Project Manager 3 | Remote

TalentBurst; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentBurst is seeking a Project Manager 3 for a 12-month remote assignment to work on complex projects with the Maine State Government. The role requires an experienced individual to lead multiple teams and support various agencies, ensuring delivery on time and meeting quality standards while promoting effective communication and collaboration. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management methodologies and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience required.
• In-depth knowledge of PM methodologies and SDLC.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple concurrent projects across agencies.
• Identify project stakeholders and manage communications.
• Ensure quality project documentation and adherence to timelines.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project management tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager 3
Work Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 12 Months

Top 3 Skills:

• Experience working with Maine State Government
• Experience working with multiple teams
• Experience with complex projects

Assignment Summary

• The Project Management Office is looking for an individual to join the PMO as a resource to be assigned as needed.
• Assignments can be with any department within the state of Maine, depending on need.
• Project Managers support a broad portfolio of Maine's strategic initiatives, supporting all sixteen agencies under the Executive Branch.
• As a member of the Project Management Team, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic group of internal/external business and IT partners and be accountable for leading project teams to achieve their deliverable goals on time with a high level of quality.
• This position will be responsible for several concurrent projects spanning multiple agencies, offices, and teams, from impact assessment through to implementation, using defined project methodologies such as Agile, and requires the use of independent judgement, initiative, and discretion.

Key Responsibilities:
Specific responsibilities of the resource

• Project Management
• Deliver results for small to mid-sized project initiatives within established timeframes and quality measures.
• Prepare new or remediate project assets that may be managed by an executing PM.
• Direct resources on assigned projects and ensure clarity of project roles and responsibilities.
• Identify project stakeholders and manage communication with the project stakeholders.
• Consult business leaders to translate a project idea into a defined project with goals, objectives, and scope.
• Identify resources needed, negotiate with managers as required to lead project teams, ensuring clarity of project roles and responsibilities, so that all project plans are completed within defined timeframes, meeting objectives and strategic goals.
• Develop and implement communication and reporting mechanisms to manage issues, risks, and timely delivery of initiative results. Translate project goals/objectives into a defined future state and project success measures that can be understood by project stakeholders, project team and others.
• Ensure business needs and objectives are effectively captured in functional and non-functional business requirements for a system and/or process/workflow.
• Oversee business requirements to meet expected business solutions and trace delivery of requirements through testing and final implementation, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, as needed. General understanding of business requirement management and quality management in order to meet the expected business solutions.
• Manage project quality through activities such as conducting appropriate reviews, obtaining approvals, taking corrective action, when necessary, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, if applicable.
• Ensure that project documentation is complete and current.
• Articulate project management best practices with peer group, as applicable.
• Leadership
• Proactively establishes and maintains cooperative, productive partnerships on current project/deliverables.
• Promote the benefits of change and act as a catalyst for change within the organization, as well as adapt to changes imposed by others.
• Organize and guide the activities of the project team. Prioritize tasks to meet deliverables and commitments on time. Ensures that project member's time and experience is well utilized. Recommend alternatives/options to minimize any delay.
• Share project experience/knowledge and mentor others to help build project management skills.

Skills:
Required and desired skills of the resource

• Any combination of education or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree with five years of project management experience.
• In depth knowledge/understanding of the PM methodology and a broad understanding/awareness of SDLC methodologies.
• Strong understanding of government organization is preferred.
• Strong ability to work effectively in a business and technical environment.
• Effectively uses technical project management tools.
• Strong initiative and ability to set stretch goals.
• Strong ability to negotiate effectively with business and IT partners on business requirements and timeframes on mid-size initiatives.
• Strong ability to rally support among peers and work effectively within challenging situations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to balance the need to gather detail with the need to solve the problem.
• Strong ability to identify and apply different communication mediums based on a content and audience at all levels (both internal and external to Maine gov) to achieve intended goal.
• Advanced PC skills required (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.) Preference given individuals that have experience with managing Vendors.

About the company

Founded in 2002, TalentBurst is the national leader staffing supplier to large MSP contingent workforce programs. Through our 4 delivery centers in Boston, San Francisco, Miami and Gurgaon, India we support 90 Fortune 500 customers every week filling I...

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