Project Manager

Oxford Global Resources, LLC; Elsene; On-site; EUR 78,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Global Resources, LLC is seeking a Project Manager to ensure adherence to project governance across multiple current and future initiatives. You will generate detailed project schedules, identify and staff required resources, and oversee procurement of vendor products and services while submitting funding requests as needed.

The PM will lead cross-functional teams across IT, DHS-related domains, and other stakeholder groups, conduct project meetings, track progress, and ensure

Qualifications

• Experience with managing client expectations
• Experience leading multiple parallel work efforts
• Ability to work within a project governance structure and follow templates
• Strong communication across business and IT stakeholders
• Ability to manage changing priorities and directives

Responsibilities

• Adhere to project governance, create schedules, staff resources, procure vendor products/services, and submit funding requests; report status to Executive Steering Committee
• Conduct project meetings and perform tracking/analysis to ensure quality deliverables
• Gather requirements, build project plans, identify resource needs, and communicate clearly to stakeholders
• Multitask across changing priorities as directed by leadership
• Escalate issues promptly and provide insights to improve processes across portfolio, project, and program management

Skills

Governance adherence

Schedule management

Resource planning

Vendor procurement

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Multi-project coordination

Requirements gathering

Meeting facilitation

Job description

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 Executive Steering Committee.

The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology, Medicaid, Child Welfare, and other areas of the Department of Human Services (DHS) 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.

• 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
• 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

Job Experience:

• Demonstrates experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives
• Demonstrates experience managing multiple parallel work efforts

Oxford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the Country in which they have applied to work.