Program Manager / Project Lead / Delivery Manager

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We are looking for a senior Program Manager / Project Manager / Project Lead and Delivery Manager.

Education: Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Data Science, Business/Public Administration, Design or a related discipline.

• Certification**:Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

The Program Manager is responsible for performing the following:

• Managing day-to-day project activities.
• Identifying issues and risks and recommending possible issue and risk mitigation strategies.
• Facilitating State agency and Contractor discussions / meetings.
• Ensuring that performance is within scope, consistent with requirements, and delivered on time and within budget.
• Identifying critical paths, tasks, dates, testing, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensuring the application of State SDLC standards.
• Providing solutions to improve efficiency (e.g., reducing costs while maintaining or improving performance levels).
• Monitoring issues and providing resolutions for up-to-date status reports; and
• Documenting and delivering project management related artifacts.

Required Experience

• The candidate must have at least ten (10) years of experience in project management.
• The candidate must demonstrate at least eight (8) years of experience managing complex IT development projects, similar to that described in the Statement of Work.
• The candidate must also have experience in a leadership role for at least three (3) successful projects with an organizational change management component that involve working with stakeholder groups across the organization.
• Candidate must possess at least five (5) years of experience using PMI''''''''s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) methodologies and artifacts.