Project Management Advisor - EHRA

Adult Correction; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 105.000 - 184.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) seeks a Project Management Advisor (PMA) to coordinate state-level IT projects, manage enterprise risks, and ensure alignment with SCIO standards. The PMA works with agency PMOs to ensure consistent governance and transparent risk mitigation across portfolios.

This EHRA-exempt role may offer hybrid remote work per state policy with weekly onsite requirements, and is open to current state government/UNC System employees with priority

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading large IT projects and programs with risk management.

Aufgaben

• Provide leadership, collaboration, communication, and inter-agency coordination over large IT projects and programs.
• Provide portfolio, program, and IT project management with emphasis on quality management systems and best practices.
• Provide project financial management including cradle-to-grave scope-cost-schedule reporting and variance analysis.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate risks for IT projects, procurement, security and architecture requirements, and change management.
• Govern using MS Project, Planner, SharePoint, Power BI, Teams, Power Apps, and Excel for planning and analytics.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Inter-agency coordination

IT project management

Tools

Microsoft Project Professional

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Power Apps

M365 Suite

Microsoft Excel

Jobbeschreibung

About Us

The N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) serves as the Technology Center for the State of NC. Services that NCDIT provides reach a client base of state and local government agencies, as well as schools, colleges and universities. NCDIT's mission is to enable trusted business-driven solutions that meet the needs of North Carolinians. NCDIT provides technology services to state agencies and is charged with closing the digital divide by expanding availability of broadband services and promoting the adoption of affordable, high-speed internet.

Description of Work

Salary Range: $105,341 - $184,345

The position is designated Statutory Exempt (EHRA) and is exempt from the State Human Resources Act

This position may be eligible for hybrid remote work in accordance with state policy and the agency's remote work program but does require weekly onsite work. Any telework will be under the conditions of the state Teleworking Program Policy and the employer may end any teleworking arrangement at any time in the employer's sole discretion.

This vacancy is open to current North Carolina state government and current UNC System employees only or previous NC state government and UNC System employees with unexpired RIF priority re-employment rights. Current temporary employees working in NC state government or in the UNC System will also be considered.

We currently have an opening for a Project Management Advisor.

The Project Management Advisor (PMA) facilitates required state level coordination to enable the review and approval process and is responsible for the identification, management and resolution of enterprise level risks and issues. The PMA will regularly analyze, assess, and report on IT projects and programs within their assigned portfolio, and will employ the Enterprise Project Management Office's (EPMO) Quality Management System and industry best practices to ensure assigned IT projects and programs are executed based on the State Chief Information Officer's (SCIO) established standards for IT project/program management. The PMA works closely with the agency PMOs, portfolio managers and IT project/program managers to ensure consistency and transparency in how the state approaches project risk, change in project scope, schedule or budget, statewide IT procurement, enterprise architecture requirements, enterprise security standards, project management best practices and how to properly establish IT projects and programs to meet quality assurance standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, collaboration, communication, and inter-agency coordination coupled with management over a broad range of large and complex IT projects and programs.
• Provide portfolio, program, and IT project management with an emphasis on employing quality management systems and industry best practices.
• Provide project financial management and oversight to include the development of successful business cases, cradle to grave project scope-cost-schedule status reporting and variance analysis, and close-out procedures.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate risks for IT projects, procurement processes, security and architecture requirements, as well as issue, risk, and change management.
• Manage and provide oversight and governance using Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Power Apps, M365 suite of applications, and the use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for project planning and as an analytical tool.

About the Division:

The Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) provides professional oversight and governance to facilitate successful Information Technology (IT) programs and projects through assessing projects and facilitating resolution of issues, risks, and roadblocks and by providing early warnings if a project is likely to fail. The EPMO also provides training, coaching, advising, and mentoring to agency IT Program and Project Managers to facilitate successful IT programs and projects. The EPMO does this through applying professional knowledge, experience, and best practices, and by providing full and complete information on IT projects to the State Chief Information Officer (SCIO). The EPMO also engages agencies in understanding and applying IT portfolio management concepts to IT programs, projects, and investments (plans and budgets). This is done through IT Portfolio Management assistance, which provides agencies with financial, technical, and management personnel with knowledge and understanding of the theories, concepts, and disciplines of portfolio management.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

The following Management Preferences are not required, but appli