IT PMO Liaison
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Duration: 11 Months (hybrid)
Visa Status: USC, GC, GCEAD, H1B, C2C
Job Description:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Originate and oversee proposals, statements of work, statements of requirements and RFP responses through selection/acquisition. Facilitate the technical and planning aspects of the technology procurement process.
• Coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams to develop plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures that will enable future execution of a project or initiative. Incorporate agency best practices into those project plans.
• Ensure plans minimally include tasks, schedules, identification of potential risks, checkpoints, reporting of status and appropriate allocation of resources from all required disciplines.
• Seamlessly transition developed plans to internal VDOT and/or vendor teams for successful execution using PMI best-practices.
• Provide oversight to ensure projects in execution include a framework for governance encompassing adequate meetings, reporting, metrics, risk and issue management, and quality assurance. Validate that the assigned project team(s) adhere to project governance standards throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with pre-defined metrics and milestones.
• Manage working relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.
• Set goals for initiatives that are consistent with technical objectives and the agency’s overall technology strategy.
• Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
• Exhibit significant emotional quotient (EQ) in handling project challenges and maintain a positive project culture in line with VDOT’s mission and shared values.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing a portfolio of projects.
• Strong experience leading the business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements in request for proposal and statement of requirement formats.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building.
• Ability to plan in a rapidly changing environment and to provide guidance for changes as required for the life of the project.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.
• Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.
• Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models.
• Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project and business environment.
• Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques and practices.
QUALIFICATIONS
• The candidate should have 15 years of overall IT experience. Experience with technology infrastructure is preferred. Application Development experience is a plus.
• The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects in a Portfolio and a bachelor's degree.
• The candidate should be proficient in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office required.
• The candidate should possess financial literacy including budgeting, accounting, investing and managing credit.
• The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement management including original development of Statements of Work (SOWs), Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and contracts.
• PMP Certification through PMI or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia
Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers.
See:http://www.vita.virginia.gov/oversight/projects/default.aspx?id=
• Experience with Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS
process is strongly preferred.
• Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP, VITA
Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW) is preferred.
Required 10 Years Large Project Management
Required 5 Years Portfolio Management
Required 10 Years Project Management Tools
Required 8 Years PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4 Projects.
Required 8 Years Comprehensive knowledge of vendor contracting, and vendor management methodologies related to information technology projects.
Required 10 Years Financial Literacy
Required 4 Years Hands-on working experience with Microsoft Project.
Required 5 Years Must possess an active PMP from PMI OR a PM certification from VITA (no other certifications are accepted)
Highly desired 1 Years VITA CTP
Highly desired 10 Years Proposal Development/Business Writing
Highly desired 8 Years Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and software systems, including Azure and Google Cloud.
Highly desired 8 Years Experience managing cloud-based solutions for data management and analytics.
Desired 8 Years Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery (networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning) is preferred.