Project Manager SME Level Remote

Position: Project Manager SME Level

Location: Remote

Duration: 12 Months

Experience:14 years

JOB DESCRIPTION

The MDE requires professional project management services from a highly skilled individual(s) to provide operational and administrative support in the following tasks:

• Responsible for project tracking and reporting services to keep the system implementation process of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) on task and on budget.
• Ensure comprehensive management of defined initiatives that include monitoring of budget resource availability and organizational alignment; facilitate advancing of projects and effectively managing issues.

The professional activities required for this position includes but not limited to the following:

Project/Task Management:

• Continuously monitor project and document progress of project teams and contractors related to all timelines roles/responsibilities expenditures/costs and deadlines.
• Monitor and communicate with all internal and external stakeholders recording any identified project risks.

Financial Management:

• Monitor expenditures and provide Director of Business Operations with expenditure and budget projections.
• Consolidate and manage financial reports and provide regular reports to the Chief Information Officer.
• Leverage technology continuous improvement and transformational change initiatives to optimize business processes.

Project Documentation:

Collect review and/or develop and archive the following project documentation components to include the following:

• Resource and Staffing Plan to document what resources (people equipment materials) and what quantities of each are being used to perform project activities to include a complete account of key or required staff.
• Develop and implement plan to improve documentation processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation collection dissemination storage and ultimate disposition of project information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Budget Plan and documents to track and provide a complete accounting of costs for staffing equipment software supplies consulting and other costs. A life cycle cost or total cost of ownership projected out at least 5 years should be included.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• 5 Years of experience in Knowledge of PMI standards and Processes and success in managing IT projects.
• 5 Years of experience in Use of project management and work management tools such as MS Project and MS Team Foundation Server
• 5 Years of experience in familiar with software and database development concepts to include creation of diagrams flowcharts and workflows of business processes and data flow
• Contractor should have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in work related to IT Project Management using the Agile Methodology
• Contractor should have at least 5 years of largescale project management experience with demonstrated ability to timely and efficiently lead projects which deliver highquality operational and financial performance results.
• 5 Years of experience in effectively collaborate with Senior Management and other Project Team Members to ensure requirements are communicated accepted and meet expectations
• Ability to perform comfortably in a fastpaced deadlineoriented work environment
• Excellent analytical skills

Required Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Must also meet minimum requirements

Azure Dev Ops MS Teams MS Visio SharePoint Other Project Management Tools