Project Manager

Project Manager

Tallahassee, FL (On-site, not remote)

5 months + annual extension

Job Responsibilities:

• Produce project management plans, in accordance with the standards of the Project Management Institute.
• Produce a Microsoft (MS) Project schedule and update the MS Project schedule weekly.
• Maintain the RAID Log for tracking risks, assumptions, issues, decisions, lessons learned, and change requests.
• Ensure that required project artifacts are created and maintained.
• Manage revision of the project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet the Departments expectations for quality.
• Identify the measured value the assigned project is to achieve and report this measurement to the Departments Contract Manager.
• Evaluate, track, and report project risks, and work with Department staff to develop and implement risk response strategies.
• Apprise sponsors and stakeholders, as identified by the Departments Contract Manager, of risks and issues affecting projects, and provide recommended solutions.
• Communicate relevant project information to Department staff through formal and informal status reporting.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate project activities.
• Proactively address project team conflict and communication problems.
• Collect business requirements and facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions.
• Attend project meetings and other related meetings.
• Share ideas and complete assignments related to projects.
• Perform other related tasks as determined by the Departments Contract Manager.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) with technical and Department staff.
• Certification in Agile Methodology (PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, etc.)
• Experience with information technology project management.
• Experience managing projects in accordance with the Project Management Institutes standards as presented in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
• Experience managing application development projects.
• Experience with information technology strategy development and planning.
• Experience facilitating requirements gathering and Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions.
• Ability to develop and manage a project schedule using Microsoft Project.
• Ability to facilitate meetings so meeting objectives are met.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing documentation in Microsoft SharePoint.
• Experience using Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Experience using Agile methodology for a minimum of one (1) project.
• Experience working with a Project Management Office.
• Experience managing projects for the Department's OIT, Project Management Office.
• Experience with the Department's Service Delivery Framework (SDF).
• Experience contributing to formal frameworks and methodologies.
• Experience writing (or contributing) to Schedule IV-B forms in support of Legislative Budget Requests (LBRs).
• Public speaking ability.