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Project Manager - MUST RESIDE IN TEXAS

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We are currently hiring an experienced Project Manager for a long-term contract in Austin, TX. This position can be worked remote, however you MUST currently reside in the Austin Texas metropolitan area to be considered. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC). If selected, you will be part of the client's Project Management Office (PMO) overseeing one or more projects concurrently. This position will involve coordinating the initiation, planning, scheduling, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of assigned IT projects. Your roles and responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to, the following:

Following the project management life cycle (PMLC) including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing one or more projects.Following the agency's Information Technology Handbook, standard operating procedures on the PMLC, reviewing Gates, project management artifacts, and archiving.Managing all aspects of a technology-related project.Ensuring project tasks and products follow the development process and quality guidelines while meeting both functional and contractual requirements.Applying the software/systems development life cycle (SDLC) including Requirements, Design, Code/Configure, Test (System, User Acceptance, Regression, Round Trip, Smoke), Change Management/Deployment, Warranty period, and Transition to Maintenance.Collaborating with peers from user areas and contractor staff to coordinate, plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate the work of the project staff in a matrixed organization structure.Managing deliverable content expectations, review processes, and acceptance criteria.Ensuring deliverables meet the agreed-upon quality and content.Developing and managing project budgets, schedules, work plans, resource requirements, and cost estimates and projections.Ensuring all team members understand the project standards and resolving challenges with the quality of any party's work products.Communicating with the project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties.Monitoring and evaluating third-party vendor and contractor performance.Documenting detailed system requirements.Working independently with minimal supervision and meeting tight deadlines.

Minimum Requirements:8 years of full-time experience in IT Project Management work, business analysis, or project administration.8 years of prior work experience managing complex projects throughout all development phases.8 years of prior work experience in structured design and development process, scope control, project estimation, risk mitigation, and preventive and corrective actions for overruns.8 years of prior work experience managing project activities; establishing project goals and objectives; exercising sound judgment in making critical decisions; analyzing complex information and developing plans to address identified issues; demonstrating negotiation and facilitation skills; identifying project risks and gaps; preparing reports; and communicating effectively.8 years of prior work experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user and stakeholder needs.8 years of prior work experience facilitating and documenting business process mapping and business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems that make a business more effective.5 years of prior work experience documenting detailed requirements for information technology solutions that will meet program and user needs.3 years of prior work experience simultaneously collecting requirements across multiple program areas or organizations that are geographically dispersed and that have varying business needs.

Preferred Requirements:5 years of experience and/or knowledge of IT Project Management theories and practices applicable to projects that are complex in scope; of systems and procedures used to evaluate a third-party vendor's performance; and of local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to the administration of the project undertaken.5 years of experience presenting to program and IT management, project sponsors, and executive leadership.Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.4 years of experience working on an unemployment insurance system with appeals, benefits, and/or employer tax functionality.2 years of experience implementing fraud detection or prevention features, protocols, or safeguards.

Ship Sponsoring is not available for this position, nor is relocation assistance. Luna Data Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Project Manager - MUST RESIDE IN TEXAS

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