Sr. Project Manager

job summary:

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 Bureaus and Offices within the State of Maine.

Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.

Determine project needs and acquires resources required for the success of the project.

location: Telecommute

job type: Contract

salary: $74.29 - 84.29 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Coordinate project performance with the other work of the affected department or departments.

Deliver results in the initiative within established timeframes and quality measures.

Prepare new or remediated project assets that may be managed by an executing PM.

Direct resources on assigned projects and ensure clarity of project roles and responsibilities.

Identify project stakeholders and manage communication with the project stakeholders.

Consult with business leaders to translate a project idea into a defined project with goals, objectives, and scope.

Identify resources needed, negotiate with people managers as required to lead project teams, ensuring clarity of project roles and responsibilities, so that all project plans are completed within defined timeframes, meeting objectives and strategic goals.

Develop and implement communication and reporting mechanisms to manage issues, risks, and the timely delivery of initiative results.

Translates project goals/objectives into a defined future state and project success measures that can be understood by project stakeholders, project team, and others.

Ensure business needs and objectives are effectively captured in functional and non-functional business requirements for a system and/or process/workflow.

Oversee business requirements to meet expected business solutions and trace delivery of requirements through testing and final implementation, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, as needed.

General understanding of business requirement management and quality management in order to meet expected business solutions.

Manage project quality through activities such as conducting appropriate reviews, obtaining approvals, and taking corrective action, when necessary, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, if applicable.

Ensure that project documentation is complete and current.

Articulate project management best practices with peer group, as applicable.

qualifications:

Requires proven success communicating verbally and in writing to multiple project stakeholders, internal and external, within the organization.

Proven experience in technology project implementation.

Any combination of education or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree with five years of project management experience.

In depth knowledge/understanding of the PM methodology and a broad understanding/awareness of SDLC methodologies.

Experience working with Maine State Government, other state government, or similar public sector organization.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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