IT Project Manager

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.

- Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards.

- Execute all project management functions; including work breakdown, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables, budgets, staff assignments and developments.

- Lead and direct the successful delivery of services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.

- Provide detailed direction during various stages of the lifecycle to include requirements analysis, testing and potentially programming support.

- Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management.

- Assure the project is in compliance with company standards and procedures.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Determine and define projects and objectives.

- Manage project planning efforts and documentation.

- Maintain project portfolio through established tools and processes.

- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan.

- Lead project meetings and provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress.

- Collaborate with team members, executive leadership, clients, and other key stakeholders for efficient and successful project execution.

- Track project costs in order to meet scope, budget, and timeline.

- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.

- Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed.

- Oversee the change management process within the program.

- Utilize project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices through full life cycle of projects.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 5-7 years of relevant professional experience required.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.

Equivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree.

- 5+ years of relevant professional experience required.

- Experience successfully developing and deploying IT solutions using various development methodologies (e.g., waterfall, iterative, etc.).

- Must have experience facilitating Agile Scrum ceremonies.

- Experience working with stakeholders to ensure alignment of project goals.

- Skilled in Microsoft Office Software including Word, Excel, Visio, MS Project, and PowerPoint.

- Experience with project management tools and software, such as MS Project or JIRA.

Job Specific Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Relevant industry experience to include government service...