REQT: Direct Client: Project Manager @ Dauphin County, PA Hybrid Locals

Project Manager

Dauphin County, PA — Hybrid — Only Locals

10 months contract

Candidates must reside in Pennsylvania upon submittal, no relocation.

Be able to work in the Harrisburg office two (2) days a week as requested.

The primary objective of this engagement is to provide Project Management support to promote the successful system transition of the on-prem in-house custom EMS registry to an Image Trend SaaS product for the Pennsylvania DOH,
Bureau of EMS
.

The PM directs, administers, manages, and facilitates enhancement, re‑engineering of a business process or a developmental project. The PM is the individual ultimately responsible with the Bureau of EMS, Executive Sponsor, Vendor, various impacted IT areas and other stakeholders as defined. The PM’s primary responsibility is to drive the entire effort from start to finish. The PM must ensure that the project is completed on schedule, within the defined budget and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.

The selected contractor must be familiar with the five (5) phases along with inputs/outputs identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that combine to turn a project idea into a working product. The PM will need to rely on their proven experience leading projects to a successful implementation, and their judgment, to plan and accomplish goals. Strong interpersonal skills are required when consulting with the program area and various IT teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions.

The role description is outlined below:

• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering or development of a high priority, high profile, and Commonwealth enterprise‑wide information technology project of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the Commonwealth.
• Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process re‑engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
• Works with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.
• Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
• Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re‑engineering or development effort.
• Accountable for the approval and sign‑off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
• Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project and meet service commitments.
• Manage, and track the project progress against the project schedule.
• Monitor project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to ensure the project is on schedule.
• Monitor and track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders.
• Plan,…