Project Manager

Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Duration: 12 Months (Remote)

Visa Status: USC, GC, GCEAD, H1B, C2C

Job Description:

Job Duties

• Manage work breakdown structures and Azure DevOps and/or Microsoft Project tasks to coordinate work necessary to complete project milestones. Must apply discipline and consistency to continually add, update, and manage tasks, task assignments, task statuses, and task estimates.
• Produce project schedules, budget projections, and status reports based on detailed project data.
• Manage projects utilizing a team of in-house and vendor technical staff performing software development, infrastructure upgrades and migrations, implementations, and other technical projects to deliver line-of-business functionality for both internal VDACS users and citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Develop and manage project plans, risk plans, communication plans, and other formal project management documents.
• Coordinate activities of internal and external technical teams between stakeholders, including vendor partners, for projects as needed.
• Identify changes to scope, budget, or time-line, notify customers of risks, make modifications and resolve problems within a mutually agreed upon timeliness.
• Maintain project status information and provide project status reports to Information Systems management and project stakeholders.
• Ensure that project activities comply with VDACS and Commonwealth policies and standards, including security standard and required documentation


Required:

• PMP OR VITA PMD Project Manager Qualification (level 1-4) Required.
• Experience managing software development projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience managing projects in a technical environment, particularly in an information systems or software development environment.
• Experience managing vendor and contractor resources in coordination with internal staff resources.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply one or more formal project management disciplines such as the PMP Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Project + framework, PRINCE2 methodologies, or other industry recognized project management framework.
• Capable of producing well-documented project plans, risk management plans, change management plans, work breakdown structures, budgets, and project status reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to include the ability to clearly communicate project status and planning concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. The demonstrated ability to effectively interact with, and provide customer service to, all levels of the organization, customers and partners.

Job Duties (Day to Day)

• Manage work breakdown structures and Azure DevOps, or Microsoft Project tasks to coordinate work necessary to complete project milestones. Must apply discipline and consistency to continually add, update, and manage tasks, task assignments, task statuses, and task estimates.
• Produce project schedules, budget projections, and status reports based on detailed project data. Update VITA PlanView system for project governance activities.
• Manage projects utilizing a team of in-house and vendor technical staff performing software development, infrastructure upgrades and migrations, implementations, and other technical projects to deliver line-of-business functionality for both internal our users and citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Develop and manage project plans, risk plans, communication plans, and other formal project management documents.
• Coordinate activities of internal and external technical teams between stakeholders, including vendor partners, for projects as needed.
• Identify changes to scope, budget, or time-line, notify customers of risks, make modifications and resolve problems within a mutually agreed upon timeliness.
• Maintain project status information and provide project status reports to Information Systems management and project stakeholders.
• Ensure that project activities comply with us and Commonwealth policies and standards, including security standard and required documentation

Required 8 Years Project Manager 8 years of experience
Required 8 Years Sr exp with Agile
Required 8 Years Sr exp with Waterfall
Required 6 Years Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
Required 5 Years Sr PM exp with software development projects
Highly desired 5 Years Exp with scope, budget,risk
Required Active PMP certification OR VITA PMD Project Manager Qualification (level 1-4) REQ. Pls upload the cert under the REF TAB in Vector
Desired AzureDevOps
Desired JIRA
Desired Prior successful exp within State Gov (Commonwealth of Virginia preferred)