Project Manager

Software People Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 112,500 - 137,500; Full time

Job summary

Software People Inc. is seeking a Project Manager in Albany, NY for a 12+ month role. The ideal candidate will manage project scope, schedule, and budget while overseeing a team in development activities.

The candidate should have a bachelor's degree and significant experience leading large-scale development projects, including those in government environments. The role offers approximately $60 per hour.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level or higher degree in Information Technology or Project Management.
• 84 months experience with multi-entity project teams for large projects.
• 84 months experience with industry standard system life cycle methodologies.
• 84 months experience managing teams in IBM WebSphere Portal development.
• 60 months experience with deployment strategies in a risk-averse environment.
• 24 months experience managing projects in government related to criminal justice.

Responsibilities

• Defining and managing project scope, schedule and budget.
• Managing project teams in documentation and risk mitigation.
• Facilitating communication and requirement clarification.
• Identifying project risks and providing alternatives.

Job description

Job Description

Location: Albany, NY

Duration: 12+ months

Rate: Approx. $60 per hour

Responsibilities

• Defining and managing project scope, schedule and budget
• Managing project teams in the development of business cases, requirements gathering, business and technical documentation, testing and deployment planning, risk mitigation strategies and project status reporting
• Acting as manager to a staff oriented in matrix management techniques, including negotiating with senior management on resource allocations, project responsibilities and tasking as well as mentoring and training resources as necessary
• Communicating project status to team members as well as management including project status presentations to executives both inside and outside the Agency
• Functioning as a facilitator to clarify business and technical requirements which cross project team boundaries
• Identifying project risks and dependencies and providing implementation alternatives to mitigate project risk related to scope, schedule and budget

Qualifications

• Bachelor level or higher degree with coursework in Information Technology or Project Management, or national certification in Project Management
• Minimum of 84 months experience with multi‑entity project teams in the development and successful implementation of multi‑million dollar, multi‑year development projects
• Minimum of 84 months experience implementing projects utilizing industry standard system life cycle methodologies including iterative project planning, design and development
• Minimum of 84 months experience managing project teams developing in IBM WebSphere Portal utilizing JDK 1.5 or above and which utilize business analysts and testers experienced with RequisitePro, HP Quality Center and/or QuickTest
• Minimum of 60 months experience implementing deployment strategies spanning multiple entities, including risk mitigation strategies associated with ensuring implementation successful deployments into manageable risk‑averse phases, and involving both business and vendor teams across highly available and scalable multi‑tier applications using Object Oriented or Service Oriented Architecture
• Minimum of 24 months experience managing projects in a state or federal government environment, related to criminal justice processing and improvements in criminal history record information systems, including but not limited to public safety agencies, the court system and federal law enforcement agencies