IT Project Manager

About This Role

This IT Project Manager will design, develop, and oversee various IT efforts within a large federal entity, including project planning, resource assessment, and management plan implementation. The role requires a strong understanding of Agile principles and the ability to lead teams and act as a primary liaison for project information.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and 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 for assigned projects
• 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 and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management
• Deliver an agile transformation plan to move from current state to a desired state
• Monitor the overall cost, control, adherence to schedules, and technical quality of work

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 delivered on time and on budget
• 5 years of experience in information system design and development in general purpose programming languages like JavaScript and Java
• Knowledge in system integration using API management technologies, RESTful APIs, API design and development (cloud/on-premise)
• 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 (developers, testers, DevOps) using Agile processes and practices

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 in 3 successful on-time and on-budget projects, and at least 5 years managing an Agile scrum team.

Nice to Have

• Master’s Degree or project management certification
• 5 years of programming experience in Java, JavaScript, JBOSS Fuse, Angular JS
• Client-facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance
• Experience in health and human services domains (eligibility, enrollment, Medicaid, child welfare, child support systems)
• Experience building complex software systems with one or more general-purpose programming languages
• Knowledge of best practices for the full Agile SDLC
• Integration experience with financial management systems
• Experience working with web application development, mobile application development, information retrieval, developing large software systems, and/or security software development

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits