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Role Description The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and successful delivery of multi-year, multi-million dollar, enterprise level software implementation projects. The Project Manager works closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, business analysts, software developers, quality assurance professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the highest quality standards. - Plans, develops, implements, and manages a project team through complete task definition and work requirement identification and assignment. - Develops a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress, ensuring adherence to timeline, budget and quality standards. - Manages changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques. - Builds, develops, and maintains collaborative working relationships. - Implements and verifies compliance of change management procedures and expediting client approved Change Orders in response to changes to baseline schedules and budgets. - Registers proposed changes, the accurate costing and scheduling of changes, updating current schedules and budgets for approved changes. - Leads planning and/or implementation of projects; participates in the design and/or testing phases. - Facilitates the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements; resolves or assists in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas. - Responsible for assembling the project staff; for their technical or functional development, performance, and/or termination during the project or projects. - Monitors, tracks, and reports on progress of project resources. - Manages project budget and resource allocation. - Assigns tasks and identifies issues for resolution to ensure optimal team effectiveness. - Facilitates the definition of service levels and customer requirements; interacts regularly with existing or potential clients to determine their needs and to develop plans for improving delivery. - Advocates on behalf of clients and represents clients' needs as appropriate to senior management. - Works cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes. - Follows a defined, agreed upon project management methodology. - Presents oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management. - Performs risk management to minimize project risks and maintain risk registers for all projects. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or another related field (Required). - Four 5+ years of project management experience. - PMP Preferred. - Excellent written and verbal communication and time management skills. Requirements - Demonstrable experience in Justice, Public Safety or Public Sector. - Must be able to manage projects with multi-million dollar budgets. - Must be able to work in the Eastern time zone. - Thorough understanding of project management stages, techniques and tools: - Initiation - Discovery: definition/scope/requirements - Execute & Control: Configuration / Development, Scope Management, Workplans, Resources, Deliverables - Validation: QA, UAT, Training, Transition planning, etc. - Deployment: Go-Live - Support: Hypercare and ongoing support/maintenance - Experience in establishing and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships; provides realistic expectations; establishes specific customer satisfaction standards and actively monitors client satisfaction. - Outstanding grasp of information technology concepts and processes. - In-depth understanding of prevailing project management methods. - Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills. - Excellent time management skills. - Familiarity with tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance; ideally proficient in Azure DevOps. - Solid organizational skills. - Refined attention to detail. - Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office. - Proven ability to manage deadlines and budgetary limitations. - Ability to work calmly under pressure, multitask and prioritize. Environmental and/or Physical Factors - The work environment and dress code tend to be informal, unless attending a career fair or in a face-to-face setting. - Long periods in front of a computer terminal. - Regularly required to sit, use hands, talk, and hear; occasionally required to walk and reach.