Senior Project Manager
*Local to Raleigh, NC only please
*This is a hybrid position
Description:
- The Child Support System Enhancement Effort aims to migrate critical functionality from a legacy mainframe system to a modern web-based platform.
- This initiative will improve scalability security and user experience while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.
- The modernization effort involves re-engineering business processes implementing new technologies and integrating with existing systems in an Agile development environment.
- Join our Child Support team to transform a legacy mainframe system into a modern web-based platform that improves usability accessibility and scalability.
- Were seeking a Senior Project Manager to help lead the work of updating and improving the Child Support System.
- The project involves moving from an older mainframe system to a newer web-based system that is easier to use and maintain.
- This work builds on improvements already underway.
- As the Senior Project Manager you’ll help plan the work keep teams organized and make sure everyone involved understands what needs to be done and when.
- You’ll work closely with the clients’ staff, stakeholders, partners, and vendors and help keep everything moving in a steady clear and practical way.
- You will help guide decisions work with many different groups and support day to day progress on this long-term effort.
- You’ll help keep the project on track by bringing people together solving issues as they come up and making sure everyone stays aligned as the system continues to grow and improve.
Responsibilities:
- Lead full cycle project planning by defining scope building detailed work plans creating integrated schedules and mapping dependencies to ensure all teams are aligned on priorities timelines and deliverables.
- Drive project execution by coordinating cross functional teams monitoring progress against plan resolving obstacles and ensuring work is completed on time within scope and at the expected quality level.
- Maintain strong communication with client staff technical teams’ business partners and vendors by facilitating meetings documenting decisions tracking action items and ensuring continuous alignment across stakeholders.
- Proactively identify and assess risks issues and system dependencies clearly communicating impacts to schedule scope and budget.
- Lead development of mitigation strategies and contingency plans to keep the project stable and moving forward.
- Oversee budgets and schedules by tracking progress analyzing variance and forecasting resource and funding needs.
- Adjust plans and priorities as necessary to maintain project performance and compliance with state requirements.
- Lead quality assurance activities by driving requirement reviews test planning system validation and defect resolution to ensure all deliverables meet user technical and regulatory expectations prior to release.
- Deliver clear timely and actionable project status communications to leadership including progress updates key risks issues decisions required and upcoming milestones to support informed decision making.
Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
Project Leadership Delivery:
- Leading complex multiphase IT projects from planning through execution monitoring and closeout.
- Work with large teams through structured project lifecycles maintaining alignment and accountability.
- Managing PMO processes governance documentation and reporting for initiatives.
- Technical Project Systems Management
- Managing largescale technology modernization legacy system migration and system integration projects.
- Overseeing web based application development system enhancements and platform updates.
- Coordinating with cross functional technical teams architect developers stakeholders vendors and QA.
Planning Forecasting Estimation:
- Developing detailed roadmap project plans work breakdown structures and integrated schedules.
- Performing effort cost and resource estimations forecasting and modeling future needs for long term technical initiatives.
- Managing budgets tracking variances and adjusting plans to maintain schedule and cost baselines.
Risk Issue Change Management:
- Identifying analyzing and mitigating risks issues and dependencies across systems.
- Leading cross team problem solving and implementing mitigation or contingency strategies.
- Supporting structured change management release readiness and stakeholder impact assessments.
Agile Delivery Team Collaboration:
- Working in Agile environments and guiding Agile teams through sprint planning backlog refinement and iterative delivery.
- Applying Agile practices to support transparency velocity and continuous improvement.
Tools Technology Proficiency:
- Experienced user of project management and collaboration tools including JIRA Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office.
- Skilled in managing dashboards schedules workflow tracking and status reporting.
Communication Stakeholder Engagement:
- Delivering clear concise communication to executives, business partners, technical teams, stakeholders, partners, and vendors.
- Facilitating decision making negotiations and cross team alignment in complex environments.
- Leading diverse stakeholder groups and maintaining strong relationships across agencies and partners.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Child Support programs or government.
- Professional certifications such as PMP PRINCE2 SAFe Agile or Scrum Master.
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- IT Technical – SDLC and coding familiarity; able to work closely with developers; skilled at translating technical details for business teams, Required 4 Years
- Project Leadership & Delivery (Leading enterprise IT projects; project lifecycle management, PMO governance, reporting, coordination), Required 10 Years
- Technical Project & Systems Management (System integration; web based application development; collaboration with architects and technical teams), Required 10 Years
- Planning, Forecasting & Estimation (Developing project plans, schedules; time/effort/cost estimation; resource forecasting; budget tracking), Required 10 Years
- Risk, Issue & Change Management (Identifying risks, issues, dependencies; mitigation strategies; change impact analysis; communicating blockers/decision), Required 10 Years
- Communication & Stakeholder Engagement (Executive level communication; cross team negotiations; delivering clear and actionable project updates), Required 10 Years
- Agile Delivery & Collaboration (Facilitating Agile ceremonies, guiding Agile teams, applying Agile frameworks; supporting iterative delivery), Required 5 Years
- Use of Project Tools (Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, JIRA or similar tools), Required 3 Years
- Experience in government, or Child Support programs, Highly desired 1 Years
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Agile, or Scrum Master, Highly desired
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