Senior It Project Manager

Warm regards,

I am Himanshu Gaur, working as a Recruiter with Navitas Partners. We have an urgent opening for Multiple roles in Senior IT Project Manager with one of our clients. If you are interested in the opportunity listed below, please respond with an updated copy of your resume including the best time to reach you or contact me on (408) 400 3549 as per your convenient time.

Title; Senior IT Project Manager
Location: Olympia, WA
Duration: 24 Month or 2 years

Job Description:

• Responsible for planning, initiating, managing, and delivering IT projects, including large, major enterprise projects that are vital to Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) program delivery and impact various business units throughout the state.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will produce project management deliverables that are acceptable to the Ferries TSD Senior Program Manager, the WSDOT TSD Assistant Director of Ferries IT, the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OCIO), and business unit customers. Deliverables must comply with all WSDOT Technology Services Division standards for quality.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will be responsible for providing the project Steering Committee, the OCIO, Project Quality Assurance and the Enterprise Technology Project Management Office (ETPMO) with monthly project status reports and participating in all project meetings as required.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will be responsible for creating and maintaining project documentation as specified by the project's Senior Program Manager and the ETPMO.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will be responsible for providing the OCIO with monthly project status reports and participating in all project meetings as required.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will be responsible for responding to any OCIO Project Quality Assurance Monthly Status, Findings, or Suggestions.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will make calculated decisions, assessing information and risks available without overburdening resources.
• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager will utilize appropriate project management methodologies and techniques as appropriate for the size and environment of the project, considering organizational constraints (e.g. staffing constraints).

Day to Day responsibilities:

• Day-to-day interaction with senior and midlevel managers of WSDOT business units, project stakeholders and consultants.
• Lead and motivate the project team in a positive manner.
• Excellent written communication skills will be essential for documentation of the project, as well as in communicating various issues and meeting the customer's expectations.
• Excellent verbal communication skills and clear, logical thought processes are essential to effectively lead a diverse team of IT professionals and non-technically oriented customers.
• Maintaining open channels of communication between project teams, Subject Matter Experts, Stakeholders, and management.
• Working with the business stakeholders, fulfill the business needs with the systems integration and implementation effort.
• Using business requirements, leading the team in the definition and documentation of system functional specifications.
• Coordinating system requirements documentation.
• Organizing and coordinating the participation of user groups and other project support staff
• Establishing user interest, support, and acceptance for the project.
• Soliciting the involvement of the stakeholders and other users in the creation and review of project deliverables.
• Creating the required project documentation as specified by the Technology Services Division ETPMO. Updating and maintaining the project work breakdown structure, requirements matrix and stakeholder matrices.
• Updating and maintaining the project issues log, risk log, and developing risk mitigation strategies.
• Updating and maintaining detailed project work plans using the standard IT project management tools (Sparx Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Office).
• Updating and maintaining project Work Breakdown Structures, resource plans, work schedules and budgets.
• Updating and maintaining project change control and issue/risk resolution processes and logs.
• Identifying, documenting, and evangelizing any changes to the project scope, schedule, or budget.
• Coordinating system Organization Change Management.
• Coordinating and overseeing the creation and implementation of required system training.

Travel:

• Travel will be kept to a minimum and at the discretion of the TSD Senior Program Manager. Any travel within King County will not be billable or reimbursable. Any travel required outside of the said locations may be reimbursed at the then-current State travel rates if pre-approved in writing by the TSD Senior Program Manager.

Certifications:

• The Senior Level Technology Services Project Manager must have a current, valid, Project Management Professional certificate issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Experience:

• Senior Level of experience, (minimum of seven years), as a Lead Project Manager in enterprise, large-scale, software application, implementation, and integration projects
• Senior Level, (minimum of seven years), of direct, personal, experience in the creation and maintenance of IT project PMBOK documentation deliverables
• Senior Level of experience, (minimum of seven years), in estimating IT project task durations, costs and levels of effort
• Senior Level of knowledge of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) standards and guidelines Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Senior PM Level of experience in Microsoft Office applications, MS Project, including Visio.

Preferred skills:

• Prior IT Project Management experience under oversight of WA State Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) IT standards, policies, and guidelines
• Prior IT Project Management experience with WSDOT projects
• Prior experience in the creation of State of Washington Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), and Request for Quotation (RFQ) solicitations
• Experience in implementing Cloud-hosted business process migration in Software as a Service (SaaS) implementations utilizing in Google, Amazon or Microsoft cloud hosting technologies

Availability:

• Candidates must be available for work within two (2) weeks after notification of contract offer.

Regards,

Himanshu Gaur | Navitas Partners LLC | Technical Recruiter
Office: (408) 400 3549Extension: 3167 • Email: hgaur@navitassols.com
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Job Type: Contract

Salary: $75.00 - $85.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Experience level:

• 8 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Olympia, WA 98501