Project Manager

This is a unique opportunity for a part-time Project Manager (no more than 26 hours per week for 39 weeks) working on one project across multiple Colorado agencies.

Several agencies will be collaborating on a project to utilize digital technologies to move towards electronic transmission of a citation. We require a Project Manager for completion of a joint multi-agency process development which will require the PM to facilitate development timelines and then coordinate development efforts with each partner, including Change Management strategies.

Some of the day to day opportunities will include:

Collaborating with agencies to develop requirements, defining project scope and objectives, analyzing project requirements and determining best approach to complete project using existing and/or new approaches, developing detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports, managing the project budget, and developing plans for transition to operations

Technical writing

Identifying resources and participants needed to achieve project goals

Determining and assessing requests for additional staff and/or contractors and works with outside service providers where needed to complete technology projects

Negotiating with department managers, when necessary, regarding the support of required personnel to ensure project continuity through completion

Facilitating cross functional teams and customer organizations and vendors

Providing project management and direction to ensure overall success by developing project implementation plans including project business benefit, scope, objectives, schedule, deliverables, and success criteria that support business goals in collaboration with management and project sponsors

Proactively managing changes in project scope, identifies potential risks, and devises contingency plans

Manages relationships with customers and vendors to develop a thorough understanding of core business functions and align project with overall business objectives

Minimum Qualifications:

Four (4) years experience that includes a combination of IT and/or IT project management for large, complex projects and/or project portfolio management, which demonstrates strong relationship building and management skills, collaboration, communication, and organizational skills.

Experience must also include: Experience leveraging tools such as Tableau or BI to make data driven decisions using a variety of project management tools and methodologies.

Technical Writing of Business processes and mapping of business functions to services.

Defining and executing large, complex technology programs.

Strong leadership skills.

Solid understanding of change management and ability to lead and influence cross functional teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Relevant IT certifications (e.g. Scrum, ITIL, ADKAR, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)

PMP Certification

Agile and Scrum methodology experience

Knowledge of software development methodologies, system implementation and integration and/or a technical discipline

Strong quality and customer service orientation

Effective working in a matrix organization

Candidate must be local.

No preference

Additional Location Details (City, State) :

Information on Security Training

NOTICE: If you are hired as vendor staff who will have access to state systems or data or as a contractor for one of the state executive branch consolidated agencies, in adherence to Colorado Revised Statute 24-37.5-401, 403, 404, 405, and 406, and Colorado Information Security Policy (CISP) 002, you will be required to self-register and complete information security training, including but not limited to review and acknowledgement of the Acceptable Use of State Data and IT Resource Policy (AUP) (CISP-018), through the consolidated agency contractor information security training site within 30 days of your contract start date and annually thereafter. Should you be awarded this contract, the state agency will provide the contractor information security training site information to you.

Minimum Verification Requirements

Please complete the following verifications with Info Cubic upon candidate's selection. Additional verifications may be identified by the agency.

• State Criminal Record verification (past 7 years covering each State in which the candidate has resided)

• County Criminal Records (past 7 Year Address History)

• Federal Criminal Records Verification (past 7 years)

• SSN Name Search

• Global Monitor Check (formerly Patriot/OFAC/Terrorist)

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TypeCategoryQualificationDescriptionCompetencyRequiredSkillsOthersProject PlanningProviding project management and direction to ensure overall success by developing project implementation plans including project business benefit, scope, objectives, schedule, deliverables, and success criteria.YesSkillsOthersTechnical WritingTechnical Writing of Business processes and mapping of business functions to services.Proficient (4-6 Years)Yes