Project Manager

Project Manager - ExpertThe consultant will be performing Formal Project Management tasks including, but not limited to:Work closely with the project's business functional areas involving DOT executive and business teams, Portfolio/ITS Leadership and technical teams to develop and manage the project scope and other project management plans (PMP), approach, resource requirements and allocation, schedule, deliverables, and funding.Provide guidance and direction to the Portfolio project teams on day-to- day project tasks.Develop formal project plans specifying goals, strategy, dependencies, scheduling, identifying risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources.Follow the standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation for all projects being managed within IT Portfolio.Identify, schedule, and manage project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.Assign tasks and responsibilities and drive accountability to project team members.Direct and coordinate complex business requirements deliveries, business process reengineering and organizational change activities.Direct and coordinate activities of project resources to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.Track project-related costs and expenditures.Facilitate large project governance and executive status meetings, project team status meetings, scrums and recurring agile meetings by defining agendas and running meetings effectively.Aggregate status updates from project team members, track schedules, and manage risks and issues as required.Prepare executive project status reports and keep the team, management and all stakeholders informed of project status and related issues, resolving and escalating as necessary.Mandatory Qualifications84 months experience in managing and leading multiple large, complex IT projects for US Government agencies, functioning as the project manager.84 months experience developing and executing project plans including management of Charter, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Communication, Change, Risk, Issue, Resource management plans, and managing the plans throughout the project management lifecycle from initiation through closeout.84 months of experience in developing and managing formal project schedules in a project tracking tool, such as Microsoft Project, including tracking progress and variances against baselines utilizing both Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies; using standard PM techniques (e.g., scrum sessions) to update project schedule; and presenting schedule/status updates to both ITS and client agency's leaderships.84 months experience developing, writing, and managing detailed Scope Document, reviewing project deliverables and managing the deliverables acceptance process and using the project scope and deliverable management process to manage the project change request process.84 months experience with project quality planning, quality assurance, end-to-end system testing, quality control, user acceptance testing (UAT) defect and metrics management, and quality governance48 months experience managing COTS software implementation projects and/or in-house application development (SDLC) projects.Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP) AND Professional Scrum Master (Scrum.org)Required Documentation - • Résumé • Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable) • Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)i-Link Solutions requires a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems or a closely related field of study for all positions.Disclaimer: i-Link Solutions Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We especially invite women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability