Job Description :
Direct End Client: State of New York
Job Title: IT Project Manager (Expert)
Duration: 24 Months
No. of Hours per Week: 40 Hours Per Week
Start Date: 10/23/2018
Location: 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232
Position Type: Contract
Interview Type: Phone OR Skype OR In-Person
Requirement ID: SNY_PM697_BR
Description:
State of New York - Department of Transportation (DOT)
This position will work directly with Department Executive and Leadership Staff in the implementation, reporting and governance of multi-faceted, high-visibility projects.
Responsibilities:
Presentations and interaction with high level NYS executive leaders related to Transportation projects.
Communicating project status to team members as well as management and executives both inside and outside the Agency.
Defining and managing project scope, schedule and budget.
Identifying project risks and dependencies and providing implementation alternatives to mitigate project risk related to scope, schedule and budget.
Managing and mentoring project teams in the development of business cases, project plans, status reports and project management documents as requested by management.
Working with senior management on resource allocations, project responsibilities and tasking, as well as mentoring and training resources as necessary.
Functioning as a facilitator to clarify business and technical requirements which cross project team boundaries in within a matrix organization.
Performing all tasks with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Required Skills/ Experience/ Education:
Bachelor level or higher degree and either a current Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification or National Certification in Project Management.
Minimum of 84 months of experience in Project Management of complex, cross-functional, multi-organizational, multi-year information technology projects with a variety of key project stakeholders. Experience should include a variety of application development, vendor software (COTS) implementation and/or technology infrastructure projects.
Minimum of 60 months of experience implementing projects utilizing industry standard project management life cycle methodologies. Experience should include iterative project planning tracked via a Project Plan, identification of project risks and implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
Minimum of 24 months of experience in IT customer relationship management in a governmental setting using centralized IT and project management services. Experience should include determining service needs and facilitating service delivery; confirming resources and team structure needed to support project needs; interpreting high-level business requirements into tangible project milestones; initiating support of project activities with peers, subordinates, managers and supervisors.
Minimum of 24 of months experience administering a project portfolio in a governmental environment. Experience should include implementing standardized project management templates, forms and reports; planning and estimating IT project budgets; determining project Return on Investment (ROI); preparing detailed budget estimations for proposed projects; analyzing and summarizing portfolio metrics including scope, schedule, budget and risk for governance boards, agency executives, stakeholders and enterprise portfolio managers; identifying and confirming project funding sources.
Three (3) Professional References are required.
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