Project Manager 1

  • 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

Must have experience with vendor management, specifically in the area of detailed planning, requirements analysis, product development, oversight, and implementation of SaaS-based solutions that include large data conversion activities. The PM is expected to manage risks, milestone deliverables, and validation of security requirements. Knowledgeable in applications of the scrum, waterfall, and agile methodologies and skilled in developing processes that facilitate continual progress and team achievement. Adept at employing cross-platform applications and identifying security issues. Manage project timelines/milestones and communicate with management staff and clients to ensure the project is implemented successfully. PMI PMP/Agile certified and/or experience as a certified Commonwealth of Virginia qualified Project Manager is required. Candidate must meet COV PM Requirements, which may require an additional class or testing requirements prior to approval to manage VITA major projects.

Responsibilities:
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work.

• Primary interface with the vendor Project Manager on the coordination of deliverables and milestones.

• Responsible for creating the VITA/Agency Project Charter, CBA, Schedule, and other required VITA artifacts to include scheduled published status reports.

• Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in the development of plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for the completion of a project.

• Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities as required.

• Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.

• Set project goals that are consistent with business objectives.

• Track and communicate the project's progress from a schedule, cost, and risk perspective to the project team, customers, and project stakeholders.

• Adapt project specifications, plans, and approaches to the different concerns and expectations of stakeholders.

• Monitor progress by third-party vendors, and define and measure their progress with metrics.

• Develop and maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status, to include resource allocation and schedules.

• Adhere to Treasury and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.

• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing third-party / vendor-led projects.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.

• Strong verbal/written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and

communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.

• Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices, and manage their expectations.

• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.

• Ability to balance both business and technical backgrounds in order to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams.

• Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.

• Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.

• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project and business environment.

• Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques and practices.

• Fluency in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office

Required skills:
IT Project Management experience – Required 5 years.

SaaS-Based Project Implementations – Required 3 years.

COV (VITA) Qualified PM (*if selected will need to complete COV cert within 30 days of start) – Required.

Experience with Planview Project and Portfolio Management – Highly desired 5 years.

Experience supporting VITA and/or Commonwealth of Virginia Agencies – Highly desired 2 years.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.