Project Manager

Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager

Client: State of Indiana -INDOT

Job ID: 748184

Duration: 12 Months

Location: 100 N. Senate Ave Indianapolis, IN 46204

Selected candidate will be required to work onsite 3 days per week.

Interview Type: In Person Only

This position will go through two rounds of interviews. First interview will be via Teams and the second interview in-person

Note: State (Government) experience is mandatory.

If interested, please share your resume at ankita.sharma@infostride.com or call/Text me at Direct 14153601700 Ext. 216

Description:

• Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams.

• Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI framework.

Overview:

• Minimum five years or more project management experience.

• Capable of managing a technical, software, and/or data and reporting-centric IT projects with 10 or more staff and/or a project with multiple subprojects.

Position Description:

• Designs, plans, and coordinates IT work teams.

• Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework.

• Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor.

• Creates project kickoff, progress and close-out reports, and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.

• Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities.

• Documents risks and develops mitigation plans.

• Manages scope.

• Creates and implements a communication plan as/where appropriate.

• Builds an effective team inclusive of the right IT technical and business-facing subject matter experts and user testers.

• Assigns tasks to team members and evaluates outcomes.

• Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor.

• Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers.

• Provides technical support to project team members.

• Handles complex application features and technical designs.

• Designs and implements the components required for complex application features.

• Generally, manages a group of applications systems analysts.

• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

• Executive presence.

• Professional certification is highly desirable.

Experience Description:

• Project Manager capabilities with 5 or more years of experience.

• Capable of managing a project with up to ten (10) or more staff and/or a project with multiple subprojects.

Skills:

• Experience in IT Project Management

• Prior experience working on State of Indiana large data, business intelligence, or software projects as a Senior IT PM

• Experience managing projects within Azure DevOps

• Strong knowledge of information systems development life cycle, information technology, project tools and approaches to development and implementation.

• Experience with Waterfall methodology

• Experience with Agile methodology

• Ability to translate technology terms and explain concepts of SDLC to program/business folks who have little to no exposure to large software projects

• Ability to work with technical team members, and other IT professionals to flesh out project plans and risk registers and overcome obstacles

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• PMP Certified