Project Manager

Project Manager job responsibilities include:


Type: 12mon Contract (with possible extension)


Location: St. Paul, MN (Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite)

Note: Need to be local as work will be hybrid in St. Paul, MN.


Part time hours on average 20 hours a week**- may be more or less depending on project timeline/deliverables.

Experience and Education:

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.).