Project Manager

Role Overview

• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering, or development of a high-priority, high-profile, and commonwealth enterprise – wide information technology project of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for the complete life cycle of projects, including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet the requirements of various departments in the commonwealth.
• Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort.
• Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives and all affected project stakeholders.
• Follow HHS DC IT PMO methodology to ensure consistency throughout the various IT and program areas by reviewing the project standards and procedures with project team members.
• Provide input and support for continual improvement within the HHS DC IT PMO to better serve the HHS DC-supported program areas.
• Work closely with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution Management, Networking, Security, and Service Management teams, as required, identifying tasks for the project schedule to support the implementation.
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them.
• Identify and manage project risk and issues through the use of a RAID+ Log.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure.
• Identify and track issues in the RAID+ Log.
• Following the HHS DC Daptiv guidelines, provide weekly project updates.
• Ensure project compliance with HHS DC standards and procedures.
• Complete weekly timesheet reporting in PeopleFluent/VectorVMS by the close of business (COB) Friday.
• Follow the guidelines of the HHS DC PMO, set up a project SharePoint site and utilize Microsoft Teams for key documentation.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of relevant Project Manager experience directly managing technical initiatives with a large complement of project team members.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years, preferably through the PMI Institute.
• A four (4) year college degree or equivalent technical study is preferred
• Experience implementing SaaS solutions.
• Strong background in Public Health with an emphasis on Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Tech Stack

• PMP