Description
Sr. Project Manager - PMO
Columbia, SC
1 year+ contract with annual extensions & option to hire
*Due to security clearance eligibility requirements, only US citizens can be considered for this role. The clearance can be obtained after an offer of employment is made and is not a prerequisite.
The PMO provides project management for all Infrastructure and Technology driven change, including coordination across all impacted Lines of Business (LOB), leveraging LOB PMOs and Client Management teams as necessary.
The Project Manager is responsible for all project management activities in a matrixed project environment utilizing Waterfall/PMBOK-based methodology. The project environment is fast-paced and deadline-focused. The successful Project Manager is able to work independently while keeping management informed, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues.
Key Skills/Experience:
- SDLC Project Management Experience. Candidate must show that they have managed technical projects through the entire life cycle.
- Strong senior level Project Managers who have worked in a matrixed environment (ie worked with upper management, etc.). Not interested in Program Manager candidates.
- Job Stability. Not looking for career contractors or individuals with an unstable job history.
- Experience using the Waterfall Methodology
Candidate Background:
- Seven years or more of SDLC Project Management experience.
- MS Office and MS Project are required.
- Experience working in a matrixed environment is required.
- PMP Certification is highly desired.
- SharePoint is a plus.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills, flexible, detail oriented.
- Willingness to relocate and stay in Columbia for the duration of the assignment, if not local to Columbia already.
Education/Equivalency:
- Bachelor's Degree or extra 4 years related work experience
Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the delivery of projects on time, on budget, and on target.
- Facilitating project team through the definition of scope, requirements, and design.
- Responsible for authoring (using input from project team) required project documentation, including scope document, design document, and implementation document.
- Responsible for facilitating the WBS process and translating WBS into an MS Project schedule, detailed to an 8/80 level of granularity.
- Responsible for keeping the project schedule updated throughout the project life cycle, and for managing a change control process to reflect changes in requirements, deliverables, dates, or budget.
- Responsible for facilitating the identification of project risks and issues, and tracking these through the project life cycle.
- Responsible for coordination of customer testing, with the assistance of a Test Analyst on larger projects.
- Responsible for scheduling, facilitating and recapping project team meetings.
- Responsible for the escalation of project issues, and for communications of project status to all levels of management on both customer and I/S side.
- Develops and monitors project plans, risk management plans, and project documentation from scope to post implementation.
- Ensures project documentation and deliverables are complete, on budget, within scope, and in accordance with standards.
- Identifies items that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work effort.
- Monitors resource requirements based on project specifications.
- Ensures resources are assigned to meet project objectives while managing project hours budgeted.
- Responsible for the development, execution, and maintenance of project communications.
- Facilitates effective communications between all parties involved in the project and/or work efforts. This will include meetings, correspondence, status reports and other documentation.
- Identifies the impact of issues arising from the work efforts and/or resource requirements.
- Manages the project issues throughout the project life cycle.
- Communicates the implications of changes to the project scope with senior management and other appropriate parties.
- Responsible for ensuring all work efforts have appropriate documentation for audit purposes utilizing project methodology standards in accordance with the ISSM.
- Coaches, develops, mentors other team members.
- May provide guidance and leadership to staff pertaining to training and department initiatives.
- May provide oversight for a group of work efforts as requested. May perform peer reviews of project artifacts.