IT Project Manager - Public Sector

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in three Canadian provinces and Europe.

PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit  .

Collaborating with our Technology Consulting team, you will help organizations streamline operations and achieve strategic goals to serve the public better. We provide the full spectrum of technology consulting services to help state and local agencies meet operational and program needs that enhance the lives of their user base.

Services:

• Strategy, Architecture, Planning, and Procurement
• Business Enablement
• Business Solutions
• Project Assurance

PCG is hiring a Senior Consultant to manage a public sector state government project while continuing to support building the team and portfolio of projects in our Technology Consulting Practice Area. This Senior consultant will serve as the primary point of contact for State’s project leadership, providing expert advice, assistance, and guidance to support a major ERP Migration project and ensuring all project requirements are met.

The Sr. Consultant will lead the work with the support of the project team to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services to the ERP migration project. Responsible for leadership and task coordination as well as direct responsibility for the deliverables and work products produced by the team. These deliverables and work products will be completed in accordance with our practice area’s overall strategy, approach, and methodology.

The consultant ensures all assessments and deliverables are high-quality and comprehensive and provide meaningful insights into the ERP Migration project in all its dimensions. The consultant must be in FL, SC, GA, or NC.

Broad experience in selected industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, education, etc.), technical competencies (e.g., big data, coding, and programming, project management, technical writing, cloud/SaaS services, power platform), and management approaches (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) are required.

• Lead project teams where you provide direction and keep stakeholders informed.
• Proactively solve complex client problems from pursuit through execution using a consultative mindset.
• Anticipate issues and blockers proactively.
• Identify and surface patterns to peers and leadership with regards to the root causes of problems.
• Assimilate research and complex data to objectively inform recommendations.
• As necessary, lead or participate in project delivery activities, including analysis, deliverable creation, and communicating project performance and progress.
• Manage project teams focused on all phases of the SDLC, including business analysis, architecture; software design, development, configuration, testing and implementation; and project assurance/oversight.
• Apply your financial acumen to make business recommendations that improve the success of your projects.

• Support proposal responses for RFPs, including participating in the response writing.
• Understand our competitors and develop strategies on how we can differentiate our approach against them in the marketplace.
• Gain a deep understanding of most products and services within the practice and help drive the strategy for their alignment to the market.
• Effectively review RFPs, champion bid decisions on opportunities, and influence the decisions.

• Experience with either implementation of a large-scale cloud-based ERP system or experience with technical project management of a cloud-based ERP system (preferably a People Soft or SAP S/4
  
  HANA RISE Migration)
• Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) experience with large…