Project Manager

We are looking for Project Manager for our client in Baltimore, MD

Job Title: Project Manager

Job Location: Baltimore, MD

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Pay Range $75hr - $80hr

Responsibilities:

• Execution and delivery of enterprise programs and projects within scope, budgetary, schedule, benefit, and quality commitments.
• Coordinating with other teams and application leadership as necessary to resolve schedule, issues, risks and other interdependency challenges.
• Work with agency leadership and product owners to generate and publish program or product road-map.
• Align technology solutions with business strategies through the delivery of a portfolio of projects city wide; Organize and lead project status and working meetings; Facilitate commitment and productivity; Develop plan to remove barriers and obstacles; Prepare and distribute progress reports; Mange the team in making business decisions related to implementation, modifications and maintenance.  
• Matrix management of teams across the agency and City to ensure the team meets goals and expectations.
• Use performance metrics to assess and evaluate; Implement and facilitate guidelines and metrics to achieve a standardized approach to project execution; Deliver an agile transformation plan to move from current state to a desired state; Use standard project performance metrics to assess and evaluate the program; Develop and update business process documentation for testing and training management; Establish/apply quality objectives, criteria, standards and levels, with input from applicable stakeholders (e.g., key performance indicators.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems or related field is required.
• Eight (8) years of experience in building relationships and delivering programmatic value to the client.
• Previous IT experience in government is preferred.

Equivalencies:

• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Industry thought leadership and collaborating to develop solutions that transform the industry; Understanding the 'bigger picture' of the program and business impacts to initiatives.
• Ability to build relationships across business, product, IT, finance teams at leadership level to influence positive outcomes & resolving bottlenecks / constraints.
• Ability to host effective and recurring program status meetings with IT and business leadership.  
• Ability to facilitate the identification and understanding of customer needs, gaps and opportunities from an industry appropriate perspective.  
• Ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously.
• Persuasive, consensus builder with the ability to influence decisions from top down and bottom up.
• Solid analytical, problem-solving and financial analysis skills and decision- making skills.
• Knowledge of citywide organization and functions, and areas where merger, consolidation, shared services and other efficiencies may be achieved.