VDH Project Manager 2

  • Contract

Company Description

TECHNAMO is a niche, young & dynamic IT service provider, VA SWaM certified, Microsoft Cloud Certified Partner, focused on providing IT Solutions & Services to government and commercial companies.

TECHNAMO is a Tier-I Contractor to provide IT Services to the Virginia govt. agencies (70+ entities) and contracted to provide services to state govt. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Delaware, and Maryland govt. agencies.

Contact us: Chowdary  email: [email protected] Ph: 703-957-6871, www.technamo.com

Job Description

*Current Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI), NO other certifications are accepted

Candidates should be willing to come onsite for some portion of the week now.

Grant Project Manager to oversee the implementation of a grant to improve health IT systems, by upgrading legacy systems and bringing in additional resources to support the initiative, and position the Agency for the future.

The Grant Project Manager will work with multiple offices and teams within the Agency to provide leadership and direction to the project. The Grant Project Manager will assume responsibility for all grant monitoring and reporting details. Follow standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understand the business and technical objectives of the project and work closely with the project sponsor. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Negotiates resources. Communicates to stakeholders and the project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Management responsibility for the achievement of performance, and objectives of a project, its contracts, and expenditures. Ensures that the project plan is updated and maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status. Disseminates information to team members and customers and agency management.

? Manage all aspects of the grant throughout the project lifecycle to ensure they are completed on time and within scope and budget
Define, document, and manage project scope, schedule and budget. Develop project charter and work plan tracking budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.
Develop, maintain, and distribute standard project management artifacts (including but not limited to risk assessments, project charter, RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed) matrix, communication plan, project schedule, status report)
Ensure applicable project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately
Manage projects within the larger VITA procurement and project management governance processes.
? Provide oversight to ensure the grant is implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the Agency.
? Create and implement a communication plan. Ensure relevant staff is informed of upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring a smooth completion of work responsibilities. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers.
? Perform financial and administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process.
? Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement.
? Provide detailed reports to stakeholders and agency management with respect to the status of the project and expenditures.
? Facilitate project conference calls, status meetings, planning sessions, and provide meeting notes.
? Be a consultant to stakeholders and communicate project status throughout the project lifecycle.
? Proactively identify and mitigate project risks and issues. Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives. 
? Manage project resources, overseeing day-to-day task execution.
? Monitor documents, reports, and other related communications connected with the grant.
? Utilizing system-based project management applications, collaboration applications, and MS Office applications; Planview, SharePoint, Project Management software, Google Meets, Teams, etc.

Required skills:
Demonstrated experience in organizing, planning, and managing information technology-related projects ranging in size/scope from low risk/complexity – Required 8 years.
Knowledge of business process engineering methods (ability to create process flow diagrams using Visio or similar tool) – Required 8 years.
Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues – Required 8 years.
Possess excellent organizational skills; strong attention to detail, with the ability to follow-through – Required 8 years.
Ability to perform in the cross-functional team approach and job responsibilities – Required 8 years.
Experience with basic financial management skills including developing and monitoring budgets and financial reporting – Required 8 years.
A multi-tasker with the ability to work under pressure; self-directed and independent – Required 8 years.
Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and produce quality results on time with attention to detail – Required 8 years.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills – Required 8 years.
Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills – Required 8 years.
Knowledge and experience using multiple project management methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile – Required 8 years.
Contract and/or Grant management – Required 8 years.
Must be able to operate effectively in a changing environment with multiple priorities – Required 8 years.
Experience with Microsoft Project, or similar project and portfolio management tool, to create robust schedules with task dependencies – Required 8 years.
Current Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI), NO other certifications are accepted – Required 8 years.
Understanding of and (experience with) Commonwealth of Virginia project management standards – Desired 8 years.
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience – Desired 8 years.

Additional Information

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