Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 12 months on W2 Contract.
Description:
Experienced IT Project Managers needed for medium to large sized enterprise projects of moderate to high complexity and risk in a fast-paced, hybrid environment. Candidate should have experience in both IT development and infrastructure projects.
The Department of Labor has embarked on a multi-year initiative to modernize the existing environment to a more current and cost effective distributed environment. It will involve replacing existing legacy business applications with COTS products or internally developed applications.
Local Metro Atlanta Candidates
REQUIRED Certifications MUST be ACTIVE.
Candidate's resume MUST reflect ALL the REQUIRED skills in their jobs performances
Primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Georgia Department of Labor Project Management Methodology.
Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines.
Required Skills: A MUST
- Project Management Certification (PMP).
- Demonstrated success managing large complex programs/projects utilizing multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Kanban)
- Documented recent experience in:
- Business requirements gathering.
- Business process documentation.
- full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies
- Candidates must have managed at least two full lifecycle agile software development projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams in excess of 10 team members, and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability for the project management role. Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that impact across the enterprise -Experience must be related to software application development and implementation. Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.
- Well-developed communication skills - oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
- Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.
- Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite)
- Resume MUST show required skills in their job performances
- Local Candidates
Skill Matrix:
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience PMP (PMI) certification - active status Required CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification and/or PMI-ACP certification - active status Required IT process and methodology (agile, scrum) Required 7 Years Business analysis Required 5 Years Integration planning and strategy Required 7 Years Recently managed at least two full lifecycle agile development projects with project teams of >= 10 members Required 7 Years Vendor management Required 7 Years COTS product implementation Highly desired 7 Years Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint) Required 7 Years Well-developed communication skills - oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail Required Bachelor's degree in related field Required Project Server/Project Online Nice to have 7 Years Familiar with state procurement process Highly desired