Project Manager
Project Manager
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Location: Durham NC (Onsite)
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The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced project Manager. This management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders project teams divisions departments and vendors.
The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced Project Manager. This management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders project teams divisions departments and vendors to strategize implement and maintain the various modernization initiative for social services and Medicaid programs. This position will interact with all levels of staff in DHHS including executive staff.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame funding limitations procedures for accomplishing projects staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
Identify and schedule project deliverables milestones and required activities and tasks.
Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities iterations or phases and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
Ensure that project goals are achieved.
Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
Work with business and crossfunctional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program.
Manage multiple Vendor onboarding and identify key requirements needed from crossfunctional teams and Vendors.
Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department.
Manage budget across various workstreams and funding channels for maximum productivity.
Manage resource allocations and expectations for program.
Collaborate with the State DIT to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State Privacy and security requirements.
Skills:
The selected candidate must be a resultsoriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership negotiation time management facilitation and organizational skills.
Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored to the audience and their needs.
Excellent written communication and presentation skills
Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff clients and other IT personnel.
Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills within agreed parameters of cost timeframes and quality for a program.
Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services by examination of the root causes of problems.
Ability to build influence lead and motivate effective teams towards end results.
Management prefers applicants with the following:
Candidate with PgMP Certification
Candidate with Agile (PMIACP) Certification
Experience managing or supervising programs involving Application modernization and modularization projects.
Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
Experience in complex crossfunctional team environments
Knowledge of social services and medicaid programs or similarly complex case management systems
Program Management experience managing multiple large complex projects
Required
3
Years
Experience creating roadmaps for the portfolio
Required
3
Years
Proven track record of delivering IT projects within budget scope and schedule
Required
3
Years
Objective decisionmaking ability based on strategic objectives priority business performance analysis and resource availability
Required
3
Years
Hands on experience managing project risk cost schedule quality testing and communications
Required
3
Years
Strong supervision organizational interpersonal and time management skills
Required
3
Years
Demonstrated presentation training skills oral and written communication skills.
Required
3
Years
Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project)
Required
3
Years
Experience with MS Office(Word Excel and Power point)
Required
5
Years
Strong organization and analytical thinking skills with experience preparing Project plan for complex business needs.
Required
5
Years
Ability to communicate effectively at all job levels use excellent evaluation skills and ability to relay information in legible reports as required
Required
5
Years
Experience with Agile Methodologies.
Highly desired
PMI certification Project Management Professional (PMP)
Desired
Experience with Cloud technologies & SaaS applications running on Cloud
Desired
Experience collaborating with Federal State and Local Government
Highly desired
Experience managing implementation of a statewide IT project
Desired
Experience in establishing and/or implementing governance models for IT modernization efforts
Desired
Experience with projects related to Application transformation and Modernization
Employment Type
Full Time
