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CodeForce

PM6-Project Manager

CodeForce, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50319


The OCIO Project Manager is responsible for a variety of department and project tasks associated with the managing and tracking of business and IT initiatives.

The Office of the Chief Information Officer - PMO Division provides adaptable, secure, and cost-effective technology services and solutions across multiple State Agencies and Divisions. We manage all of the States IT assets, projects and resources, and we deliver technology and expertise to support Citizens of Iowa and their family's every day. This includes consistently delivering top tier performance and value to citizens as a trusted partner and services provider.

The OCIO PMO is committed to the pursuit of creative and innovative solutions that enable our State to help Iowans achieve healthy, safe, stable and self-sufficient lives through the programs and services we provide. We strive for an IT culture that identifies the newest, most effective solutions through discovery, open discussion and collaboration. We have fun together, care about each other and take pride in the solutions we provide. We believe in continuously optimizing our processes, refining our solutions and improving ourselves to the benefit of the Iowans we serve. If you are passionate about applying your creative and innovative architecture strategies and approaches across the client technology enterprise then this is the role for you!

The department is seeking a Project Manager to drive business and technology projects to completion while insuring adherence to established budgets, business plans, process, procedures and requirements while working closely with Business unit personnel, Business Analysts and Architects.

The project manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects. Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each to the Project Sponsors and the PMO Director.

The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology and potentially including upper level state government committees. The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management and control. The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders. Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS• Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)• Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.• Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision• Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.• Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios• Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately• Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product• Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills• Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills• Strong verbal and written communication skills• Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives• Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts• Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.• Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management• Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.Required/Desired SkillsSkill Required /Desired Amount of Experience Direct management of system integration projects Required 8 Years Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities Required 8 Years Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) Required 8 Years Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects. Required 8 Years Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures Required 8 Years Strong process and gap analysis skills Required 8 Years Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment Required 8 Years Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines Required 8 Years Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements Required 8 Years

QuestionsNo. Question Question1 The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement? Question2 Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement? Question3 This requirement falls under the E-RTR process. The candidate MUST submit their Right to Represent electronically following the process to be considered. Do you accept this requirement? Question4 Please list candidate's email address. Question5 The Vendor Rate for this position is $95.15. Do you accept this requirement? Question6 PROVIDE CANDIDATES CURRENT PHYSICAL LOCATION [HERE] Question7 OCIO contractor personnel are now required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by OCIO) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes. The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to OCIO for processing. Please confirm you have discussed this with your candidate, and he/she will comply if selected.