Role: Project Manager
Location: Denver, Colorado 80203- Remote
Interview Type: Either Webcam or In Person
Experience: 12+ Years
Note: Candidates must be located Colorado
Description:
Experience: 5-7 years minimum of progressive IT Project Management experience.
Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred.
Process Expertise: Deep working knowledge of formal Project Management Life Cycles (PMLC), stage-gate governance, and project estimation principles.
Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of IT domains (e.g., ERP, Cloud/Security, Legacy Modernization).
Key Deliverables & Responsibilities
The contractor will serve as the central project owner, executing all tasks necessary to ensure alignment with approved scope, budget, and schedule.
Project Governance & Planning (Schedule Phase)
Own the Project Record: Establish and manage the complete project record, including creating the initial detailed project schedule, and ensuring the approved budget and budgeted level of effort (LOE) are correctly entered.
Estimation & Control: Validate project effort assumptions, reconcile capacity against approved budget/LOE from the Solution Proposal, and maintain accurate cost tracking via SH timesheets.
Requirements to Scope: Lead Details Gathering Workshops to capture comprehensive business and technical requirements, feeding directly into the detailed project schedule.
Security & DR Alignment: Coordinate with the OIT Disaster Recovery and Security teams to confirm the requirements and scope.
Governance & Approval: Build and present the finalized Project Plan.
Execute & Deploy Phases
Kickoff & Cadence: Plan and lead the Working Group Project Kickoff and establish the recurring Project Meeting and Stakeholder Meeting cadence to proactively manage risks and issues (RAID).
Execution Monitoring: Proactively monitor execution against the schedule, track project health, and own overall project communications.
Milestone Management: Drive progress toward critical milestones.
Change Management: Ensure the Lead Technical SME submits the necessary CAB (Change Advisory Board) Request for production approval.
Transition to Operations: Manage the final deliverables and completing all steps outlined in the Transition to Operations.
Execution & Closure (Close Phase)
Final Acceptance
Administrative & Reporting: Finalize the project record and ensure all project tasks and RAID entries are completed, and distribute the Final Status Report.
Process Improvement: Participate in Process Review Meetings throughout the project lifecycle to capture documented lessons and process improvement actions.