JOB TITLE: PROJECT MANAGER
LOCATION: REMOTE
RATE RANGE: 40.00-45.00 PER HOUR
JOB#: 47575-1
Job Description:
This position requires end to end project management skills, which include: creating and maintain project plans, facilitating meetings to document business requirements, scheduling, tracking and reporting on project status, and identifying and mitigating project risks. The position requires extensive understanding and experience within the product development life cycle. This position defines and documents internal and external user interfaces and supports system and data requirement clarification and definition. The ideal candidate will provide project level specialized support for management-related issues and concerns. You will also have the ability to identify best practices, effect re-engineering, change management, continuous process improvement, root cause analysis, IT- planning and sourcing, develop/recommend IT performance-based metrics, and organizational development.
Key Responsibilities:
• Create and maintain workflows, approval processes, and validation rules based on internal stakeholder requirements
• Must have exceptional organizational skills as well as interpersonal and communication skills to establish relationships at all levels of the organization and meet the needs of diverse stakeholders
• Serve as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Must have a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements, documenting those requirements in use-case format
• Knowledge of all phases of software development including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing (integration, user, and performance), debugging, implementation, and support
• Must have a solid understanding of application programming, database and system design
• Solid computer skills with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project) and project management software
• Experience with Agile development
• Team player who is able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with flexibility and adaptability
• Works on high-visibility, or mission critical aspects of a given program, and performs all functional duties independently.
• Oversees the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job
• Typically performs all functional duties independently
Basic Qualifications:
• 3-5 years of related IT program and management specialist experience
Preferred Skills/Experience:
• Experience with Visio
• Experience working for government as a consultant or similar environment
Education:
• A minimum of five (5) years experience; o A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred
• Note: Special credentials (licenses and/or certifications) may be required at the Task Order level on a case-specific basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.
