Project Manager (6772) Job at Morton
Position Title: Project Manager
Client: CAI / VA State Police
Schedule: ONSITE
Location: Richmond, VA
Position Status: 12-month contract with rolling extensions
Pay Rate: $55/hr. - $61/hr. + Health Benefits
Overview: Our client Computer Aid Inc. / VA State Police is looking for a Project Manager for an ONSITE position based out of Richmond, VA.
Responsibilities:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :
About Our Client: Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace by both policy and practice. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition. Employment and personnel practices conform to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination. While the Company is committed to following this principle in every facet of employment, all employees share in the responsibility to promote and foster a favorable work environment.
Client: CAI / VA State Police
Schedule: ONSITE
Location: Richmond, VA
Position Status: 12-month contract with rolling extensions
Pay Rate: $55/hr. - $61/hr. + Health Benefits
Overview: Our client Computer Aid Inc. / VA State Police is looking for a Project Manager for an ONSITE position based out of Richmond, VA.
Responsibilities:
- Virginia State Police is looking for a Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in the field or related area to assist with the implementation of a new Computer-Aided Dispatch, Case Management, and Records Management System.
- The successful candidate will assist VSP by managing a large, complex IT project with policy change management implications for public safety and law enforcement.
- Ensure the project is delivered within scope, schedule, and budget acceptance rates.
- Serve as the contact point for driving projects to successful completion by meeting the identified business needs of the agency.
- Create and maintain the project charter, project schedule, identify and update risks and issues, provide the project status report to key stakeholders, assist with other documentation, lead project team meetings, and conduct project “lessons learned” meetings to implement additional best practices.
- Provide project status reporting to the Program Manager and the Executive Steering Committee on a daily, weekly, monthly basis as needed.
- Coordinate VSP and VITA efforts on the design, development, and implementation of the system.
- Responsible for the identification, analysis, tracking and recommending appropriate actions to project issues including those that are technology related.
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
- Work with customers to understand the overall objectives and how the project or initiative correlates with business goals and strategies.
- Collaborate with business partners, sponsors, assigned Business Analyst, and project team members to create the project charter, work breakdown structure (WBS), project schedule, evaluation and recommendations documents, communications plans, RACI documents, and other project artifacts as assigned.
- Assist the Procurement Officer and Program Manager with coordinating vendor proposal evaluations.
- Perform special projects as assignments as required.
- Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
- Strong experience leading the business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements in request for proposal and statement of requirement formats.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
- Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.
- Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.
- Ability to analyze and document system processes.
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle models.
- Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project and business environment.
- Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques and practices.
- PM has successfully managed a Commonwealth category 1, 2, or 3 project (REQUIRED)
- Extensive knowledge of project management best practice methodologies.
- Extensive knowledge of evaluating and implementing COTS solutions with experience in project leadership or PM.
- Experience overseeing the implementation of a large complex application by a vendor.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others, both within VSP and externally.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including active listening skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to deal with ambiguous situations, complex concepts, and details.
- Ability to meet deadlines and to work independently.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :
- 10 Years – Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
- 10 Years – Strong experience leading business and IT resources through discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements in RFP and SOR formats.
- 10 Years – Verbal and written communication skills with the ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
- 10 Years – Strong understanding of software development life cycles.
- 10 Years – Knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall principles/practices. Ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project.
- 10 Years – Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques and practices.
- 10 Years – PM has successfully managed a Commonwealth category 1, 2, or 3 project.
- 10 Years – Extensive knowledge of evaluating and implementing COTS solutions with experience in project leadership or PM.
- 10 Years – Experience overseeing the implementation of a large complex application by a vendor.
- 10 Years – Fluency in PM tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office required.
- PMP Certification from the PMI.
- VITA Commonwealth Project Management Certification
About Our Client: Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace by both policy and practice. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition. Employment and personnel practices conform to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination. While the Company is committed to following this principle in every facet of employment, all employees share in the responsibility to promote and foster a favorable work environment.
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