Level 2 Project Manager

Job: Level 2 Project Manager

Location: Albany, NY

Duration: 12 Months contract

Job Description

Managing key components of the project scope, schedule and budget. This includes, but is not limited to, managing variances, overseeing staffing plans, and implementing alternatives to mitigate project risk related to scope, schedule and budget.

Managing risks, issues, communications, actions, and project interdependencies for assigned key components of the project scope.

Managing project team members, in a matrixed environment, so that the team members tasks are delivered with a high degree of quality and contribute the expected value to the project.

Facilitating detailed task planning with technical resources that includes managing resources, in a matrix management organization, and collaborating with management on resource allocations based on project priorities.

Proactively identifying and assessing project risks and mitigation strategies along with managing associated mitigation plans with the project stakeholder community.

Identifying and persistently pursuing issue resolution with team project members and the project stakeholder community.

Facilitating project meetings to clarify business needs and promote decision making. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing agendas in advance of meetings and preparing meeting minutes and action items.

Collaborating with project team members and project stakeholders to ensure project objectives are understood and that roles and responsibilities are well defined.

Overseeing and coordinating vendors that support rules extraction and use case documentation, including scope adherence, methodology adherence, resource management, deliverable review, deliverable approval, and progress reporting.

Other duties as assigned.

Mandatory Qualifications:

1. Level II- Between four (4) and seven (7) years of experience as a Project Manager

2. Experience of at least 2 years working on State or Federal government projects as a project manager.

3. 3 to 5 years experience working on Agile and Waterfall or a hybrid development and technical project manager.?

Desired Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in information technology, Business or Public Administration, Project Management and/or Communications

2. Current PMP from the Project Management Institute

3. Certified Scrum Master.?

Please provide copies of all certifications and degrees. Candidates with previous IES experience are strongly preferred.