HBITSProject Manager-Expert

Job Description

Project/Program:

The Expert Project Manager will be responsible for managing high level priority projects for New York State. Application of high-level project management knowledge will help to achieve successful project outcomes for New York State.

Day to Day:

Day to day tasks to be performed by the consultant will include but not be limited to:
Developing detailed scope statements and document project requirements for complex projects by eliciting business goals information needs and relative priorities from end users subject experts and others;
Balancing alternatives and potential solutions;
Developing a project schedule including identifying and scheduling project deliverables milestones and required tasks using project scheduling software;
Documenting and presenting resource needs to agency management and coordinates project activities with those of program areas;
Managing the project budget using project cost estimating tools;
Designing and implementing quality metrics to analyze project performance;
Creating a project communication plan;
Compiling of detailed project reports and communicating project status to stakeholders sponsors and executive management
Completing and entering weekly status reports in the ITS Project Repository (ITSM);
Directing coordinating overseeing and working with project staff;
Identifying developing monitoring and applying risk control remediations to diminish potential negative impacts on the project;
Managing contract relationships;
Recommending the need for changes in project schedule;
Performing tasks to advance the programmatic goals of the PMO such as analyzing the performance of projects in a project portfolio or inventory;
Actively participating in PMO meetings and training; and
Completing mandated training courses.

Mandatory Qualifications:

Project Manager: Plans organizes and integrates cross-functional information technology projects that are significant in scope and impact.

Expert: 84 Months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

Requested Qualifications:

- 84 months of experience as a Project Manager managing 3-5 simultaneous application development projects that include Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) projects and/or in-house and ensuring vendor delivers implementation of version upgrades installations configurations custom development triage troubleshooting incidents and testing with projects adhering to the Secure System Development Life Cycle development (SSDLC).
- 84 months of experience as a Project Manager managing project execution and control including creating and maintaining the following: project budgets project schedules in MS Project project scope status reports communication plans project management plan quality standards throughout the project management lifecycle from initiation to closeout.
- 84 months of experience in developing and managing formal project schedules in a project tracking tool such as Microsoft Project including tracking progress and variances against baselines utilizing both Waterfall Agile and Hybrid methodologies; using standard PM techniques (e.g. scrum sessions) to update project schedule; and presenting schedule/status updates to both ITS and client agency leaderships.
- 84 months of experience developing writing and managing detailed Scope Documents and required project artifacts (Project Schedule/Plan and Project Budget; reviewing project deliverables and managing the deliverables acceptance process and using the project scope and deliverable management process to manage the project change request process.
- 84 months experience with project quality planning quality assurance end-to-end system testing quality control user acceptance testing (UAT) defect and metrics management and quality


We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race color sex gender identity gender expression religion age national origin citizenship disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military/veteran status or any other protected basis. governance.
- 84 months of experience managing and leading multi-phased highvisibility IT projects for State agencies. Regularly reported Executive staff managers and team members on project status and compliance specializing in initiatives requiring strict adherence to ethical and legal mandates and investigations into possible non-compliance.
- Has active PMP Certification.