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Short Description: The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Information Technology, is seeking a qualified candidate for the temporary contractor staffing position of Technical Project Manager in Atlanta, Georgia. Complete Description:
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The Technical Project Manager (PM) will drive technology projects through their life cycle ensuring technical solutions are sound and aligned to the business goals. The position administratively reports to the Project Management Officer but is operationally accountable to the agency's Chief Architect and supported system business owners. The Project Manager works with Agency and State level executives, software vendors, service providers, and business directors to implement changes to the agency's cloud environment.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Under general supervision, manages and/or coordinates all tasks for medium and large-sized cloud
environment project(s) of moderate to high complexity and risk.
Works with PMO, security, architectural and quality assurance teams to ensure that the established
system standards, procedures, and quality objectives are achieved
Drives project kick-off activities; internal meetings, statement of work creation, project plan documentation
for top-tier, high profile customers.
Prepares and manages schedules, risks, issues, and interdependencies with understanding of on premise
and cloud technologies.
Develops time and cost estimates, project plans/schedules, and budgets.
During execution, monitors performance and reports to management project status and pertinent issues,
including major milestones and potential project risks.
Provides continuing direction to the project team, conducts status meetings, assesses proposed changes
in scope, and recommends courses of action to project sponsors during the execution phase.
Oversees and controls ongoing costs, schedules, resources, scope, and risks.
Assesses project variances, gathers metrics, and develops and implements changes as necessary to
ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives
Briefs and presents project status to Agency and State level executives
Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients
Near the end of the project, uses the product verification process to make sure that the project has
delivered what the client expected and performs a lesson learned for all projects.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related field
PMP certification from PMI or equivalent Project Management certification
10 years' experience leading server-based application and software development/enhancement projects
of moderate to high complexity
Technical experience and knowledge of application support processes in cloud environments
Led/coordinated vendor managed projects within the last 5 years
Executive level written and oral communication skills
Expert level skills in the use of MS 0365 Suite (MS Project, MS Visio, MS Teams)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Cloud environment and operations
Experience with state government procurement and administrative procedures
Master's degree and/or specialized training in related field
Experience with Government Health and Human Services Eligibility Systems
Experience working in an Enterprise outsourced envir
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience Master's degree and/or specialized training in related field Required Experience in Cloud environment and operations Required 8 Years PMP certification from PMI or equivalent Project Management certification Highly desired Experience leading server-based application and software development/enhancement projects of moderate to high complexity Required 10 Years Technical experience and knowledge of application support processes in cloud environments Required 8 Years Executive level written and oral communication skills Required 8 Years Expert level skills in the use of MS 0365 Suite (MS Project, MS Visio, MS Teams) Required 8 Years Executive level written and oral communication skills Required 8 Years Experience with state government procurement and administrative procedures Highly desired Experience with Government Health and Human Services Eligibility Systems Highly desired Experience working in an Enterprise outsourced environment Highly desired 5 Years
