Project Manager

Denver, CO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job ID : &

Position: Project Manager
Client: State of CO - OIT

Location: 100% remote

Duration: 12 Months

Experience: 5-7 years minimum of progressive IT Project Management experience.

Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred.

Process Expertise: Deep working knowledge of formal Project Management Life Cycles (PMLC) stage-gate governance and project estimation principles.

Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of IT domains (e.g. ERP Cloud/Security Legacy Modernization).

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities

The contractor will serve as the central project owner executing all tasks necessary to ensure alignment with approved scope budget and schedule.

Project Governance & Planning (Schedule Phase)

Own the Project Record: Establish and manage the complete project record including creating the initial detailed project schedule and ensuring the approved budget and budgeted level of effort (LOE) are correctly entered.
Estimation & Control: Validate project effort assumptions reconcile capacity against approved budget/LOE from the Solution Proposal and maintain accurate cost tracking via SH timesheets.
Requirements to Scope: Lead Details Gathering Workshops to capture comprehensive business and technical requirements feeding directly into the detailed project schedule.
Security & DR Alignment: Coordinate with the OIT Disaster Recovery and Security teams to confirm the requirements and scope.
Governance & Approval: Build and present the finalized Project Plan.

Execute & Deploy Phases

Kickoff & Cadence: Plan and lead the Working Group Project Kickoff and establish the recurring Project Meeting and Stakeholder Meeting cadence to proactively manage risks and issues (RAID).
Execution Monitoring: Proactively monitor execution against the schedule track project health and own overall project communications.
Milestone Management: Drive progress toward critical milestones.
Change Management: Ensure the Lead Technical SME submits the necessary CAB (Change Advisory Board) Request for production approval.
Transition to Operations: Manage the final deliverables and completing all steps outlined in the Transition to Operations.

Execution & Closure (Close Phase)

Final Acceptance
Administrative & Reporting: Finalize the project record and ensure all project tasks and RAID entries are completed and distribute the Final Status Report.

Process Improvement: Participate in Process Review Meetings throughout the project lifecycle to capture documented lessons and process improvement actions

Job ID : & Position: Project Manager Client: State of CO - OIT Location: 100% remote Duration: 12 Months Experience: 5-7 years minimum of progressive IT Project Management experience. Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred. Process Expertise: Deep workin...