Project Manager
General Responsibilities
Ensure projects are delivered within the approved budget,
schedule, and scope
Manage the company’s relationship with the client and all
stakeholders
Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables from project
sponsors and applicable stakeholders
Ensure that the required project documentation is complete
and archived
Effectively manage resources to maximize efficiency and meet
targets
Manage and measure the team's performance of project tasks
Produce project-related communication such as status
reports, change logs, meeting note, etc.
Act as primary contract manager ensuring contract compliance
for all deliverables and adherence to all contracted provisions
Manage and support system integration testing, UAT, and
production implementation
Show initiative and speak up; successfully present to groups
of people without stage fright
Challenge the status quo; don’t just accept what is
presented
Not just track tasks from a high level but get down in the
details, understand the problems, and come up with solutions
Responsible for providing and tracking estimates,
forecasting, comparing actuals to forecast, and taking calculated corrective
action as needed
Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience
Proven work experience as a Project Manager for custom
software implementations with state government agencies
Experience authoring software requirements and
specifications documents such as Business Requirements Documents (BRD),
Functional Specifications Documents (FSD), etc.
Must have experience with software that requires major
customization- not just changes to a canned product such as large ERP systems,
for example.
Managed projects where client is completely external to the
organization and the only corporate relationship with the client is through a
contract
Managed User Acceptance Testing and taken a system live
Managed multiple software implementations in the $1 million
to $10 million range
Experience managing and adhering to written contracts
between the company and the client
Strong familiarity with project management software, such as
Microsoft Project and Team Foundation Server
Bachelors Degree in a technical field
Excellent client-facing and internal written and verbal
communication skills
Solid organizational skills with attention to detail and
multi-tasking skills
Strong planning skills, prepare very detail task oriented
and milestone driven plans, tracking these plans in MS Project and able to lead
teams to adhere to a rigorous project schedule
PMP certification
State Government Experience Preffered, FSSA Experience
preferred, Health & Human Services Experience Preferred, Office of Early
Childhood Experience Preferred.