Title : Project Manager 6
Location: state of Iowa
JOB DESCRIPTION:
· Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
• Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
• Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision
• Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios
• Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately
• Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product
• Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills
• Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts
• Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
• Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management
• Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.
Required skill:
· Direct management of system integration projects
· Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
· Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
· Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects.
· Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures
· Strong process and gap analysis skills
· Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment
· Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements
· Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines
· Experience with Microsoft Project Online and Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team Services
· State / Federal Government Appropriations Experience
· Working experience with Agile Projects
· Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations and implementing change management initiatives