Project/Program Manager

3 weeks ago

Carson City, United States TechNix LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Position: Project/Program Manager

Duration: 2+ Year

Location: Carson City, Nevada (Onsite from Day 1)

Project Overview

Nevada's Office of the Chief Information Officer is seeking to augment existing staff with a professional Project Manager. This role will primarily focus on large-scale, high-profile projects involving stakeholder agencies across state government. This position will be involved with Nevada's implementation of a new cloud-hosted Content Management System for hosting publicly accessible information as well as converting intranet sites to a new platform. In addition, this position will be expected to assist other project managers with a variety of projects for the Department.

Experience & Required Skills

  • Ten or more years of experience in managing large-scale government projects of varying length and complexity.
  • Five to seven years in diverse roles with leadership responsibilities across major projects and programs.
  • Substantial consulting leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in collaborating and supporting senior leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated experience in vendor management.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management to ensure that projects are completed by the scheduled due date in accordance with project specifications and requirements and within the project budget.
  • Demonstrated experience in writing request for proposals (RFP), conduct and document alternate analysis, and risk management.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the project objectives, inspire and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy.
  • A high level of empathy and the ability to vary styles of interaction to match the needs of a variety of temperaments and personalities.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain and "sell" the project goals and objectives to the business, as well as, technical leadership.
  • Strong business acumen, including tax/revenue and domain-specific knowledge of the organization and its business units. Familiarity with industry trends and innovation.
  • Ability to execute projects and deliver them with financial and resource constraints.

Experience with at least one project/program management methodology, such as:

  • The Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI PMBOK)
  • PRINCE2
  • Agile (SCRUM)
  • Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
  • SAFe

Experience of project planning tools, such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Visio).

Deep understanding of:

  • Current and emerging web technologies.
  • How other organizations are employing and using current and emerging technologies to drive digital business.

Education Required:

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, public administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS DESIRED

  • Experience in project planning of any Information Technology projects, including Application development, system implementation, and modernization projects.
  • Industry recognized project/program management certification.
  • Experience in identifying data cleansing and migration tools and techniques to ensure faster implementation of modernization projects.
  • Experience in understanding accounting and budgeting principles.
  • Experience in reading and interpreting government statutes and regulations.

Scope Of Work

The Project Leader is in charge of the project oversight; from shaping the approach to achieving the desired outcomes through delivery of the final product. The position will be responsible for the following:

  • Leading and developing the overall approach for the project, its major time frames and the definition of its major deliverables to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes.
  • Identifying and creating an executive steering committee and working groups.
  • Partners with the executive sponsor to communicate project goals, objectives and potential outcomes.
  • Leads regular interactions with the executive sponsor to inform, alert, negotiate and maintain a continuing good relationship and shared vision for the project outcome.
  • Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions and plans for the project in accordance with enterprise policies, practices and on behalf of the executive sponsor or senior responsible owner.
  • Develops and controls the project budget and manages expenditures within agreed spending plans.
  • Ensures and balances the availability of the required skills and competencies across project teams within the project.
  • Leads the development and maintenance of stakeholder mapping, communications and reporting.
  • Acts as an advisor and builds and maintains relationships across the wider stakeholder community.
  • Leads the oversight of projects' execution, their progress compared with the plan and the production of agreed deliverables.
  • Vendor management - coordinate, facilitate, track deliverables, negotiate, and cultivate relationships.
  • Monitors and coordinates dependencies across the sub projects in the project and resolves conflicts.
  • Supports and facilitates agenda setting for project committee/board meetings.
  • Will be responsible for assisting with project management documentation, project plans, request for proposals, service level agreements, and Technology Investment Notification (TIN) development as requested/required.
  • Assist agency with other ongoing projects as required.
  • May require regional travel between various State offices located in the greater Reno-Carson-Tahoe areas as needed.
  • Create and conduct presentations as needed.

Deliverables:

  • Create, modify, and track all required documentation and relevant plans.
  • Guidelines to establish change management plan and framework for prioritization.
  • Identify required resources and assist in creating a project(s) plan.
  • Prepare request for proposal(s) and Technology Investment Notification.
  • Prepare training materials and presentations as needed.
  • Perform other project related tasks as required by the agency.
  • Ensure proper stakeholder management

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