Our government client is looking for an experienced
Project Manageron a 12 months renewable contractopportunityin Atlanta, GA. Position: Project Manager on a 12 months renewable contractopportunityin Atlanta, GA. The agency has embarked on a multi-year initiative to modernize the existing environment to a more current and cost effective distributed environment. It will involve replacing existing legacy business applications with COTS products or internally developed applications. The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate project activities in support of Enterprise IT development and infrastructure projects, including but not limited to:
Planning
Schedule development and maintenance
Resource tracking
Risk management
Communications management
Reporting
Quality management
Vendor management
Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines. Under limited supervision, manages projects through the full life cycle from project definition and approval through implementation and evaluation of all project deliverables. Primary duties will be
Manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Project Management Methodology.
Provide guidance to the project team
Create a collaborative partnership with all internal and external team members to accomplish the deliverables within the timeframes and budgets defined.
Full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies
Candidates must have managed at least two full lifecycle software development projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams in excess of 10 team members and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability for the project management role.
Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that impact across the enterprise – Experience must be related to software application development and implementation.
Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.
Well-developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.
Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite)
Required / Desired Skills:
PMP (PMI) certification - active status is Required
7 years of experience in IT process and methodology (waterfall, agile, scrum) is Required
5 years of experience in Business analysis is Required
7 years of experience in Integration planning and strategy is Required
7 years of experience with Recently managed at least two full lifecycle development projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams of >= 10 members is Required
7 years of Project Server/Project Online experience is Nice to have
7 years of experience in Vendor management is Required
7 years of experience in COTS product implementation is Required
7 years of experience with Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint) is Required
Well-developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail is Required
CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification is Required
Bachelor’s degree in related field is Required
4 years of Experience with Enterprise data warehouse and reporting system is Required
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