Senior Project Manager
*This is a hybrid role, requiring two (2) days/week on-site, candidates local to Richmond, VA only, please
*This is a 6-month contract
Description:
- The Senior PM will be responsible for the planning and implementation of Revenue Life cycle replacement system.
- This is a high-risk complex project with multiple workstreams.
- Candidate will manage vendor and internal staff activities.
- This role requires a seasoned PM who is willing to get involved in the day-to-day execution of the project.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate vendors and consultants and internal IT and business staff
- Perform standard project management tasks such as tracking budget and expenditures developing and tracking the schedule identifying and mitigating risks managing vendors and supervising team member work
- Develop and present presentations to senior leadership
- Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities
- Manage working relationships with key stakeholders including executive management business management vendors project sponsors suppliers and technology management.
- Collaborate with external vendor / Suppliers and internal technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
- Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle including execution of procurements definition of project plans resource allocation management of project risks scope and schedule delivery of value and well-ordered transitions to operations.
- Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.
- Adhere to client and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
- Facilitates resolution of technical and non-technical risks and issues
- Leads and coordinates the scoping technical requirements gathering estimating and planning for single or multiple work-streams
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills., Required 10 Years
- Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods., Required 10 Years
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle models., Required 10 Years
- Ability to understand technology at the level to help represent project team in multiple forums., Required 10 Years
- Strong exp leading business & IT resources thru the discovery/documentation of business and technical requirements in request for solution proposals, Required 10 Years
- Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices., Required 10 Years
- Active PMP cert (from PMI). Pls upload a copy under the Reference Tab to be considered, Required 10 Years
- Ability to run scrum, kanban or waterfall project management best practices., Required 10 Years
- Experience in leading large program with multiple workstreams., Required 5 Years
- Experience in working vendor and implementing vendor solutions., Required 5 Years
- Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects., Desired 5 Years
- Experience with Data Modernization & Enterprise Data Warehouse, Highly desired 5 Years
- Expedience with VITA High Category Project management, Highly desired 5 Years
- Experience managing complex initiatives that may involve RFI, RFP, RFQ etc, Highly desired 5 Years
- Experience in managing projects to build, replace and implement Financial Management Systems., Highly desired 5 Years
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