Project Manager

Motion Recruitment; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruiting agency seeks a Mid-Senior level IT Project Manager for a government administration role in Quincy, Massachusetts. This position focuses on managing complex IT projects, vendor management, and effective communication across departments. Ideal candidates will have at least five years of IT project management experience, proficiency in Agile methodologies, and skills in negotiation. This is a contract position with onsite requirements.

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience in IT project management, managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Experience with both hybrid and SAFe agile methodologies.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Document business cases and project proposals for technical initiatives.
• Ensure projects have a clear plan, risk issues list, and proper documentation.
• Lead cross-collaboration efforts in IT solution implementation.

Skills

IT project management

Agile methodologies

Hybrid methodologies

Vendor management

Negotiation skills

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Job description

Overview

Location: Onsite at 100 Hancock Street, Quincy, Massachusetts 02171

Responsibilities

• Work with business and IT management at all levels of the organization to understand and document the business case for technical initiatives.
• Create and manage through completion Business Case, Project Proposals, Federal and State Funding Requests, Requests for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotes (RFQ) documentation.
• Contribute to efforts to create and maintain T-MSIS APD (Advance Planning Document) iterations.
• Lead procurement teams in reviewing vendor responses through to the selection and contract negotiation phases.
• Vendor management and risk mitigation experience.
• Lead cross collaboration efforts in design, development, test, and implementation of IT solutions.
• Ensure all project initiatives have a project plan and traceability, risk/issues list, and project MS SharePoint documentation site.
• Ensure coordination of resource support across T-MSIS Business Analysis, SQA (Systems Quality Assurance), and Development teams; as well as peer managers to align with capacity planning practices.
• Institute appropriate controls to manage project scope and track changes through Change Advisory Board (CAB). Prepare and distribute weekly project status reports on progress against planned, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Prepare systems or program documentation including but not limited to, data flow diagrams, flow charts, file layout, input/output documentation, and project narratives.
• Effectively communicate with business teams, technical teams, and leadership across multiple disciplines to convey technical concepts in simple business terms.
• Adhere to T-MSIS standard project management methodology, policies, and procedures, as well as quality assurance standards. Also, where applicable, comply with the external agencies\' standards when integrating or leveraging external staff or solutions.
• Communicate with CMS representatives as scheduled and create the Monthly Status Report for CMS on a monthly basis.

Qualifications / Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Five (5) years’ experience in IT project management with the capability of managing complex, cross-functional IT projects.
• Five (5) years of related experience using both hybrid and SAFe agile methodologies, in a large IT enterprise environment and managing vendor partners.
• Five (5) years of related experience documenting business cases, contract management, RFP and RFQ; as well as project funding requests.
• Five (5) years of proven experience with Agile and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and negotiate the needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills and experience in supporting technical and non-technical staff.
• Ability to multi-task and flexibly adjust to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Conflict resolution, consensus building and mediation skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing resources under a matrix reporting structure.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate technical requirements, breaking down complex problems into manageable components for evaluation.
• Prior experience in government or public-sector environments is an advantage.
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA, or similar).
• Experience in working with Federal reporting projects will be a plus. Data quality project experience, particularly with CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) will be a plus.
• Experience working with Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) will be a plus.
• Experience in the Health Insurance Payer space will be a plus.
• Experience and Cerifications with SAFe Agile will be a plus.
• Experience with Healthcare Interoperability and CMS guidelines will be a plus.

Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job function: Project Management
• Industries: Government Administration

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