Project Manager

HBITS: HBITS-08-14923

Expert, Project Manager

24 month contract

Interview: Virtual Interview

Work model: 50% telecommuting, 50% Office per week

--- Project Description ---
This resource will act as a Expert Project Manager for the DOT
Transportation Safety Management and Operations (TSMO)
Technology Program to oversee and coordinate multiple related
IT and OT projects to achieve larger strategic business
objectives. This role is responsible for the successful execution
of a portfolio of projects that collectively achieve a significant
strategic business outcome, ensuring synergy, efficiency, and
alignment across both IT and OT domains working with cross-
functional teams. This role will champion Project Management
principles while navigating the unique complexities and safety-
critical nature of transportation technologies, and is critical in
ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of
complex technology initiatives.

--- Day-to-Day Tasks ---
1. Define Project Scope and Objectives: Clearly articulate
the goals, deliverables, and boundaries of IT/OT projects within
the TSMO context, aligning them with organizational strategies
and transportation needs.
2. Develop Project Plans: Create comprehensive project
plans, including detailed work breakdown structures (WBS),
timelines, resource allocation, budget forecasts, and risk
management strategies.
3. Stakeholder Identification and Engagement: Identify all
relevant stakeholders (e.g., transportation agencies, IT
departments, OT engineers, vendors, public users) and
establish effective communication channels and engagement
strategies.
4. Technology Assessment and Selection: Evaluate and
recommend appropriate IT and OT technologies, considering
factors like integration capabilities, scalability, security,
reliability, and cost-effectiveness for TSMO applications.
5. Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document detailed
functional and non-functional requirements for both IT and OT
systems, ensuring they meet operational needs and regulatory
compliance.
6. Develop Business Cases and ROI Analysis: Justify
project investments by developing business cases and
analyzing the potential return on investment.
7. Team Leadership and Management: Guide and
motivate cross-functional project teams, including IT
professionals, OT engineers, software developers, system
integrators, and subject matter experts.
8. Resource Management: Allocate and manage human
resources, equipment, and materials to ensure project
objectives are met within budget and schedule.
9. Budget and Cost Control: Monitor project
expenditures, manage budgets, and implement cost-control
measures to ensure projects remain financially viable.
10. Schedule Management: Develop and maintain project
schedules, track progress, identify potential delays, and
implement corrective actions.
11. Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate
project risks, developing contingency plans to address potential
issues.
12. Quality Assurance and Control: Establish and enforce
quality standards for all project deliverables, ensuring they meet
performance, reliability, and security requirements.
13. Vendor Management: Oversee the selection,
contracting, and performance of third-party vendors and
suppliers involved in IT/OT solutions.
14. Change Management: Implement a structured change
management process to assess, approve, and implement
changes to project scope, schedule, or budget.
15. Bridging IT and OT: Facilitate integration between IT
systems (e.g., data management, analytics, communication
platforms) and OT systems (e.g., traffic signals, sensors, control
systems).
16. Cybersecurity Integration: Ensure that cybersecurity
principles and best practices are integrated into both IT and OT
project designs and implementations, addressing the unique
vulnerabilities of OT environments.
17. Data Management and Analytics: Oversee the
collection, storage, processing, and analysis of data generated
by TSMO systems to support decision-making and operational
improvements.
18. System Performance Monitoring: Establish metrics
and processes for monitoring the performance and reliability of
integrated IT/OT systems.
19. Operational Readiness: Ensure that systems are fully
tested, documented, and ready for deployment and ongoing
operation.
20. Regular Reporting: Provide project status reports,
verbal and written, to senior management, stakeholders, and
project teams.
21. Facilitate Meetings: Organize and guide project
meetings, discussions and action items.
22. Conflict Resolution: Address and resolve conflicts
among team members or stakeholders.
23. Documentation Management: Maintain comprehensive
project documentation, including plans, reports, meeting
minutes, and technical specifications.
24. Transportation Systems.
25. Knowledge of IT/OT Technologies: Stay abreast of
emerging IT and OT technologies relevant to TSMO, including
IoT, AI/ML, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and communication
protocols.
26. Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate project
processes and methodologies to identify areas for improvement
and implement best practices.
27. Lessons Learned: Conduct post-project reviews to
capture lessons learned and apply them to future projects.

--- Required Qualifications ---
• 84 months of experience in Program and Project Planning and
Execution with changing project requirements.
• 84 months of experience managing projects that involve
Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT)
Integration and Operations preferrably in the transportation sector
that includes cross-functional (business, technical, security and
vendor) teams.
• 72 months of experience managing projects specific to
transportation operations, traffic management, and intelligent
transportation systems (ITS).
• 72 months of experience with Stakeholder Management and
Communication by developing and maintaining a stakeholder
engagement plan, conflict resolution, documentation management,
and regular reporting both written and verbal.
• 60 months of experience with Performance Measurement and
Reporting
• 60 months of experience with process improvement evaluation and
identification including project processes and methodologies, and
post-project reviews.
• 48 months of experience in IT infrastructure and OT systems
including cybersecurity principles and best practices in each.
• MUST hold these:
** Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology
or a related field
** Project Management Professional (PMP)

MVP Consulting Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process.