Project Manager 2 (It Projects)

Title: Project Manager 2 (IT Projects)
Location: Vancouver, WA (hybrid)
Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)
Pay Range: $58.06 - $61.29 per hour
The role of the Project Manager (IT) is to plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Will work with project teams and technical staff and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. This includes planning project stages and assessing business implications for each stage. Also monitors progress to validate that deadlines, standards & targets are met.
The Project Manager (IT) is a position requiring demonstrated project management experience on technology projects using industry-standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and developing technical specifications and project plans.
Position Responsibilities:

• Provide project management and project development from beginning to end, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, and estimated staffing requirements.
• Define project scope, goals & deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans & associated communications documents. Assist with facilitation of a project communication plan.
• Develop and facilitate implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
• Develop and facilitate work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
• May collaborate with manager and recommend selection of project personnel
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Coordinate duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority for project personnel.
• Set and facilitate project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools; track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas. As required, prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Manage project execution to verify adherence to budget, schedule & scope.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Required Skills and Experience:
Education & Corresponding Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a closely related field is preferred.

• 5 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor's degree.
• 9 years of experience is required without a degree, or applicable degree,.

• Experience should include project management of IT software, infrastructure and/or cyber security related projects and applications integrations projects using industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding, and developing technical specifications and project plans.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 5 years of direct project management experience.
• Advanced skills with MS Project to include fundamental operation, function, and workflow of MS Project regarding timelines, dependencies, project expectations, milestones, and resources.
• Ability to manage IT Software, Network Infrastructure projects and/or Applications Integrations projects in accordance with industry project management principles.
• 5 years of project experience in supporting the full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle (do not include Service Desk or O&M experience).
• Proficient at eliciting information from stakeholders, documenting and communicating, including via Project Plans, Functional & Technical Specifications, Schedules, Resource Plans, Budgets and Presentations.
• Advanced communication and customer service skills, to move assigned project(s) forward in a large agency environment with many stakeholders.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience delivering projects with Cyber security and/or compliance requirements.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.
Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws. #IND