Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: Richmond, VA 23219 US
Job Type: Contract
Job Duration: Approx. 06 months (Extensions highly likely)
Job Description:
Senior PM will be responsible for the planning and implementation of Revenue Life cycle replacement system. This is a high-risk, complex project with multiple workstreams. Candidate will manage vendor and internal ***** staff activities. This role requires a seasoned PM who is willing to get involved in the day-to-day execution of the project.
DAY TO DAY:
- Coordinate vendors and consultants, and ***** IT and business staff.
- Perform standard project management tasks such as tracking budget and expenditures, developing, and tracking the schedule, identifying, and mitigating risks, managing vendors, and supervising team member work.
- Develop and present presentations to senior leadership.
- Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities.
- Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.
- Collaborate with external (vendor / Suppliers) and internal technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
- Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle, including, execution of procurements, definition of project plans, resource allocation, management of project risks, Product, and schedule, delivery of value, and well-ordered transitions to operations.
- Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.
- Adhere to ***** and **** project management practices and governance requirements.
- Facilitates resolution of technical and non-technical risks and issues.
- Leads and coordinates the scoping, technical requirements gathering, estimating, and planning for single or multiple work-streams.
Skills Matrix:
| Skill | Required | Amount of Experience | Experience |
| Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Solid understanding of software development life cycle models. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Ability to understand technology at the level to help represent project team in multiple forums. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Strong exp leading business & IT resources thru the discovery/documentation of business and technical requirements in request for solution proposals | Required | 10 | Years |
| Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Active PMP cert (from PMI). Pls upload a copy under the Reference Tab to be considered | Required | 10 | Years |
| Ability to run scrum, kanban or waterfall project management best practices. | Required | 10 | Years |
| Experience in leading large program with multiple workstreams. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Experience in working vendor and implementing vendor solutions. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects. | Desired | 5 | Years |
| Experience with Data Modernization & Enterprise Data Warehouse | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
| Expedience with VITA High Category Project management | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
| Experience managing complex initiatives that may involve RFI, RFP, RFQ etc. | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
| Experience in managing projects to build, replace and implement Financial Management Systems. | Highly desired | 5 | Years |