Sr. IT Project Manager

Phoenix, AZ, United States

Position Information

Position Type Staff Augmentation Hours/Week 40 Billing Type Hourly Shift Day Projected Start Date 07/01/2022 Start Time 8:00 AM Projected End Date/Duration 12 Months from projected start date End Time 5:00 PM Bid Limit Per Vendor 2 Number of Positions 1 Desired Career Level None Selected Minimum Education Level None Selected Weekend None

Position Location

ddress 3003 N. Central Ave, 19th Floor City Phoenix State rizon Zip 85012 Country UNITED STATES

Requirements

Travel Required No Security Required Yes Onboarding Category

Position Description

Please see attachments for full job description.

The ideal candidate has the experience to be a true Senior PM. There are set processes and procedures that the DCS IT PMO have established that must be followed, but that is usually the case in any PMO environment. True Senior experience is what is needed.

Position is estimated to last 12 months, as has the possibility for extension.

Attachment :

s a Senior IT Project Manager, you'll work with various stakeholders at different levels of the organization to manage projects and improve transparency. You'll need to provide diplomatic and timely communication in an agile work environment with iterative planning and delivery cycles.

The ideal candidate will have a proven and successful track record in managing complex technology projects and a mastery level knowledge of project management methodologies, project planning, requirements gathering, project scheduling, risk/issue management, vendor management, written and verbal communication, and stakeholder management.

Essential Duties:

• Develop and maintain project plans, identify resource needs, and manage project schedule

• Drive project-related change management

• Manage multiple stakeholders, aligning on common goals and communicating risks; run effective meetings

• Anticipate the needs, risks, and challenges of your projects

• Drive projects forward amid stalling forces

• Lead communication with stakeholders and team members through completion of the project

• Plans, develops, implements, and manages a project team through complete task definitions and work requirement identification and assignments.

• Works closely and collaboratively with key stakeholders to define project scope, strategy, budget, and outcomes; identifies critical resource expertise and targets appropriate internal and/or external sources to ensure optimal outcome(s).

• Apply project management tools/techniques

• Establishes and continually monitors/manages project expectations with team; assigns tasks and identifies issues for resolution to ensure optimal team effectiveness.

• Prepares and maintains all project status reports and schedules; tracks milestones/deliverables, critical paths and dependencies; re-sets expectations as needed in consideration of project progress/outcomes.

• Develops resource allocations based upon the project scope of work

• Documents, communicates risks and issues as they are defined

• Responds to all inquiries regarding project status

• Coaches, and supervises all project team members both internal and contracted to ensure optimal outcomes; builds, develops, and maintains relationships vital to project success.

• Takes action to mitigate conflict; escalates serious project issues.

• Effectively communicate relevant project information in a professional manner to the business and technical personnel.

• Liaison to Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology (ASET) for IT Project Investment Justification (PIJ) processes.

Skills:

• Technical (application development, data, governance, data migration, data warehouse etc.) project management experience.

• Experience with SaaS and PaaS projects as well as data migration.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; expertise in managing customer expectations.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.

• Experience with change management in a dynamic environment.

• Comfortable using Microsoft O365 suite, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps (ADO) and SharePoint.

• PM training and certification desirable, but not required.

• Other certifications and skills such as Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kaizen, and Organizational Change Management are a plus

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with industry standard project management and service delivery methodologies for IT (SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Lean/Six Sigma, OCM, PMBOK or ITIL a plus).

• Experience developing strategies and technical specifications for projects, ability to manage complex technology projects.

• Experience in clarifying roles and responsibilities to ensure understanding of expectations.

• Experience in taking action to mitigate conflict.

• Experience in preparing and maintaining all project status reports and schedules.

• Experience in tracking milestones/deliverables, critical paths and dependencies.

• Experience in re-setting expectations as needed in consideration of project progress/outcomes.

• Experience working in a Project Management Office.

• Experience delivering and/or managing IT Applications projects.