Senior IT Project Manager-Pennsylvania – Local Candidates Only

Inabia Software & Consulting Inc.; Middletown Township (PA); Hybride; USD 83 000 - 117 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania seeks an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to support its Strategic Portfolio Management Office. You will lead deployment, rollout, and enterprise adoption of new PPM capabilities, and assist decentralized PMOs with training, guidance, and process improvement.

The role requires strong PM, program/portfolio/agile experience, and the ability to operate primarily remotely with occasional onsite attendance in Pennsylvania.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT project management experience in an actual PM role.
• 3+ years in program management, portfolio management, or agile PM.
• Experience in software testing, user training, and creating user guides or documentation.
• High proficiency in project scheduling using Microsoft Project or other enterprise PPM tool.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Visio and the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong communication, facilitation, training, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to support primarily remote work with occasional onsite attendance in Pennsylvania.

Responsabilités

• Support project managers in adopting project planning and scheduling capabilities using Microsoft Project or comparable enterprise PPM tools.
• Conduct demonstrations, office hours, and one-on-one sessions to help users effectively utilize project scheduling features.
• Support the rollout and adoption of project change request workflows within the PPM tool.
• Apply PPM business process expertise to configure and develop portfolio, program, and/or agile management modules.
• Collaborate with the PPM tool development team throughout the SDLC, from requirements definition through testing.
• Lead pilot implementations and support the broader enterprise rollout of new PPM capabilities.
• Develop and deliver role-specific training materials, user guides, tips and tricks, and knowledge base articles.
• Support decentralized PMOs in replicating and adopting standardized project and portfolio management processes.
• Contribute to governance committees responsible for assessing, approving, and prioritizing PPM tool enhancements.

Connaissances

IT project management

Program management

Portfolio management

Agile management

Stakeholder engagement

Training development

Communication

Outils

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

• Job Title : Senior IT Project Manager
• Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (CoPA)
• Requisition: OA/TBO – FA1
• Work: Remote with occasional travel to Middletown, Pennsylvania
• Location: Pennsylvania – Local Candidates Only
  Work Arrangement: Primarily Remote; occasional onsite presence required
  Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  Rate: $70/hr
  Visa Requirements: H-1B, Green Card (GC), or U.S. Citizen

Position Overview

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to support its Strategic Portfolio Management Office (SPMO). The team has recently deployed a new Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool and is expanding its capabilities to support traditional project management, portfolio and program management, and agile management processes.

The selected candidate will lead process definition, piloting, rollout, and enterprise adoption of new PPM capabilities. This role will also support decentralized Project Management Offices (PMOs) through training, guidance, documentation, and ongoing process improvement.

Important: This position requires an experienced IT Project Manager with a proven background in project, program, portfolio, or agile management. Architect, developer, and business analyst profiles will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project managers in adopting project planning and scheduling capabilities using Microsoft Project or comparable enterprise PPM tools.
• Conduct demonstrations, office hours, and one‑on‑one sessions to help users effectively utilize project scheduling features.
• Support the rollout and adoption of project change request workflows within the PPM tool.
• Apply PPM business process expertise to help configure and develop portfolio, program, and/or agile management modules.
• Collaborate with the PPM tool development team throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirements definition through testing.
• Lead pilot implementations and support the broader enterprise rollout of new PPM capabilities.
• Develop and deliver role‑specific training materials, user guides, tips and tricks, and knowledge base articles.
• Support decentralized PMOs in replicating and adopting standardized project and portfolio management processes.
• Contribute to governance committees responsible for assessing, approving, and prioritizing PPM tool enhancements.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of IT project management experience in an actual Project Manager role. Experience working on projects in other capacities will not count toward this requirement.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in program management, portfolio management, or agile project management.
• Experience with software testing, user training, and developing user guides or documentation.
• High proficiency in project scheduling using Microsoft Project or another enterprise‑class PPM tool.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Visio and the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong communication, facilitation, training, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to support primarily remote work with occasional onsite attendance in Pennsylvania.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, Scrum, or SAFe certifications.
• Experience with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM).
• Experience supporting enterprise PPM implementations, process rollouts, governance, and adoption across multiple PMOs.