Description

Skills:
*) The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
*) Experience in the management of a portfolio of multiple projects that may be in significantly different stages of development or have differing timelines and priorities
*) Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored the audience and their needs
*) Excellent written communication and presentation skills
*) Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel
*) Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes and quality for a program
*) Experience in proposing and leading strategic initiatives
*) Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems
*) Demonstrated ability to provide advice, assistance and leadership in improving the quality of IT projects, by focusing on program definition, management, repeatability and measurement
vAbility to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results

Management prefers applicants with the following:
*) Candidate with PMP/PgMP Certification.
*) Candidate with Agile (PMI-ACP) Certification.
*) Experience managing or supervising programs involving legacy system replacement projects.
*) Experience collaborating with State and Local Government.
*) Experience in complex, cross-functional team environments.

Skills Required / Desired / Amount of Experience:
*) Program Management experience managing multiple large complex projects Required 5 years.
*) Experience creating roadmaps for the portfolio Required 7 years.
*) Experience developing business case , Cost Benefit and market analysis Required 5 years.
*) Proven track record of delivering IT projects within budget, scope and schedule Required 7 years.
*) Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability Required.
*) Hands-on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications Required 7 years.
*) Strong supervision, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills Required.
*) Demonstrated presentation and training skills and oral and written communication skills Required.
*) Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project) Required 7 years.
*) Experience with MS Office Required (7 years).
*) PMI certification Project Management Professional (PMP) Highly desired.
*) State Government experience Highly desired.
*) Experience managing implementation of a statewide IT project Highly desired.
*) Experience with legacy system replacement projects and data migration Highly desired 3 years.
*) Experience collaborating with State and Local Government Highly desired 3 years

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree