Job Description :
Title : Project Manager
Duration : 24 months
Location : Albany, New York
Rate : $ 60/hr on W2 - no benefits , only billable hrs.
Requirements:
Years of work experience: 7 year(s)
Responsibilities:
We have a 24-month project with our client in Albany, NY that requires a Project Manager, Expert
Day-to-Day Tasks include, but not limited to:
Facilitating successful completion of IT projects by working across project team boundaries in a matrix environment to secure resources, resolve issues, and set project timeline and milestones.
Prepare and manage Project Management Plan including but not limited to scope statement, schedule, budget, quality plan, risks, issues, and communication plan, etc
Prepare and deliver executive-level reports and documents including presentations, proposals, and training materials.
Track Project performance to ensure goals are being met.
Identify and facilitate communications with stakeholder groups.
Utilize formal project change process and communicate all changes with all stakeholders.
Communication of project status and updates at all levels of organization, with internal stakeholders, project team and executive staff.
Coordinate with Agency Executives, project team members, ITS portfolio staff, ITS Enterprise staff, and other stakeholders.
Identify and mitigate project risks; escalate and resolve issues impacting project success.
Provide weekly, bi-weekly and/or monthly status updates using established standards, tools and procedures.
Coordinate with ITS Chief Technology Officer and Chief Portfolio Office as needed.
Develop transition plan(s) and execute those plans to ensure orderly transition to ITS Enterprise Operations including proper mentoring and training as needed to ensure successful transition.
Mandatory Qualifications:
Plans, organizes, and integrates cross-functional information technology projects that are significant in scope and impact.
84+ Months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.
Preferred Qualifications:
24 months of project management experience leading enterprise-wide business initiative in a state or federal regulatory environment.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent PM credential/education/relevant experience.
48 months experience in managing more than one interdependent Information Technology (IT) projects for the public sector/government from initiation through closeout.
84 months experience managing complex, cross-functional, multi-year IT projects including oral and written communications with all stakeholders; with a focus on application development, vendor software implementation and/or technology infrastructure projects.
84 months experience developing and maintaining project artifacts including scope, charter, budget, schedule, resource, and communication plans using standard PM methodologies and tools.
84 months experience managing and implementing projects utilizing industry standard software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid.