Senior Project Manager – Hybrid (State Data Systems)

Meridian Technology Group; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits available

Job summary

Meridian Technology Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a contract assignment in Tallahassee, FL. The role requires extensive project management background, PMP certification, and experience with ESDS or similar government data systems.

The position is hybrid with limited on-site presence and offers health benefits. The project emphasizes post-implementation stabilization, risk management, UAT coordination, and frequent stakeholder communication across technical and leadership levels.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years project management experience, including developing project plans, risk tracking, mitigation, and work tasks and maintaining project schedules.
• A minimum of ten years communicating project updates both orally and in written format with technical staff, executive management, and user staff.
• A minimum of ten years facilitating current state or application analysis sessions and documenting applications through use of case process documents and workflow diagrams.
• A minimum of ten years with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) methodologies and documentation.
• A minimum of ten years developing and presenting detailed status reports to management and leadership level decision-makers.
• A minimum of ten years delivering projects on the approved project schedule and within an approved budget.
• A minimum of seven years leading data or system modernization projects in a state government domain or agency.
• A minimum of one year working with Early Intervention Information Technology systems.
• Active Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Project Manager for the ESDS, as directed by the Department.
• Manage the post-implementation stabilization activities of the ESDS to ensure solution performance meets the Department’s requirements.
• Manage post implementation system issue resolution by prioritizing issues based on business impact, ensure timely resolution, and validate that fixes are tested, approved, and deployed according to Department’s change control procedures.
• Oversee post implementation monitoring of system performance, availability, and user experience metrics, as directed by the Department.
• Act as a liaison between the ESDS Project Team participants and data system vendor as identified by the Department.
• Maintain overall accountability and adherence for post implementation system operations, service levels, compliance requirements, and vendor performance through continuous oversight of the ESDS system project.
• Manage system requirements by capturing, analyzing, and prioritizing enhancement requests and facilitating enhancement request reviews.
• Manage system changes and enhancements UAT planning, test case review, and acceptance validation.
• Oversee organizational change management activities, including communication planning and stakeholder engagement for system updates.
• Oversee user training and knowledge-sharing sessions on new features, enhancements, and best practices.
• Manage and maintain the RAID log and other project logs in coordination with the Department’s System Administrator.

Skills

Project management

Communication

UAT

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Meridian Technology Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a contract assignment in Tallahassee, FL. The role requires extensive project management background, PMP certification, and experience with ESDS or similar government data systems.

The position is hybrid with limited on-site presence and offers health benefits. The project emphasizes post-implementation stabilization, risk management, UAT coordination, and frequent stakeholder communication across technical and leadership levels.