Description

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution

- Develop and implement technical project plans aligned with project objectives

- Support completion of Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) stages and associated deliverables

- Contribute to development of project management plans and supporting documentation

Project Coordination & Delivery

- Coordinate and monitor completion of project deliverables, tasks, and action items

- Facilitate recurring and ad hoc meetings, ensuring agendas, minutes, and action items are documented

- Manage project schedules and ensure timely delivery of milestones

Performance Monitoring & Risk Management

- Monitor project performance including scope, schedule, risks, issues, and quality

- Maintain risk registers, issue logs, change requests, and decision logs

- Implement corrective and mitigative actions as needed

Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

- Lead and prioritize work across project teams and external consultants

- Provide technical presentations and briefings to stakeholders and executive leadership

- Participate in executive steering committee meetings and milestone reviews

Quality Assurance & Documentation

- Develop and maintain quality assurance processes

- Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant with standards

- Support knowledge sharing and lessons learned documentation

Project Closeout

- Assist with project closeout activities including lessons learned and post-implementation reporting

- Contribute to evaluation reports and final project documentation

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience managing large-scale IT projects in the public sector

- 5+ years managing technically complex systems (software, network, or cloud-based)

- Experience completing PAL Stages 2, 3, and 4 for State of California projects

- Strong experience in project planning, scheduling, and risk management

- Current PMP (Project Management Professional) certification

- Bachelor’s degree

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree