IT Project Manager

About This Role

This IT Project Manager will design, develop, and oversee various IT efforts within a large federal entity, focusing on Agile project management principles. The role involves leading technical discussions, managing project risks and schedules, and implementing continuous process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope and schedule, focusing on timely delivery of value
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings
• Prepare and distribute progress reports
• Manage risks and issues, correct deviations from plans, and perform delivery planning
• Define and develop initiatives for continuous business process improvements and monitoring
• Manage the team in making business decisions relating to system implementation, modification, and maintenance
• Develop and update business process documentation for testing and training management
• Define and manage a well-defined project management process, championing ongoing process improvement initiatives for agile project management
• Deliver an agile transformation plan from current to desired state
• Use standard project performance metrics to assess and evaluate the program
• Aid in the implementation and facilitation of agile tools, guidelines, and metrics for standardized agile team project execution
• Monitor overall cost, control, schedule adherence, and technical quality of work
• Prepare and provide technical analysis reports as directed by the Agency to support discussions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or a related discipline
• 5 years of experience in project management
• 5 years of experience in managing IT related projects, with leadership in at least 3 successful projects
• 5 years of experience in information system design and development in general purpose programming languages like JavaScript and Java
• Knowledge in system integration using Application Program Interface (API) management technologies, RESTful APIs, API design, and cloud/on-premise development
• Experience in RDBMS and NoSQL database development with strong fundamentals in algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis
• 5 years of experience in managing an Agile scrum team with developers, testers and DevOps team using Agile processes and practices
• Experience working with public agency interfaces
• 5 years of programming experience in Java, JavaScript, JBOSS Fuse, Angular JS
• Experience building complex software systems with one or more general-purpose programming languages
• Knowledge of best practices for the full Agile SDLC

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems or a related discipline
• 5 years of experience in project management, including at least 5 years managing IT-related projects with leadership roles in 3 successful projects, and 5 years in information system design and development.

Nice to Have

• Master’s Degree or project management certification
• Experience in health and human services domains (eligibility, enrollment, Medicaid, child welfare, child support systems)
• Integration experience with financial management systems
• Experience with web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, large software systems, and/or security software development
• Client-facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits