Complete Description:
*local candidates strongly preferred
*ONLY in-person interviews will be conducted, NO Skype, NO exceptions
*contract will likely be extended beyond 5/31/15
*Candidates MUST be eligible to be hired directly by the Commonwealth without sponsorship
The SCC has engaged a vendor to implement a complex, multi-year, enterprise-wide IT project. The PM will report directly to the SCC’s Chief Technology Officer & will manage the project in partnership with the vendor's PM.
The Project Manager 5 will be responsible for the following:
• Following standard project management industry practices, such as the Project Management Institute’s framework
• Understanding and ensuring the delivery of the business and technical objectives of the project
• Leading and managing the efforts of IT staff, business staff, and vendors, and serving as a liaison to external stakeholders; building an effective team with representatives from each of these areas
• Working with the vendor partner to ensure the project meets business requirements and achieves milestones according to agreed upon schedule, cost and scope
• Ensuring that deliverables comply with specifications, policies, regulations and standards
• Monitoring, tracking, and reporting all project risks, issues, and potential changes to scope, schedule, cost, or quality
• Participating in vendor negotiations, preparing procurement documentation and managing vendor contracts
• Creating and managing project plans and schedules, managing the project budget, identifying staffing or technical resource needs, project status reporting, and facilitation of deliverable review and approval – project will not have a Project Coordinator
Required Skill Set:
• 15 or more years of information technology project management experience
• Demonstrated and advanced experience in managing complex, enterprise-wide information technology-based projects
• Demonstrated and advanced understanding of project management methodologies
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Commission IT and business staff, vendor partners and the general public
• Critical thinking and advanced problem-solving skills and abilities
• In-depth knowledge of and extensive experience with traditional systems development life cycle and related project documentation
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to envision the big picture, while providing meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously and to work independently
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Desirable Skill Set:
• Graduation from a four year college or university with major course work in Computer Science, Management or Systems Software
• Experience with implementing enterprise-wide document management and workflow systems
• Experience with implementing enterprise-wide business process improvement
• Experience with replacing a legacy mainframe environment with a server-based environment
• Experience managing large-scale software development with these technologies: Sharepoint, K2 Blackpearl, Visio, Oracle, SQL Server, .Net Framework
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Information Technology project management experience
Required
15
Years
Demonstrated and advanced experience in managing complex, enterprise-wide information technology-based projects
Required
10
Years
Demonstrated and advanced understanding of procurement management methodologies
Required
15
Years
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Commission IT and business staff, vendor partners, and the general public
Required
Critical thinking and advanced problem-solving skills and abilities
Required
15
Years
In-depth knowledge of and extensive experience with traditional systems development life cycle and related project documentation
Required
15
Years
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Required
20
Years
Ability to envision the big picture while providing meticulous attention to detail
Required
15
Years
Ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously and to work independently
Required
15
Years
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
Required
5
Years
Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Required
Graduation from a four year college or university with major course work in Computer Science, Management, or Systems Software
Highly desired
Experience with implementing enterprise-wide document management and workflow systems
Highly desired
2
Years
Experience with implementing enterprise-wide business process improvement
Highly desired
2
Years
Experience with replacing a legacy mainframe environment with a server-based environment
Highly desired
2
Years
Experience managing large-scale software development with these technologies: Sharepoint, K2 Blackpearl, Visio, Oracle, SQL Server, and .Net Framework
Highly desired
2
Years
Must be legally eligible to be hired as a State employee
Required