Project Manager - Long Term Project - Carson City, NV

INSPYR Solutions; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Competitive pay

Job summary

A leading company in technology solutions seeks a Project Manager to support government projects in Carson City, NV. The role involves managing stakeholders, ensuring project delivery on time, and maintaining communication across teams. Candidates must have a strong background in project management principles and be capable of adapting to dynamic work environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 months of project management experience.
• Clear communication in English, both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage projects within budget and scope.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple projects ensuring they meet timelines and budgets.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and manage expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Negotiation

Education

Project Management Certification; PMP, CAFM, PMI-ACP or Prince 2

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Project Management Tools

Job description

This range is provided by INSPYR Solutions. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$60.00/hr - $68.00/hr

Project Manager- Long Term Project - Carson City, NV

Title: Project Manager
Location: Carson City, NV (80% work on site each week)
Duration:18 month+ Contract
Compensation: $60.00 - $68.00/hour
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

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Project Manager- Long Term Project - Carson City, NV

Title: Project Manager
Location: Carson City, NV (80% work on site each week)
Duration:18 month+ Contract
Compensation: $60.00 - $68.00/hour
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

1. Experience and Skills Required-
Our Government Client is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to join the their Program supporting several Project Initiatives to streamline/modernize/improve the customer and internal user experience for the Online Business Licensing Management services. You will support and lead stakeholders across multiple division business units to gather requirements, solicit vendors and manage projects through delivery, meeting customer goals and keeping the projects on time and within scope and budget. This position will be responsible for managing the implementation of a texting solution to be used in conjunction with the new business licensing system for renewal reminders and other communications. This is just one of several projects that will be managed in the Portfolio.
Provide Project Management skills:

• The Project Manager’s job is to lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects. They ensure that the projects deliver the greatest business value while working within an environment with dynamic cost, time and resource constraints.

• The Project Manager is an agent of change. Project management is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations.
• Project Managers work across all levels of an organization and may be involved in everything from facilitating the strategy definition, supporting discussions regarding enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by assisting with the definition of the goals and requirements for projects and supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.
• They have the specialized knowledge to act as a guide and lead the business through unknown or unmapped territory, to get it to its desired destination. The value of the project manager is in realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identification of new opportunities, understanding of required capabilities and modeling for the organization. Through the effective use of project management, we can ensure an organization realizes these benefits, ultimately improving the way they do business.
• Demonstrated experience managing a troubled project to completion.

Provide expertise to manage and implement assigned projects within the CLIENT’s portfolio. To do this successfully, the selected resources will be comfortable performing the following duties:

• Manage stakeholder expectations during the execution of projects, including risks, dependencies, deliverables with an outcome-focused mindset demonstrating a high degree of integrity.
• Guide stakeholders when addressing change or stressful situations.
• Enable an environment where collaboration is effective and focused on delivering impactful business results.
• Responsible for client satisfaction and delivery metrics.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans; monitor, track and report on project progress; manage project scope, issues, risks and change orders, if any are required.
• Provide input and guidance on individual and team weekly goals, monitor progress through a positive, collaborative and encouraging work environment.
• Strong negotiation, presentation, conflict management, decision making and communication skills with timely and accurate reporting against project timelines and other metrics.
• Clearly, frequently and effectively communicate priorities and status to internal stakeholders.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve the team’s value by providing constructive suggestions.
• Guide other team members on project management best/better practices and continue to expand mastery of your own; initiate solutions where precedents and procedures may not exist.
• Work closely with both technical team members and client stakeholders or varying levels to serve as a “trusted advisor” and key point of contact for all stakeholders to ensure success.
• Obtain regular feedback from team members individually and collectively to optimize team morale and promote new approaches to overcoming challenges.
• Report regular status to project stakeholders.
• Interface between the software vendor, Team and internal Agencies involved in the CLIENT portfolio program.
• Interface with the Product Owner team to manage and prioritize their product backlogs of bugs and enhancements.
• Manage and track software releases from the point at which the software vendor commits to the items that will be delivered in the release, through development, UAT, deployment and concluding with post-deploy documentation.
• Review product release testing plans, scripts and schedules - partnering with the CLIENT QA team/BPAs to ensure these items are ready, thorough and actionable. Incorporating learnings as releases identify opportunities for improvement identified through Lessons Learned sessions held at the completion of each sprint.
• Develop a serviceable understanding of the software product, the business functions that it supports, and the stakeholder community (both internal to the agency as well as external) impacted by it.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring and tracking over time the performance of the software vendor and the agency product support team.
• Support our CLIENT”s Project by facilitating vendor meetings, vendor software release deployments and support measuring the success of the software deployment by:
  • Scheduling and re-scheduling meetings, as necessary
  • Drafting and sending meeting agendas (to be included in meeting invite - so attendees can prepare accordingly, and meetings start with a shared understanding of why the audience is schedule to meet)
  • Providing updates on software release status
  • Providing a running summary of outstanding bugs and enhancements
  • Provide running summaries of all other established product team KPIs
  • Support the agency during critical Production-outage situations including running communications with the vendor and key agency stakeholders, coordination of resources for troubleshooting and submission of bug details as necessary.
• Additional liaising between agency and software vendor(s), as needed.

2. Qualifications

• Project Management Certification; PMP, CAFM, PMI-ACP or Prince 2; or a combination of formal project management training and a minimum of 18-months of project management leadership in a relevant functional or technical field
• Communicates clearly in English, both verbally and in writing, with project team members and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and deliver projects on time, within scope and within budget.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Demonstrated can-do attitude.
• Ability to resolve problems with minimal management assistance; escalates appropriately.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities. Moves quickly to address unexpected problems or opportunities.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams - SmartSheet and Visio experience are a plus, but not required.
• Verifiable, direct experience using Project Management tools to develop project plans and resource-loaded schedules with milestones.
• Adept at conveying project health and progress via presentations and project reports to mid and senior-level management.
• Verifiable, direct Software/Systems Development Life Cycle experience using Agile-Scrum methodology and Waterfall methodologies based on the needs of the project.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Our benefits package includes:
Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
401(k) retirement plan
…and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Seniority level

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Employment type

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• Job function

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