Project Manager

Position: Project Manager

Location: Tallahassee, FL

Hire Type: Contract

Minimum Qualifications of Candidate:

The client is seeking a Project Manager professional with the following minimum qualifications (these qualifications must be clearly stated on the resume and verifiable via reference checks):

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• 4 years of experience managing IT projects.
• Experience working with Agile methodology.
• Experience with projects in a program environment (i.e., multiple interrelated and coordinated projects) led by a Program Manager.
• Experience with large-scale implementation projects with the following characteristics:
• large and high-profile,
• multiple technologies and functions, and
• collaboration with multiple stakeholder groups with diverse and competing needs and expectations.
• 7 years of IT work experience including but not limited to:
• gathering and documenting business and technical requirements;
• producing technical documentation related to requirements, specifications, traceability matrices, designs, or test scripts; and
• facilitating business and technical analysis meetings and producing detailed meeting agendas and notes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Project, SharePoint and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree is preferred.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps is preferred.
• Experience with distributed application architecture is preferred.
• Experience working with Early Learning Coalitions is preferred.

Deliverables/Tasks:

The Project Manager key deliverables include, but are not limited to the following:

• Providing overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-oriented work efforts.
• Attending and/or facilitating meetings with project stakeholder groups.
• Assembling project plans and teamwork assignments; directing and monitoring work efforts daily; identifying resource needs; performing quality reviews; and escalating functional, quality, and timeline issues appropriately to the Program Manager.
• Communicating effectively regarding all major project areas such as scope, risk, and resources.
• Possessing expertise in the business unit(s) they support, as well as an understanding of the IT organization's systems and capabilities.
• Working closely with management, other Project Managers, and the IT unit to ensure that the application meets scope, requirements, and project management guidelines.
• Assisting with both internal and external resources to achieve business solutions within project guidelines.
• Identifying and eliminating obstacles to solution plans, business goals or implementation.
• Other duties as assigned.