Project Manager Functional

Position Description: The Functional Project Manager performs daytoday management of activities pertaining to the functional deliverables of the project. This individual is responsible for performing the following Position Description:

• Facilitating State agency and Contractor discussions / meetings;
• Identifying issues and risks and recommending possible issue and risk mitigation strategies;
• Identifying critical paths tasks dates testing and acceptance criteria;
• Ensuring that performance is within scope consistent with requirements and delivered on time and within budget;
• Providing solutions to improve efficiency (e.g. reducing costs while maintaining or improving performance levels);
• Monitoring issues and providing resolutions for uptodate status reports; and
• Demonstrating excellent writing and oral communications skills.

Education:

This position requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Business or a related discipline. Candidates must possess a PMP certification from the PMI.

General Experience:

The proposed candidate must have at least five (5) years of experience in project management.

Specialized Experience:

• The proposed candidate must have at least five (5) years of experience managing IT related projects.
• This individual must have experience in a leadership role for at least three (3) successful projects that were delivered on time and within budget including a project similar in size to the State of Maryland enterprisewide implementation.
• In addition he/she must have at least three (3) years of experience in managing projects with an organizational change management component that involve working with stakeholder groups across the organization.
• The candidate must possess at least five (5) years of experience using PMIs PMBoK methodologies and artifacts.