Project Manager
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Title: Project Manager
Location: Washington DC
Duration: Contract to Hire
The ideal candidate is a DMV resident with at least 16 years of experience managing change management initiatives strong written communication skills and experience with Agile Scrum project management methodologies including sprints and roadmaps.
Executive Summary: Project Manager to support the PMO in the Districts PASS Modernization Project replacing the on-prem procurement system with a cloud solution. Role focuses on change management and training.
Position Description: The district governments PASS Modernization Project is replacing the existing on-premises procurement management system seeks a Project Manager to support the Project Management Office (PMO) by overseeing change management and training.
Position Responsibilities:
- Plan and manage project activities including developing maintaining and monitoring schedules; creating and organizing project documents; coordinating weekly status reports; preparing PMO status reports and presentations; and maintaining project artifacts in Microsoft Teams.
- Develop change strategies and project plans aligned with and District goals ensuring changes achieve desired outcomes.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement clearly and consistently communicating the vision and goals of the changes.
- Create and manage change management and training plans and schedules that align with the overall project timeline.
- Assess change impacts on business processes staff client agencies vendors and stakeholders.
- Identify potential resistance to change and develop mitigation strategies.
- Work with PMO and project managers to ensure team members have the knowledge and skills to support stakeholders during adoption.
- Monitor change and training progress measure effectiveness and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Support embedding change into and District culture policies and operations beyond initial implementation.
- Translate strategic vision into actionable plans including resource alignment training communications testing go-live preparations and post-go-live support.
- Coordinate workstream resources monitor activities and update schedules to maintain alignment with PMO timelines.
- Leverage experience on large or complex projects to:
- Analyze delivery dates and create innovative Microsoft Project schedules or Agile Scrum roadmaps.
- Align schedules with stakeholders workstreams technology and methodology to deliver on time and within budget.
- Track milestones and report progress.
- Oversee project scope and objectives including RAID (Risks Actions Issues Decisions) change management and communications processes.
- Maintain organized project documentation in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
- Participate in PMO Steering Committee and other meetings document discussions and decisions.
- Serve as liaison between PMO project managers and team members.
- Provide comprehensive support for all PMO activities.
Required Qualifications:
- Expert proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint)
- Managing change management initiatives with strong written communication skills.
- Experience with Agile Scrum project management methodology including sprints and roadmaps.
- Proven leadership and decision-making skills managing a diverse team including onsite and virtual team members
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
- Willing to work onsite 4 days a week
Desired Qualifications:
- PMP certification
- Microsoft SharePoint and Teams
Minimum Education/ Certification Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Change Management IT communications business or a related field or equivalent experience is required.
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- Contracts
