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Title: Project Manager - Hybrid
Location: Hartford, CT, USA
Length: Long term
Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

*** Hybrid *** Webcam interview very long term project initial PO for 1 year with multiyear extensions ***

OVERVIEW:

The Connecticut DAS BITS team is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of Opportunity Center Project Manager to oversee the Project Management efforts and serve in a leadership role on the Project.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Manager will be responsible for the oversight of the technical solution inclusive of technical/project documentation and State and Federal compliance and will work collaboratively with the Business/BITS. The duties and expectations of the Project Manager are as follows:

Provide oversight, guidance, and direction to Project Staff for appropriate planning, development/implementation of the System.
Project decision making as needed and escalate issues to the project leadership.
Responsibility for ensuring proper development and maintenance of integrated project schedules, and risk & issue logs.
Ensure proper internal project communications and reporting.
Manages information systems activities within areas such as IT infrastructure and architecture, applications development, networks, computer operations and support.
Provide a complete and thorough review of project deliverables and ensure review and approval milestones are met.
Facilitate and own appropriate stakeholder engagement and communication.
Support the collection, management, and dissemination of high quality status reports.
Work closely with technical staff on the project and provide leadership in ensuring the appropriate documentation of requirements and the necessary IT resource planning and allocation.
Assistance with organization, prioritization and supervision of team activities, project standards, and technical decisions
Oversight of vendors, project scopes, deliverables, timelines, and schedule
Oversight and assistance in developing a more comprehensive and attainable roadmap for the duration of the project.
Continual assessment and remediation of identified risks, gaps, dependencies, and impediments.
Coordination and alignment of project needs with Business strategies/processes.
Oversight of State and Federal technical regulations and compliance functions related to the project.
Assistance in facilitating project status meetings, participation in the projects governance processes and collaboration on stakeholder/customer communication.
Assistance in identifying and prioritizing data exchanges/interfaces
Collaboration with the Business/Program staff for the development of training and to assess customer satisfaction/feedback.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The following outlines the preferred qualifications for this position:

Solid understanding of best practices related to modular system integration, system development life cycle requirements/models, and experience with software development and scrum/agile methodologies with enterprise level application development projects.
Profound project delivery and management experience.
Knowledge and experience in Department of Social Services, Department of Labor, Department of Housing, Office of Early Childhood welfare assistance programs.
Knowledge and experience in information systems activities within areas such as IT infrastructure and architecture, applications development, networks, computer operations and support.
10 years related experience in project management, planning, and tracking of projects, including overseeing IT projects and schedules/roadmaps from conception to completion.
Experience with interoperability and data exchanges/interfaces
Experience working with business stakeholders in related industries.
Experience with and understanding of full project or product lifecycle.
Proficiency with project management tools and related technology
Ability to lead, drive results, solve problems, and possess interpersonal skills from prior work situations.
Experience leading teams responsible for requirements gathering, business analysis, program development, testing and version control.
Proven communication skills, well organized, and influential leadership skills, with demonstrated experience working in a team oriented environment and proficiency with collaboration, including having excellent interpersonal and documentation skills.
Proven team building skills with technical and non technical staff, as well as coaching and mentoring.
Business acumen and political savvy
Change Management experience and expertise.
Project budgeting, resource planning, allocation and capacity planning skills and experience
Experience with technology requirements for human service systems (e.g., business processing modeling, architecture, SDLC, interoperability, system integration, data management, security, etc.)
Experience with iterative and incremental development and the ability to adjust to changing requirements, policy changes and legislative mandates.
Experience managing project timelines, deliverables, project scopes, risks, and leading project status meetings.
Experience in best practice related to government procurement of technology vendors.
Knowledge of Salesforce preferred.
Proficiencies in MS Project, SharePoint, Azure DevOps, and other project tools/software

Qualifications:

AGILE Agile Development Methodology 4/6 Years
Service oriented architecture (SOA) 4/6 Years
Web Services and Windows Services 4/6 Years
Vmware VCP 6 Cloud 4/6 Years
Windows 9x/2000/XP/NT/Vista/7 7/9 Years
Communication skills both verbal and written 10+ Years
Consolidation planning and management 10+ Years
Data center management 10+ Years
Enterprise Data Architect 7/9 Years
Integration planning and strategy 10+ Years
Presentation skills 10+ Years
Project management 10+ Years
Wireless Support Specialist 7/9 Years