Senior IT Project Manager - Enterprise Technology PMO

Description & Requirements

Maximus is currently seeking Senior IT Project Manager.

The Senior IT Project Manager will manage all aspects of project execution, including work breakdown, scheduling, resource allocation, milestone tracking, adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables, and oversee day-to-day activities for both internal and vendor-managed project teams.

This is a remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the point of contact and client interface for project technology related issues.
- Manage project expectations, evaluate project needs, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure that program needs are met with respect to urgency and priority.
- Develop trust, credibility, and strong client relationships; seeks opportunities to add value to internal and external client initiatives.
- Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards.
- Execute all project management functions including; work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables and budgets, and staff assignment and development.
- Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, infrastructure, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.
- Define and implement development plans for assigned projects.

- Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.

- Ensure staff is knowledgeable on the applications and technologies in use on the project and that project team understands and follows processes and procedures.
- Provide detailed direction during various stages of the lifecycle to include requirements analysis, testing, and potentially programming support.
- Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow on work.
- Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management.
- Coordinate, prepare, and manage technical presentations and functional demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Serve as the primary point of contact and liaison among technical teams, business stakeholders, project/program managers, and external clients, ensuring clear communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle (Initiate, Plan, Execute, Close).

- Establish and manage client and business relationships, set and manage expectations of project sponsors, and seek opportunities to add value to client initiatives.

- Lead program kick-off and recurring stand-up meetings, facilitate project meetings, and track progress, tasks, dependencies, and risks to ensure stakeholder alignment.

- Function as a liaison betwee...