Description:
Client needs a Technical Project Manager who will manage a new initiative referred to as the Business Services Portal (BSP)
Onsite Requirements: Onsite work IS REQUIRED in this role. The expectation is that the person will be fully onsite for an initial period as determined by the client and will then have the ability to work in a HYBRID schedule with onsite work expected on a regular basis as is mutually agreed upon by client and contractor.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Partners with the client and leaders to ensure successful delivery of the BSP project, including design, implementation, sustainability, and transferability.
- In coordination with CLIENT staff, primarily responsible for managing this project and related communications and determines the most effective project management strategy for this project and executes accordingly.
- Facilitates resolution of obstacles and issues pertaining to resource availability, decision-making, timelines, establishing priorities and any similar challenge facing this cross-agency initiative.
- Initiates research and communication with the vendor, stakeholders, partners, and agency staff to identify potential internal and external services to meet business and project requirements.
- Researches, develops, and recommends solutions to identified project needs or challenges.
- Creates, maintains, and assesses key project milestones and benchmarks.
- Provides timely analysis and feedback on project design, key features, process, and more, particularly where technology and business policies and procedures are critical success factors for the initiative.
- Provides in-depth analysis of each phase and specification of the project as it relates to project health and progress toward project objectives. Presents analysis and recommendations to senior management and other project stakeholders.
- Facilitates and documents project related training, information sessions, and eventually close-out activities, project retrospectives and lessons learned to provide recommendations for improvements to subsequent project planning, monitoring and control.
- Researches, analyzes, develops, recommends and assists in the implementation of project management best practices, business processes, detailed business requirements and opportunities for process enhancements tailored to meet business and program requirements.
- Develops planning documents and functional specifications for identified workflow improvements and system changes and interfaces with other internal and external operations.
- Assesses and establishes metrics for the project that are useful to drive desired outcomes. Creates supporting procedures, processes and systems to measure, record, and communicate, metrics and related portfolio, program project data to appropriate stakeholders. Offer support and mentor project participants to assist with creation and reporting of project artifacts.
- Manages invoices and overall budget for the project.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university, preferably with a major in management information systems, computer information systems, or computer science. Each additional year of specialized formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience:
Seven years' experience in systems analysis, broad-based knowledge of business environments, preferably in a field or occupation related to software development, software support, or software maintenance, three years of which shall have included the direct involvement in application or product lifecycle management. Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.