ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This IT Project Manager position will provide comprehensive project management expertise to oversee the lifecycle of assigned IT projects. Responsibilities include identifying necessary subject matter experts, forecasting project resource needs, and facilitating collaboration among internal business units. This role requires drafting project plans, monitoring progress against timelines, and managing risks while maintaining communication with stakeholders. Candidates should demonstrate proficiency in project management methodologies and possess strong leadership and organizational skills to ensure successful project delivery. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.
Pay Rate: $53.01 - $75.73
Benefits:
Paid holidays: 11
PTO: Starting at 10 days
Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
EAP: Employee Assistance Program
Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks
Responsibilities:
Provide project management expertise, support, and facilitation of manager-assigned Control Center (CC) IT projects, from beginning to end, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development, including:
Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
Forecast and recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; resource requests must be submitted to and assigned by Performance Managers.
Collaborate with internal business units and Performance Managers to resolve resource allocation issues.
Schedule and facilitate project team meetings.
Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
Draft project plans, resource strategies, and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or scope.
Organize, coordinate, and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage.
Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting appropriate manager / personnel of any obstacles or potential delays to project timelines, targets, or success; provide corrective action recommendations.
Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be met within the prescribed time and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
Address and navigate politically sensitive issues in a collaborative and professional manner. Obtain manager guidance and assistance as needed for complex or extremely sensitive issues.
Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested by manager / personnel; work with appropriate parties to facilitate resolution of conflicting team positions.
Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients on the progress of the project vis-a-vis the work plan.
Collaborate and work with project sponsors and performance managers to remove obstacles impacting timely project completion.
Draft a final project report, including project "lessons-learned," for appropriate management review and approval / acceptance.
Take a proactive stance on project risk management:
Anticipate and identify potential areas of risk and obtain guidance from appropriate manager, Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or Contracting Officer (CO).
Track, monitor, and facilitate resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance related dependencies.
Maintain issue, risk, and action logs.
Develop, draft, and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis for review and acceptance by appropriate manager / personnel.
Communicate regularly with executive sponsors, key stakeholders, strategic partners, and managers independently and in team meetings.
Support and facilitate the following functions:
Written and verbal sponsor communication.
Project team communications and coordination.
Inter-project team communications and coordination.
Issues and risk management.
Coordination with IT resources.
Coordination with the program enterprise architect.
Team meeting and sponsor meeting management.
Support and facilitate the following deliverables:
Scope definition and management.
Implement organizational design and change management with respect to a culture resistant to change.
Process and System Design requirements.
Consistent communication (verbal and written) with all appropriate parties.
Project management best practice gap analysis.
Project documentation.
When necessary, facilitate the successful transition of a project or program of projects to another project manager including any training, documentation, and meeting coordination required to bring the new project manager fully up to speed on all critical aspects of the work and introduce them to executive sponsors and key stakeholders.
Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
Coordinate and assist management with transitions of identified project resources as needed. This may include gathering information from departing/transitioning resources to identify subject matter expertise, documenting workloads, identifying training requirements to facilitate smooth transitions.
Requirements:
A bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, information technology, management technology, engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
10 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor's degree.
14 years of experience is required without a degree or a non-applicable bachelor's degree.
Service Desk or Operations and Maintenance (O&M) experience will not meet project experience requirements.
Experience must include project management of IT Software and network infrastructure related projects and applications; integration of projects using industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and developing technical specifications and project plans for medium-to large-sized projects.
Advanced skills with MS Project to include fundamental operation, function, and workflow regarding timelines, dependencies, project expectations, milestones, and resources.
Demonstrated ability to manage IT Software, Network Infrastructure projects and/or Applications Integrations projects in accordance with industry project management principles.
Expert in supporting full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle.
Expert at eliciting information from stakeholders, documenting and communicating, including via Project Plans, Functional & Technical Specifications, Schedules, Resource Plans, Budgets and Presentations.
Demonstrated experience with expert-level communication and customer service skills to advance assigned project(s) forward in a large agency environment with multiple stakeholders.
IT project management experience within an Information Technology or Operational Technology environment
Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.
Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.
Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.
ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.
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