IT Project Manager - Onsite Atlanta, GA

The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate project activities, including but not limited to:
• Planning
• Schedule development and maintenance
• Resource tracking
• Risk management
• Communications management
• Reporting
• Quality management
• Vendor management

Primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Georgia Department of Labor Project Management Methodology.

Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines.

Required Skills: A MUST
• Project Management Certification (PMP).
• Demonstrated success managing large complex programs/projects utilizing multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Kanban)
• Documented recent experience in:
o Business requirements gathering.
o Business process documentation.
o full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies
• Candidates must have managed at least two full lifecycle agile software development projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams in excess of 10 team members, and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability for the project management role. Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that impact across the enterprise –Experience must be related to software application development and implementation. Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.
• Well-developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
• Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.
• Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite)

Requirements

Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience

PMP (PMI) certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION)
Required
 
 
CSM (Scrum Alliance) certification and/or PMI-ACP certification - active status (MUST UPLOAD ACTIVE CERTIFICATION)
Required
 
 
IT process and methodology (agile, scrum)
Required
7
Years
Business analysis
Required
5
Years
Integration planning and strategy
Required
7
Years
Recently managed at least two full lifecycle agile development projects with project teams of >= 10 members
Required
7
Years
Vendor management
Required
7
Years
COTS product implementation
Highly desired
7
Years
Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint)
Required
7
Years
Well-developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail
Required
 
 
Bachelor’s degree in related field
Required
 
 
Project Server/Project Online
Nice to have
7
Years