Job Title : IT Project Manager Location : Atlanta GA Duration : 6 + Months Contract Notes Candidate Must be Local Metro Atlanta Location Certifications MUST be ACTIVE.(PMP)Job Description : The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate
project activities, including but not limited to:
• Planning
• Schedule development and maintenance
• Resource tracking
• Risk management
• Communications management
• Reporting
• Quality management
• Vendor management
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.
Primary Skills - 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 softwaredevelopment projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams inexcess of 10 team members, and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability forthe project management role. Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that
- impact across the enterprise -Experience must be related to software applicationdevelopment and implementation. Experience collaborating with vendor partners inthe delivery of project solutions required.
- Well-developed communication skills - oral, written, listening. Good analytical andnegotiation 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)
Required Skills - PMP (PMI) certification - active status
- CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification and/or PMI-ACP certification - active status
- IT process and methodology (agile, scrum)
- Business analysis
- Integration planning and strategy
- Recently managed at least two full lifecycle agile development projects with project teams of > =
- 10 members
- Vendor management
- COTS product implementation
- Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project
- Professional, SharePoint)
- Well-developed communication skills - oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail
- Bachelor's degree in related field
- Project Server/Project Online