Senior Project Manager

Overview:

Engagement Type

Contract

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES:

- Support

the Enterprise ELS PM for the ELS initiative by managing the DDAP work adhering

to the timeline/schedule established with input from the DDAP area.

- Direct,

administer, manage, and facilitate enhancements, business process reengineering

or development of a high priority and high-profile commonwealth technology

project of strategic importance.

- Accountable

for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.

- Manage, coordinate,

and establish priorities for the complete life cycle of projects including the

planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business

solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the

commonwealth

- Responsible

for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process

re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design,

construction, testing, and implementation.

- Works with

team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.

- Ensure new

project estimates are approved by the DDAP and agreed upon.

- Develop the

detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process

re-engineering or development effort.

- Accountable for the approval and

sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and

all affected project stakeholders.

- Accountable

for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan

and Project Schedule.

Design

project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones,

based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.

- Ensure that

tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project and

meet service commitments.

- Manage, and

track the project progress against the project schedule.

- Monitor

project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to

ensure the project is on schedule.

- Monitor and

track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders.

- Plan,

organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across the project

team.

- Notify team members

of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, target dates, and

approved executable work packages.

- Responsible to

schedule or monitor status reviews, project management inspections, and

software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the

appropriate stakeholders.

- Responsible

for the capture and reporting of required project management metrics.

- Analyze and

distribute reports on project metrics associated with work items related

to improvement measures.

- Ensure all

changes to scope follow processes outlined in the Change Management Plan

and are documented.

- Create,

review, and obtain approval of the Communication Plan and Deliverables

Matrix to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and

management.

- Prepare

status reports on a periodic basis for the project team, team leads, group

leads, Sponsor, and appropriate stakeholders.

- Report

status and recommendations to senior leadership, as defined in the

Communication Plan.

- Follow HHS DC

IT PMO methodology to ensure consistency throughout IT and the program

areas by reviewing the project standards and procedures with project team

members.

- Provide input

and support for continual improvement within the HHS DC IT PMO to better

service the HHS DC supported program areas.

- Mentor

less experienced project management project staff to build overall

understanding of project management, when needed.

- Work closely

with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution

Management, Networking, Security and Service Management teams, as required,

identifying tasks for the project schedule to support the implementation.

- Facilitate

discussions between IT areas and vendors with focus on solution(s) to

ensure the needs/requirements of the program area are achieved.

- Anticipate

issues and proactively address them. Identify and manage project risk and

issues, through the use of a RAID Log.

Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure. Engage management in a proactive manner.

- Identify and

track issues in the RAID Log.

- Build and

maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.

- Serve as the

primary point of contact for all project-related issues and the resolution

of issues.

- Communicate

effectively with customers and software/hardware suppliers supporting the

commonwealth, as appropriate.

- Communicate

to team members to ensure they understand how their work assignments

relate to and help achieve project objectives.

- Accountable

for the final project management evaluation review with stakeholders. Manage and track the project status

against the project schedule.

- Following the

HHS DC IT Daptiv guidelines. Provide

weekly project updates.

- Coordinate

system testing with appropriate staff resources.

- Deliver presentations,

as necessary.

- Ensure

project compliance with HHS DC IT PMO standards and procedures.

- Develop and

facilitate the achievement of project service commitments.

- Ensure that

tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project.

- Balance

workload with project members' capacity.

Engaging management in a proactive manner.

- Plan,

coordinate, and conduct training and orientation sessions.

- Accountable

for peer reviews with the appropriate project team resources.

- Coordinate

and present proposals, as necessary.

- Identify and

manage project risk, and develop risk mitigation strategies, and track to

closure.

- Plan project

specific training and orientation needs. Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience Seven (7) to nine (9) years of relevant experience proving they have/can perform the role effectively Required 7.0 Years Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years through the PMI Institute Required 5.0 Years Must be a 'current' Pennsylvania resident Required Be able to work in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office one (1) day a month and possibly more as requested/required Required Experience implementing SaaS solutions. Highly desired Strong, demonstrable background in Public Health with an emphasis on Drug and Alcohol Programs Highly desired

Skills:

Seven (7) to nine (9) years of relevant experience proving they have/can perform the role effectively,Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years through the PMI Institute,Must be a 'current' Pennsylvania resident,Be able to work in the Harrisburg,Pennsylvania office one (1) day a month and possibly more as requested/required,Experience implementing SaaS solutions.,Strong,demonstrable background in Public Health with an emphasis on Drug and Alcohol Programs