Senior Project Manager

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other Information Technology major, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with software developers, business analysts, data analysts, and other technical and non-technical subject‑matter experts to coordinate and facilitate work.
• Work with various technical teams (DevOps, DBAs, Network Administrators, Enterprise Development Architects, PMO, etc.) to assist in resolving issues/barriers with applications.
• Effectively identify change and use appropriate protocols to manage and communicate this change effectively.
• Effectively coordinate resources and assignments among project assignees. Ensure work assignments are assigned to the appropriate team member(s) and that service levels are met.
• Adhere to the client project management methodology, standards, policies and procedures, as well as those technical standards and policies relevant to assigned user stories/tasks.
• Manage relationships with client program area business partners. Develop strong and collaborative relationships with customers to achieve positive project outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong relationship and interpersonal skills in working with technical staff, program staff and vendor community.
• Lead requirements definitions meetings with client customers.
• Gather user requirements via joint requirement gathering sessions, workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, and other methods.
• Translate user requirements into requirements documentation that developers and other project team groups can readily understand.
• Facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Create Visio process maps, requirements traceability matrices, use cases, test cases and other business analysis documentation appropriate to the specifically assigned project needs.
• Facilitate design sessions with the implementation team to define the solution.
• Deliver elements of systems design, including data migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.
• Assist in the business process redesign and documentation as needed.
• Lead and/or participate in systems testing activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in IT project management, specifically managing medium‑to‑large scale software application development projects.
• 5+ years’ experience in managing multiple projects concurrently.
• In-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing software projects and programs.
• Documented and proven ability to formulate project plans for managing and monitoring progress on software development projects; to think logically and to analyze and solve problems; compile, organize and analyze data; to evaluate and monitor projects, plans and schedules and implement corrective action plans.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (e.g., waterfall, iterative, agile, etc.).
• Ability to be creative, to use sound judgment, and to display foresight to identify potential problems and design/specifications and assigned application software systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to determine work priorities and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to write technical, business, and plain language documents and/or emails, with great attention to detail in all written communications.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Familiarity with environmental regulatory business processes and practices.

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type: Contract

Job Function: Information Technology and Project Management

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

Tallahassee, FL Salary: $60,000.00 – $68,000.00  Position posted 3 months ago