IA-DOM-DoIT-PM6-Project Manager

July 13, 2024
$0 - $0 / hour

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    July 13, 2024
  • Offered Salary
    $0 - $0 / hour
  • Expiration date
    July 13, 2025
  • Job Status
    Open
  • Requisition ID
    742294
  • Working Type
    Hybrid
  • Duration
    11 Months and 12 Days
  • Interview Type
    Either Web Cam or In Person Interview
  • Work Address
    200 E Grand, Des Moines, IA 50319

Job Description

This is a hybrid position where the contractor is expected to be onsite a minimum of 2 days per week. Limit your submittals to local/regional candidates. The project manager will be responsible for adhering to
project management governance on multiple current and future projects.
Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules,
identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor
products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as
required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each
within a common project reporting mechanism. The PM will work with multiple
business and platform areas across the State, potentially including upper level
state government committees. The Project Manager will conduct project meetings
and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to
quality standards and project deliverables. The PM will be part of a PMO team
responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management
and control. The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project
plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across
all levels of stakeholders. Essential is the ability to multi-task on
continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in
response to department and legislative direction.

Skills Required for the job:

– ·
Ability to work effectively under very broad
direction with general supervision
– ·
Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a
fast-paced and challenging environment.
– ·
Ability to gather and organize multiple
simultaneous complex business process scenarios
– ·
Ability to break down complex tasks into
actionable work items, sequenced appropriately
– ·
Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on
delivering a minimum viable product
– ·
Excellent organizational, presentation,
interpersonal and team building skills
– ·
Excellent time management and project
planning/strategizing skills
– ·
Strong verbal and written communication skills
– ·
Demonstrated experience with managing client
expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives
– ·
Demonstrated experience managing multiple
parallel work efforts
– ·
Track project progress, monitor and modify
project schedules and provide status updates to project team.
– ·
Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate
leadership as appropriate.
– ·
Provide insight and knowledge into improving
processes related to portfolio, project and program management
– ·
Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.
–

REQUIREMENTS:

– ·
Direct management of data integration projects
Required 8 years of experience.
– ·
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and
priorities Required 8 years of experience.
– ·
Experience working within a project governance
structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) Required 8 years of
experience.
– ·
Extensive experience with planning, managing and
tracking multiple major impact projects. Required 8 years of experience.
– ·
Strong process development skills, w/ the
ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and
formalize procedures Required 8 years of experience.
– ·
Strong process and gap analysis skills Required
8 Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage
multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment
Required 8 years of experience.
– ·
Demonstrated experience with working with
business users to gather and document business requirements Required 6 years of
experience.
– ·
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage
multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting
established deadlines Required 6 years of experience.

Responsibilities and required skills

Direct management of data integration projects (8 years)
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities (8 years)
Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) (8 years)
Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects. (8 years)
Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures (8 years)
Strong process and gap analysis skills (8 years)
Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment (8 years)
Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements (6 years)
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines (6 years)

IA-DOM DoIT-PM6-Project Manager

April 9, 2024
$0 - $0 / hour

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    April 9, 2024
  • Offered Salary
    $0 - $0 / hour
  • Expiration date
    May 5, 2025
  • Job Status
    Open
  • Requisition ID
    733245
  • Working Type
    Hybrid
  • Duration
    12 Months and 4 Days
  • Interview Type
    Either Web Cam or In Person Interview
  • Work Address
    200 E Grand Ave.

Job Description

PLEASE SUBMIT LOCAL CANDIDIATES> THIS POSITION REQUIRES THE CONTRACTOR TO BE ONSITE 3 DAYS/WEEK.

The State of Iowa Department of Management, Division of Information Technology provides adaptable, secure, and cost-effective technology services and solutions across multiple State Agencies and Divisions. We manage all of the States IT assets, projects and resources, and we deliver technology and expertise to support Citizens of Iowa and their family’s every day. This includes consistently delivering top tier performance and value to citizens as a trusted partner and services provider.
The PMO is committed to the pursuit of creative and innovative solutions that enable our State to help Iowans achieve healthy, safe, stable and self-sufficient lives through the programs and services we provide. We strive for an IT culture that identifies the newest, most effective solutions through discovery, open discussion, and collaboration. We have fun together, care about each other and take pride in the solutions we provide. We believe in continuously optimizing our processes, refining our solutions and improving ourselves to the benefit of the Iowans we serve. If you are passionate about applying your creative and innovative architecture strategies and approaches across the State of Iowa technology enterprise, then this is the role for you!
The department is seeking a Project Manager to drive business and technology projects to completion while ensuring adherence to established budgets, business plans, process, procedures and requirements while working closely with Business unit personnel, Business Analysts and Architects.
The project manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects. Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each to the Project Sponsors and the PMO Director.
The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology and potentially including upper-level state government committees. The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control. The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders. Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.
Skills:

– Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
– Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
– Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision
– Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
– Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios
– Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately
– Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product
– Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills
– Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills
– Strong verbal and written communication skills
– Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives.
– Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts
– Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
– Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management
– Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.

Requirements:

– ·
Direct management of system integration projects
– ·
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and
priorities.
– ·
Experience working within a project governance
structure (methodology, required templates and reporting).
– ·
Extensive experience with planning, managing,
and tracking multiple major impact projects.
– ·
Strong process development skills, w/ the
ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and
formalize procedures.
– ·
Strong process and gap analysis skills
– ·
Excellent project management skills, w/ the
ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a
cross-functional environment.
– ·
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage
multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established
deadlines.
– ·
Demonstrated experience with working with
business users to gather and document business requirements.

Responsibilities and required skills

Direct management of system integration projects (8 years)
Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities (8 years)
Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) (8 years)
Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects. (8 years)
Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures (8 years)
Strong process and gap analysis skills (8 years)
Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment (8 years)
Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines (8 years)
Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements (8 years)