Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Short Description:  Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor.
Complete Description:  The full time, on-site project manager will provide the overall management for the ORS MPSERs Reform - Hybrid 2 project. This individual will provide full-time project management services for all IT project activities to ensure that the project will be completed on time, within budget, and within scope. This resource will create and manage detailed project plans and schedules for the date-to-day tracking and oversight of deliverables with the project using the SOM Project Management Methodology. This resource will create and use tools to monitor and report on schedule progress, resource utilization, issue resolution/escalation, and process adherence. This resource also gathers and reports on vendor performance and compliance. 
Years of Experience:Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager.
Job Description:Advanced experience managing programs of projects, complex projects or multiple projects. Demonstrated and advanced understanding of project management methodologies.   Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.  A significant degree of creativity and latitude is required.  Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
•Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources. Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project team members. Handles complex application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required for complex application features. Generally manages a group of applications system analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is highly desirable.•May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application or platform skills. Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project. Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts. Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers. Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency. Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives. Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance. Self-directed and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceProject Managing Large projects with budgets > $10 Million excluding hardware/software costsRequired3YearsDocumented experience managing project whose scope included rewriting a large, complex existing systemRequired3YearsRecent experience in managing IT projects in a government environmentRequired5YearsCreating and managing comprehensive project plans utilizing project management flows and toolsRequired5YearsScope management for project including a disciplined change control processRequired5YearsIssue management across multiple departmentsRequired5YearsManaging large, complex multi-year systems development projectsRequired5YearsCreating and executing implementation plansRequired5YearsCreating quality assurance processes and plansRequired5YearsExcellent verbal and written communication with clients and technical staff in EnglishRequired3YearsCurrent PMP CertificationRequired1Years