We have a 1-year hybrid Project Manager contract that may be extended by our client. The anticipated start date is June 30, 2025.

The Project Manager will oversee and coordinate all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from design and development to implementation, testing, go-live, post-implementation monitoring, and project closeout. This hybrid-based contract requires the Project Manager to manage key project aspects while ensuring compliance with established project management standards.

The Project Manager will be responsible for maintaining up-to-date project documentation, tasks/deliverables, and artifacts. They will develop and oversee the project schedule using approved scheduling tools, ensuring alignment with the baseline timeline. By tracking progress and analyzing variances, the Project Manager will recommend strategies to keep the project on schedule and meet milestones.

Risk management is a core responsibility, requiring the Project Manager to log and address risks, action items, issues, decisions, change requests, lessons learned, and related project elements. Additionally, they will schedule and lead critical meetings on topics such as schedule management, change control, project status, risk resolution, contracts, and budget reconciliation. Meeting minutes will be documented and distributed promptly, with follow-ups on action items.

The Project Manager will also be responsible for preparing and submitting reports, including presentations, weekly and monthly status reports, and any other required reports. They will support the Project Management Office (PMO) in tracking and managing project tasks/deliverables, ensuring proper documentation and accessibility.

Furthermore, the Project Manager will oversee the impact of legislative mandates on the project, maintain Project Management Plans, and develop closeout and assessment reports for each project phase. Additional responsibilities may be assigned by the client to ensure project success and compliance with PMO standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s-level degree from a recognized college or university. Alternatively, qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience.
• 5 Years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least 3 years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity of one or more large or complex IT projects.
• 3 Years of experience with SDLC projects, performing project management tasks in support of IT projects involving the development and integration of multiple systems and system interfaces.
• 3 Years of experience leading cross-functional project teams. Cross-functional project team is defined as various groups of individuals responsible for modifying and enhancing systems designed and developed using differing software languages, tools, frameworks, and architectures coupled with individuals assigned to support various IT domains; all of which must collaborate to achieve a common goal.
• 2 Years of experience with managing State of California projects using IT concepts, practices and principles to provide a foundation for technology related work with emphasis on the SDLC including design, development, implementation, post implementation monitoring, and project close out.
• 3 Years of demonstrated experience coordinating and gathering analysis information, researching methodologies, technical writing, legislative report writing, and planning the enhancement of a system.
  
  

Desirable Qualifications

• Master’s degree or doctorate from a recognized college or university. A recognized college or university is defined as an institution of higher learning approved by the Office of Higher Education of any given state or a foreign college or university of comparable standing.
• 7 Years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least 4 years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity of one or more large or complex IT projects.
• 5 Years of experience with SDLC projects, performing project management tasks in support of IT projects involving the development and integration of multiple systems and system interfaces.
• 4 Years of experience leading cross-functional project teams, team building, knowledge transfer, and/or mentoring experience.
• 3 Years of experience with managing State of California projects, using IT concepts, practices and principles to provide a foundation for technology related work with emphasis on the SDLC including design, development, implementation, post implementation monitoring, and project close out.
• 4 Years of demonstrated experience coordinating and gathering analysis information, researching methodologies, technical writing, legislative report writing, and planning the enhancement of a system.
  
  

Minimum Application Requirements

Your application will be disqualified if you do not meet all these minimum application requirements.

• Must meet or exceed the Minimum Qualifications.
• Must be a current resident of the United States.
• Must have current work authorization for the United States.
• Must be a direct hire.
• Must be committed to work on a hybrid schedule.
  
  

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