Project Manager
InstantServe LLC
Project Manager
Location: Des Moines, IA (Hybrid 2-3 days onsite per week as needed)
Contract Duration: 4+ months (with potential renewal)
Key Responsibilities:
- Adhere to project governance structures, using required methodologies, templates, and reporting for multiple current and future IT projects.
- Develop project schedules, identify and staff resource needs, procure vendor products/services, and submit funding requests.
- Manage delivery efforts, track progress, monitor schedules, and provide status updates via a common reporting mechanism.
- Gather and define business requirements; build project plans; conduct meetings; and ensure adherence to quality standards and deliverables.
- Interact with business/IT teams, state government stakeholders, and upper-level committees to educate, align, and drive outcomes.
- Break down complex tasks, manage scope creep to deliver minimum viable products, and escalate issues as needed.
- Demonstrate strong process development, gap analysis, and continuous improvement in portfolio/project/program management.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years direct management of system integration projects.
- 8+ years managing stakeholder expectations and priorities.
- 8+ years working within project governance structures (methodologies, templates, reporting).
- 8+ years extensive experience planning, managing, and tracking multiple major-impact projects.
- 8+ years strong process development skills to interpret, document, and formalize procedures.
- 8+ years strong process and gap analysis skills.
- 8+ years excellent project management skills, multitasking in cross-functional environments with changing priorities.
- 6+ years experience gathering/documenting business requirements with users.
- 6+ years prioritizing and managing multiple projects/deadlines.
Ideal Candidate Traits:
- Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal, and team-building skills.
- Strong verbal/written communication and time management.
- Proven ability to motivate teams, work under broad direction, and handle complex business scenarios in a service-provider model.
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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