Project Manager; On-site

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Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation practice, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.

Project Manager (On-site)

Tallahassee, FL

Long-Term

• 6 years of professional experience in Information Systems, Business Administration, or Communications.
• Experience managing project timelines, product roadmaps, product and sprint backlogs, sprints, and other Agile project management artifacts is required.
• Use of Microsoft Azure Dev Ops and/or other agile management tools is required.
• Experience with public speaking, training, or communicating detailed information to large groups is highly desired.
• Experience working with SharePoint 365 is highly desired.
• Experience in Business Analysts and Systems Analysis is highly desired.

• Skill in applying Agile and Traditional (Hybrid) project management practices
• Skill in product backlog management.
• Ability to apply critical thinking in strategic and tactical activities.
• Knowledge of the principles, methods, practices, tools and techniques outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) (current version).
• Knowledge of various types of contracts, and development techniques for procurement documents such as RFQ, RFP, ITB, ITN, and Single Source.
• Skill in the use of the methods and tools used for risk assessment and mitigation of risks.
• Ability to coordinate and manage projects and resources from a high and discreet level, including cost, work, and Vendor performance.
• Ability to categorize work, set priorities, and determine short and/or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
• Ability to accurately estimate time requirements for assigned tasks for a project.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and prioritize work assignments.
• Ability to put the ideologies, techniques, and tools into practice.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of the system development life cycle.
• Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures all business requirements, processes and inputs/outputs of activities.
• Ability to analyze and accurately define processes and workflows to design efficient process solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing processes.
• Ability to work effectively with individual staff and a work unit, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement or development of computer application systems.
• Ability to evaluate data outputs from computer application and identify system problems.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to business processes, computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.
• Must be able to perform QA reviews and provide valuable feedback in determining that standards are met and that documents are complete and comprehensive.
• Skill with Microsoft Azure Dev Ops or other agile management tool.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft products:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• Ability to relate to customers needs, document their requirements and perform duties in the absence of staff.
• Ability to receive and give constructive criticism, and maintain effective work relationships with others.
• Ability to adjust to changing demands in a dynamic environment with diverse work assignments.

• Manage projects in a hybrid agile/traditional environment.
• Review, understand, and be able to communicate the project and technical goals to team members, business office partners, and leadership.
• Manage the product Backlog.
• Participate in and coordinate release planning activities.
• Create and update project management documentation and deliverables.
• Facilitate project meetings.
• Document project status, issues, risks, assumptions, and decisions.
• Manage project documentation repository.
• Attend, facilitate, and present at project meetings.
• Collaborate with project team members and SMEs daily to enable agility, flexibility, and consistency of process and open communication.
• Understand and comply with the reporting and documentation requirements outlined in the DMS-FLDS, Chapter 60GG-1, 60GG-2, and 60GG-5 F.A.C.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Communication or other related field.

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) is required.
• Current Agile…