Project Manager, IT Project Manager, IT Consultant

Overview

Job Description:

The PM usually works under the direction of a Senior PM or user agency personnel and manages or oversees all aspects of one or more IT projects while interacting with mid-level officials of similar capacity at the user agency and private sector. The PM determines appropriate products or services with clients or customers to define project scope, requirements and deliverables; develops, modifies or provides input to project plans;

implements project plans to meet objectives; coordinates and integrates project activities; manages, leads or administers project resources; monitors project activities and resources to mitigate risk; implements or maintains quality assurance processes; makes improvements, solves problems or takes corrective action when problems arise; gives presentations or briefings on all aspects of the project; participates in phase, milestone and final project reviews;

identifies project documentation requirements or procedures; and develops and implements project schedules and release plans. The PM; designs or conducts analytical studies, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses or other research; evaluates, monitors or ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures; identifies standards or requirements change management; participates in change control (for example, reviewing change requests); implements information systems security plans and procedures;

and ensures appropriate product-related training and documentation are developed and made available to customers.

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Experience

Required:

• This classification requires a minimum of five (5) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible PM project experience applying project management (PM) principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least three (3) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity.

• This classification requires the possession of (a) a bachelor’s degree, and (b) a valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), which will be verified during the RFO process. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience.

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Experience Preferred:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with designing and implementing project governance frameworks and business analysis policies, standards, and templates.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a business analyst soliciting requirements and creating various technical documentation, including but not limited to project intake, workflows, and change requests.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience using Microsoft Visio and 2 other diagram, workflow, or mockup tools.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience using Microsoft Project/Project Online and 2 other project management tools.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholder groups that resulted in organizational change, such as process improvements, system implementations, or structural realignments.

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification from International Institute of Business Analytics (IIBA).

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) 4 Strategic Leader Certification or higher.

• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.