Project Manager
Project Manager
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Job Description
About the Role
The Project Manager will lead a crossfunctional project team driving meaningful change and ensuring the delivery of highimpact digital services to the State of Connecticut. The Project Manager will develop and manage project plans establish effective project governance manage vendors facilitate meetings and agile ceremonies provide regular status reports identify and manage risks and act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.
Experiences Required for This Role
Project Planning & Management At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Defining project scope objectives and deliverables
- Creating project plans schedules and timelines
- Organizing and facilitating internal and external meetings
- Preparing and distributing progress reports
- Communicating plan deviations and implementing corrective actions
- Establishing and managing a welldefined project management process
- Championing continuous process improvement
Risk/Issue Management & Mitigation At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Identifying tracking and comprehensively documenting project risks and issues
- Assessing potential impact of identified risks and issues
- Developing and implementing effective mitigation strategies
- Proactively addressing risks to minimize disruptions and maintain progress
- Ensuring compliance with policies procedures and regulatory requirements
Team Management & Team Building At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Fostering a collaborative and resultsdriven work environment
- Holding teams accountable for commitments and ensuring alignment with project objectives
- Removing roadblocks and impediments that hinder team progress
- Leveraging organizational resources to improve team and individual capacity for project work
- Managing vendor relationships and coordinating activities of thirdparty resources effectively
Knowledge Skills and Ability
Project Management
- Extensive experience in varying project management methodologies including the ability to manage projects using Agile Waterfall Hybrid Scrum or Kanban as appropriate
- Expert in PPM (Project and Portfolio Management) tools such as Monday.com
- Expert in Microsoft Office Suite and diagramming tools such as Miro or Visio
- Proficiency in software development tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Ability to translate technical and design tasks into project plans and effectively communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders
- Ability to successfully manage multiple projects concurrently
Performance in Complex Situations
Experience in managing stakeholder expectations and maintaining positive relationships
- Expert in managing conflicts and resolving disputes among diverse stakeholders
- Strong problemsolving skills finding innovative solutions to move projects forward
- Skilled in drawing out unexpressed dependencies requirements and expectations
- Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment
- Judgement in dealing effectively and diplomatically with all levels of government staff
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Other Desirable Skills
- A bachelors or masters degree in business or related field
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
- 3 years of leadership experience
- Experience with web management content systems such as SiteCore
- Exposure to various technology platforms and services including Salesforce MuleSoft Azure Power Platform ForgeRock and Google Analytics
Employment Type
Full Time
