A - 5/12 - 746899 - Project Manager w/ Child Welfare Exp - Remote & Raleigh, NC

Focused HR Solutions, LLC; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Focused HR Solutions, LLC is seeking a Project Manager with Child Welfare experience to lead IT initiatives from a remote location, with occasional on-site meetings in Raleigh, NC. Candidate will operate during EST business hours and coordinate across state agencies and vendors.

The role emphasizes program leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strict adherence to budget and schedule. Prior experience in government-related programs is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program management for large, complex IT initiatives.
• Experience delivering IT projects on time and within budget.
• Ability to communicate with diverse stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Review proposals to determine time frames, funding, staffing, and resources.
• Identify milestones, deliverables, and required activities across projects.
• Provide leadership and drive the project life cycle from planning to closure.
• Establish work plans, staffing, and recruitment for project activities.
• Ensure alignment of project goals with business objectives and budgets.
• Direct and coordinate activities to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build business cases and cost analyses.
• Manage vendor onboarding and coordinate requirements with stakeholders.
• Identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects and programs.
• Oversee budgets and resource allocations across workstreams, ensuring compliance.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budget management

Risk management

Communication

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

The candidate will primarily work remotely. Candidate may be asked to attend on-site meetings in Raleigh, NC, if needed. Candidate must work EST business hours.

Our direct client has an opening for Project Manager w/ Child Welfare Exp position # 746899. This position is for 12+ months, with option of extension, and will be worked remote. Candidate may be asked to attend on-site meetings in Raleigh, NC, if needed. Candidate must work EST business hours.

Description

Below is the job description –

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations, or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
• Ensure that project goals are achieved.
• Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
• Work with business and cross-functional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program.
• Manage multiple Vendor onboarding and identify key requirements needed from cross-functional teams and Vendors.
• Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department.
• Manage budget across various workstreams and funding channels for maximum productivity.
• Manage resource allocations and expectations for program.
• Collaborate with the State DIT to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State Privacy and security requirements.

Skills

• The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored to the audience and their needs.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients, and other IT personnel.
• Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes, and quality for a program.
• Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems.
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results.

Management Prefers Applicants With The Following

• Candidate with PgMP Certification
• Candidate with Agile (PMI-ACP) Certification
• Experience managing or supervising programs involving Application modernization and modularization projects.
• Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
• Experience in complex, cross-functional team environments
• Knowledge of social services and medicaid programs or similarly complex case management systems

Required/Desired Skills

• Program Management experience managing multiple large complex projects - Required - 3 Years
• Experience creating roadmaps for the portfolio - Required - 3 Years
• Proven track record of delivering IT projects within budget, scope and schedule - Required - 3 Years
• Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability - Required - 3 Years
• Hands on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications - Required - 3 Years
• Strong supervision, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills - Required - 3 Years
• Demonstrated presentation, training skills, oral and written communication skills. - Required - 3 Years
• Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) - Required - 3 Years
• Experience with MS Office(Word, Excel and Power point) - Required - 5 Years
• Strong organization and analytical thinking skills with experience preparing Project plan for complex business needs. - Required - 5 Years
• Ability to communicate effectively at all job levels, use excellent evaluation skills, and ability to relay information in legible reports as required - Required - 5 Years
• Experience with Agile Methodologies. - Highly desired
• PMI certification Project Management Professional (PMP) - Desired
• Experience with Cloud technologies & SaaS applications running on Cloud - Desired
• Experience collaborating with Federal, State and Local Government - Highly desired
• Experience managing implementation of a statewide IT project - Desired
• Experience in establishing and/or implementing governance models for IT modernization efforts - Desired
• Experience with projects related to Application transformation and Modernization - Required - 2 Years