Project Manager 2

at  Knowledge Services

KNOWLEDGE SERVICES IS SEEKING AN IT PROJECT MANAGER FOR A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF MAINE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE LOCAL TO AUGUSTA, ME AND ABLE TO BOTH WORK ONSITE AND ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO BMV OFFICES THROUGHOUT MAINE.

Responsibilities:

IT PROJECT MANAGER REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Must have at least 3-5 years of IT Project Management experience
• Must have large modernization Project Experience
• Must possess experience collaborating with IT teams
• Must have experience creating Business Documentation
  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.

• BMV seeks to contract a professional with IT-related project management experience to lead the business efforts surrounding modernization of our internal software applications.
• This professional must sustain a functional relationship with their key counterpart, the IT Project Manager for Modernization.
• The Project Manager directs, controls, administers, and regulates an enhancement or development program.
• The Project Manager’s primary responsibility is to drive the entire effort from start to finish.
• The Project Manager must ensure that the program is completed on schedule, on budget, and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.
  The Modernization is ongoing, and will run the course of multiple phases over the next 1-3 years, involving:
  1) A system upgrade to the driver license software
  2) The translation of the vehicle software to a new language.

3) The merger of the two systems into one common application

• Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the program plan with customer representatives, such as portfolio managers, and all affected program stakeholders.
• Accountable for management of scope for the program and gaining agreement and approval of scope changes with customer representatives and affected stakeholders.

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives. • Direct work planning and scheduling design work.

• Manage and track the program progress against the program plan.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all program-related issues and resolution of issues.
• Coordinate and present proposals to agencies as necessary.
• Identify and manage program risk and develop risk mitigation strategies, track to closure.
• Ensure team leads adjust and revise estimates when necessary.
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Resolve conflicts with sensitivity and tact.
• Coordinate the establishment of program standards and program specific procedures with team leads.
• Responsible for project compliance with standards and procedures.
• Responsible for the capture and reporting of required program management metrics.
• Responsible to tailor and baseline all program templates.
• Develop and facilitate achievement of program service commitments and performance metrics.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the program and meet service commitments; conduct reviews with agencies.
• Accountable for the final program management evaluation review with stakeholders for approval upon program completion.
• Communicate effectively with customers and software / hardware suppliers supporting Commonwealth as appropriate.
• Identify and track issues.
• Balance workload with program members’ capacity.
• Communicate to team members how their work assignments relate to and help achieve program objectives.

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