Description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple application development, application deployment, and systems implementation projects simultaneously.
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and project documentation.
• Lead projects utilizing industry-standard project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid approaches.
• Coordinate, schedule, assign, and monitor project tasks across project teams and vendors.
• Manage project timelines and application release schedules to ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Monitor project progress, identify roadblocks, and implement corrective actions to mitigate risks and delays.
• Proactively identify, assess, manage, and escalate project risks and issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Track team capacity, project hours, budget utilization, and resource allocation, recommending corrective actions when variances occur.
• Allocate and balance staff and budget resources to support changing business priorities and project demands.
• Identify, negotiate, and manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Facilitate effective communication between IT teams, business stakeholders, production teams, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Evaluate project performance using industry best practices, quality standards, and key performance metrics.
• Coordinate system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), installation, deployment, training, and production support activities.
• Develop and deliver project status reports, executive dashboards, and stakeholder communications.
• Support employee performance evaluations and provide feedback related to project team performance.
• Ensure adequate team coverage throughout the project lifecycle to support successful and timely project delivery.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive Project Management experience managing projects of varying size, scope, and complexity.
• Demonstrated success managing IT software development, application deployment, and systems implementation projects.
• Hands-on experience utilizing multiple project management methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid frameworks.
• Strong experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Monday.com, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Proven experience developing and managing project schedules, budgets, resource plans, and project deliverables.
• Strong client-facing communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience identifying, mitigating, and escalating project risks and issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, vendors, consultants, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining project quality and delivery commitments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within government agencies, public sector organizations, or regulated environments.
• Experience leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, technologies, and processes to improve project delivery, reporting, planning, or operational efficiencies.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or other relevant project management certifications preferred

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree