Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant (Hybrid)

Job Title: Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant (Hybrid)

Location: Columbia, SC

Duration: 12+ Months

Responsibilities:

• Using the PMI project management Principles, leads the Client team in efforts to manage, coordinate and oversee a vendor team that provides on-going system Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services.
• As the Project Manager, leads initiatives across multiple functions and teams by planning, directing, and coordinating to the project objectives with consideration for risk.
• Plays a leading role in managing the agency s formal application change management process; ensures that requests for application changes are vetted and prioritized; manages these changes throughout the entire software development life cycle.
• Works with the Client and Vendor project teams to ensure that reported system defects are properly documented, triaged, prioritized and resolved; Working with the vendor team, manages these code changes throughout the software development life cycle.
• Working with state and vendor team resources, ensures that an accurate project schedule, detailing all approved work, is properly updated and maintained.
• Develops and delivers monthly management reports showing progress of work against the approved schedule; Provides state project team with guidance and instruction to collect needed data and metrics for these reports; Presents progress report findings to the Client executive management. Plays a leading role in developing plans and process for system O&M knowledge transfer from vendor team to State team member.
• Works with management and other Project Leaders to continually identify and implement organization-wide process improvements.
• Lead the IRS PUB 1075 Audit Activities for the SC57X-CS for the Client system.

Required Education :

• Bachelor's degree

Required Certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 7+ years experience as a project manager using PMI project management methodologies,
• 7+ years experience in information technology including computing, telecommunications, printing, data storage, data transmission etc.
• 7+ years of experience with large scale production system implementation.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience related to Child Support Enforcement system design and development
• Experience with TFS, MS Project, SharePoint, or PowerBI.

Additional Skills:

• Ability to plan, organize, instruct, and review the work of a large team.
• Ability to communicate (orally and written) effectively with technical, non-technical staff, customers/stakeholders (State and Federal) and executives.
• Ability to communicate effectively with information technology staff.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Self-motivated driver able to make progress despite obstacles
• Strong servant leader able to lead and work with multiple diverse roles and personalities.