Project Manager ; Non-IT

Position: Project Manager 2 (Non-IT)
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Note:

All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate BPA manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.

Help facilitate and coordinate the completion of training and change management efforts supporting the process changes implementation and adoption.

Provide project management skills to support project planning and process, providing guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology and best practices, including:

Investigate ways to integrate project constraints into the business portfolio decision-making process.

Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.

Recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs. (

Note:

resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with, and provided by appropriate BPA performance managers.)

Collaborate with business units and BPA performance managers to identify any resource allocation issues and make suggestions to resolve.

Schedule and lead project team meetings ranging from recurring working meetings to requirements gathering across organizational units to varying levels of program/project management stakeholders.

Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.

Suggest improvement(s) to project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.

Draft project plans, suggest resource strategies, and help with funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.

Alert BPA manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.

Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, including recommending project stages and assessing business potential risks for each stage.

Organize, coordinate, and help monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting BPA personnel of any obstacles / potential delay to project timelines, targets, or success. Provide corrective action recommendations for BPA consideration.

Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate BPA manager / personnel.

Collaborate with BPA manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.

Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested by BPA personnel; work with appropriate parties to help facilitate resolution of conflicting team positions.

Draft and distribute project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.

Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients on the progress of the project vis-a-vis the work plan.

Collaborate and work with project sponsors and BPA performance managers to help identify obstacles and suggest remediation(s) of those obstacles impacting timely project completion.

Capture project "lessons learned” and provide draft recommendations for appropriate BPA management review and approval/acceptance.

Provide project risk management assistance by:

Identify potential areas of risk and obtain guidance from appropriate BPA manager, Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), or Contracting Officer (CO).

Monitor and track resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance-related dependencies.

Maintain a standard issue, risk, and/or action logs.

Draft and recommend potential contingency plans to minimize risks for acceptance by appropriate BPA manager/personnel.

Communicate regularly with project sponsors, stakeholders, and BPA managers to further assignments timely and without delay.

Support, draft, and help ensure the following functions:

Written communication and draft sponsor communication

Project team communications…