Project manager

Responsibilities:
• Understands the Project drivers and expected business outcomes.

• Develops the project management plans in collaboration with key stakeholders including the vendor to achieve business outcomes.

• Develops and facilitates a project governance structure.

• Performs stakeholder management.

• Facilitates the day-to-day aspects of Project schedule, budget, scope, and quality.

• Directs the activities of Project resources.

• Coordinates end-user training with the vendor.

• Oversees vendor activities; escalates issues as applicable.

• Logs and follows through to disposition Project-related risks, action items, issues, and decisions.

• Performs risk management; escalates issues and risks as needed.

• Provides complete transparency to project performance .

Mandatory Qualifications:
• B.S. or B.A. degree (4 year) (or Associates degree plus an additional 5 years' experience).

• 5+ years experience as a project manager for enterprise-wide systems.

• Demonstrated experience in creating and facilitating governance structures.

• Intermediate-level skills MS Office Suite and MS Project.

• LOCAL to the Twin Cities metro area.

Required Skills:
• Experience managing projects in state, county, or city governments or non-profit sector.
• Experience as a project manager in implementing project management systems.
• PMP certification from PMI, or other Project.

Notes:

The project scope consists of three primary areas of focus:

• Implementation The vendor for the new project management system will have a Project Manager to manage the vendor's resources, deliverables, and timelines. The EPMO Project Manager will collaborate with them to manage all aspects of implementation internal to Ramsey County.

---The new system could be utilized by up to almost 4,000 personnel.

• Governance The EPMO Project Manager will be responsible for developing and facilitating a countywide governance structure to oversee and provide guidance for resourcing, project deliverables, implementation strategy, timeline, and budget.

• Budget Tracking The EPMO project manager will be responsible for tracking and reporting the project's operational budget.

• They are implementing a new enterprise-wide project management system so someone that has worked on implementing an enterprise technology/solution would be really nice to have.

• or any kind of software (ERP, etc.).