Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Systems Analyst

Fulltime with 2 and half years contract.

• Project Management Professional Certificate (PMP) OR Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) or any industry related

• At least five (5) years of experience in the following areas:
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) / Configuration Management / Risk Management / Communication Management / Building and Managing Project Teams / Scheduling (WBS/Level of Estimate) / Earned Value / Change Management / Quality Assurance to include the following aspects:
  Creating test plans, Managing testing, Organizing results
• At least four (4) of the following types of systems:
• Asset Management / Budget Systems / Document Management Systems / Financial Systems / Human Resource Systems / Infrastructure Support / Maintenance Management / Management Reporting / Procurement Systems / Project/Program/Portfolio Management Systems / Business Process Improvement
• Prior experience leading efforts where SDLC, Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies were employed in System Design (e.g. system personalization/customization)
• Excellent contract management, coordination and organizational skills

"Plan and/or manage small to major IT projects that may or are underway for MDOT and MDTAs various business units. Manage a team composed of MDTA subject matter experts, IT staff, and/or contractor resources doing planning work, confirming functional requirements, defining interfaces, establishing test and training plans, provide IT consulting activities that objectively assess, identify, advise, evaluate and recommend IT business application and or IT program solutions at the approval of MDOT and MDTA.

Some current project types include but are not limited to:"

· Implementation of new IT systems or software

· Definition and implementation of automated interfaces between existing IT systems

· IT infrastructure projects such as a software upgrade or hardware deployment projects

· On-going upgrade and enhancement projects for existing applications"

• Assist customer areas in articulating requests for new systems as assigned by the TO Manager.
• Plan and/or manage new projects as assigned by the TO Manager which were previously determined to have no conflict of interest.
• Plan, coordinate and/or attend internal MDTA meetings as requested.
• Accomplish project objectives, define project scope, manage stakeholder expectations and supervise the project team.
• Assign work tasks collaboratively to the project team and monitor their progress.
• Keep the project on track in terms of tasks, schedule, and budget.
• Identify and address any issues or risks proactively.
• Develop and maintain a project management plan for all assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) on assigned project activities using Microsoft Project or other industry-standard tools and proficiency with MS Project System Administration.
• Manage any collaborative project workspace environment including shared drives for the project and any updates to the workspace
• Record and organize in the project workspace and/or designated shared drives, all project documents/artifacts.
• Prepare monthly project status report for MDOT and MDTA project stakeholders.
• Manage change control, issues escalation and resolution, schedule, costs, resources and stakeholders as defined in the project management plan.
• Review deliverables by the project development team/contractor for completeness, adherence to standards and contract requirements.
• Work closely with functional managers to resolve team members workload conflicts.
• Ensure appropriate product-related training and documentation are developed and made available to customers.
• Manage validation of functional requirements.
• Manage the development of systems documentation.
• Ensure that all deliverables identified in the approved project plan are completed.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on the projects status and progress.
• Conduct lessons learned sessions as assigned by the TO Manager.
• Adhere to all MDOT and MDTA internal policies governing telephone, internet and email, change management, documentation, maintenance,…