Location: Raleigh NC
Duration: 6 months
Position: 1
The State of NC Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a short-term (six month maximum) contractor to provide Project Management Services. The selected candidate will be responsible for day to day management of multiple projects and must have a proven track record of successful project delivery.
Responsibilities include:
- Taking over IT projects at the beginning of the development phase
- Vendor management
- Developing and maintaining the project plan
- Developing project approval documents
- Developing status reporting to project lead, senior management and more
- Developing and maintaining scope change process and log
- Developing and maintaining issue log
- Developing and maintaining risk matrix
- Developing and maintaining escalation process
- Managing testing and rollout
- Maintaining communications plan
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:
Required:
PMP certification required
Ability To:
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with
• client, client management, direct supervisors and reports, and project team members
• Work with diverse and varied functional users
• Interact effectively with highly technical personnel and with a wide variety of technical resources
• Translate and communicate highly technical concepts, information, plans, and procedures to both highly technical personnel and non-IT business users
• Manage government and vendor personnel to assure all required deliverables and performance criteria are met
• Prepare comprehensive supporting plans in the areas of quality control, risk management, change management, testing and other associated project management areas
• Manage project development process to include monitoring project scope and change control processes
• Knowledge of the Project Management process, procedures, documentation, checklists, and reporting criteria
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability to conduct detailed planning, project testing, and perform risk assessments and their associated risk mitigation actions
• Knowledge of project management related IT standards and software
• Possess conflict resolution skills, negotiation and mediation skills, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
Preferred:
North Carolina government experience
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