
Years
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
Required
8
Years
Experience working within a project governance structure (odology required templates and reporting)
Required
8
Years
Extensive experience with planning managing and tracking multiple major impact projects.
Required
8
Years
Strong process development ss w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts to interpret doent and formalize procedures
Required
8
Years
Strong process and gap ysis ss
Required
8
Years
Excellent project management ss w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a crossfunctional environment
Required
8
Years
Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and doent business requirements
Required
6
Years
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting elished deadlines
Required
6
Years
Working experience with Agile Projects
Required
3
Years
Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations and implementing change management initiatives
Required
3
Years
Employment Type
Full Time
