PMP Project Manager

Title: PMP Project Manager

Location: Remote

Length: 6 months with extension

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

Interview Type: Webcam Interview Only *** 6 Months with Extension *** Remote *** Copy of PMP required

*** CURRENT PMP Certification is REQUIRED. ***

Job Description:

The North Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager contractor for an approximately 6 month engagement for the Project Management Office (PMO). This person will be responsible for managing and coordinating many work efforts of various sizes across multiple teams and projects that may include Large Application Upgrades, Telephony and Contact Center, Network Circuit Replacement, and Infrastructure/Hardware projects.

The Project Manager will be developing projects schedules, tracking status, managing communication and dependencies. This individual will also coordinate rollout for groups on multiple ECM deliverables, ensuring customers are informed & trained, and that operational support is arranged. The individual must be knowledgeable and experienced with project management and IT Infrastructure and Governances This individual must have proven contributor level experience with Microsoft SharePoint. This individual will work closely with the NCDOR IT PMO Manager in assisting with solution documentation and project management tools.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Coordinate among multiple teams and individuals to ensure work items and deliverables are scheduled, completed, and delivered to the clients on time and with high quality & excellent, usable documentation.

Coordinate the development and delivery of training materials for changed business processes and IT applications

Maintain and monitor project plans and milestones

Assess and document project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.

Provide coordination for other project team members as needed

Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings.

Organize, attend, and participate in stakeholder meetings.

Prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings.

Provide administrative support as needed.

Undertake project tasks as required.

Document the program and project deliverables as assigned

Ensure projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.

Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.

Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.

Ability to manage complex strategic projects with multiple work streams

Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines, and work breakdown structures

Must have strategic planning skills with good understanding of roadmap development

Must have proficiency in project management

Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high demand dynamic environment

Results oriented, self motivated individual with a very strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate planning, negotiation, communication, and problem solving skills

Ability to act independently with sound business judgement

Manage and direct a large upgrade project (i.e., project staffing, developing, monitoring and controlling schedules identifying and resolving issues and risks and communicating status to stakeholders)

Work on complex problems where analysis of situation or data requires an in depth evaluation of various factors to achieve best results.

Work effectively with internal and external clients, third party vendors, and senior management in accomplishing project objectives.

Evaluate complex situations accurately and identify viable solutions that create successful outcomes for the customer.

Work closely with the Project Sponsor(s) and Governance Committees to facilitate decisions necessary for project delivery.

Manage effective project oversight and reviews to affect project success.

Develop and maintain project documentation including schedules/timelines and various detailed plans for

Communication, Risk Management, Deployment and others as required.

Develop and maintain lessons learned for utilization on future projects.

Manage political, resource, budgeting, change, and issues affecting the project.

Manage change requests associated with the project.

Manage vendor participation related to the project

Drive project work to completion

Escalate issues when needed

Develop and maintain status reports, decision and issue logs.

Process Management

The Project Manager will follow established processes within the NC Department of Revenue, as well as processes defined and required by the Statewide Enterprise Project Management Office in their role as an oversight organization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies desired:

Solid understanding of project life cycle models as well as knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment

Experience in managing large and/or complex projects through full life cycle

Experience in leading and managing local and remote teams

Proven experience in delivering projects on time, within budget, as designed, that meet the customer requirements

Demonstrated understanding of the Project Management Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK®, PMIs Project Management Standard, PM tools and templates.

Required Skills:

Project management/coordination skills 7 Years

Training material development and documentation 7 Years

Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint 7 Years

Working knowledge of Microsoft Project 7 Years

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business users 7 Years

Excellent organizational and presentation skills 7 Years

Microsoft Suite experience (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 7 Years

Proven experience managing multiple projects 7 Years

Proven experience writing clear and concise technical and user documentation 7 Years

Working knowledge of application development life cycle 7 Years

Government/finance experience preferred