Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking technical project manager to be responsible for managing critical IT projects.
Core Functions:
- Manages scope, schedule and quality of multiple projects and IT initiatives.
- Manages time constraints and deliverables based on project/release schedule.
- Coordinates IT activities representing the Department's best interests.
- Ensures correct business functionality, requirements, and industry standards are addressed within the computer application.
- Develops detailed business user requirements, system documentation, and workflow procedures.
- Oversees UAT activities, report on status and escalate issues as appropriate.
- Facilitates joint application development (JAD) sessions to ensure vendor understanding of the business requirements and to provide documentation of such.
- Reports status to the Executive team and stakeholders.
- Interacts with other agency executive to ensure system requirements are adequately documented and deliverables are met.
- Fosters a strong working relationship and communication level with assigned project teams, including client's management, program staff and other various stakeholders in local and state government.
Required Skills:
- Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant field, preferably business administration or information technology
- 8+ years of related work experience
- PMP Certification
- Experience working on multiple initiatives on tight time frames with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to be a self-starter and work independently.
- Exceptional facilitating skills in JAD sessions and requirements gathering meetings.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Ability to quickly understand and translate business needs as expressed by stakeholders.
- Ability to quickly learn and communicate new technologies and requirements to technical, non-technical, and management audiences.
- Ability to accept direction, editing, and constructive criticism of work products.
- Must be logical, analytical, and detail-oriented.