Senior Project Manager – Short Term

Jobtailor; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead a complex Revenue Life Cycle replacement initiative in the United States. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinating with vendors, consultants, and internal IT teams to align with business goals.

You will apply PMP standards and strong governance while guiding cross-functional teams through requirements discovery, estimation, and planning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering complex IT programs and projects.
• Experience leading multi-workstream initiatives with cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of a complex Revenue Life Cycle replacement project.
• Coordinate activities across vendors, DBHDS IT teams, and business stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain schedules, budgets, and documentation.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues; monitor vendor performance.

Skills

Leadership

SDLC expertise

Agile/Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Education

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of a complex Revenue Life Cycle replacement project.
• Manage multiple project workstreams while ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Coordinate activities across vendors, consultants, DBHDS IT teams, and business stakeholders.
• Drive project execution throughout the full project lifecycle from planning through operational transition.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Identify, assess, mitigate, and communicate project risks and issues.
• Manage project scope, deliverables, milestones, and overall project performance.
• Monitor vendor performance using established metrics and accountability measures.
• Facilitate procurement-related project activities and implementation planning.
• Develop presentations and status reports for executive leadership.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, vendors, suppliers, and technology teams.
• Coordinate with solution architects and technical leadership to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
• Facilitate resolution of technical and non-technical project issues.
• Lead project scoping, technical requirements gathering, estimation, and planning activities.
• Guide business and IT teams through business and technical requirements discovery and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with DBHDS and Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA) project management standards and governance requirements.
• Support Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or Waterfall delivery methodologies as appropriate.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience demonstrating strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• 10 years of experience leading organizational implementation of new approaches, systems, structures, and methodologies.
• 10 years of experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• 10 years of experience understanding technology sufficiently to represent technical project teams across multiple stakeholder forums.
• 10 years of experience leading business and IT teams through business and technical requirements discovery and documentation for solution proposal initiatives.
• 10 years of experience applying Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• 10 years of experience utilizing Scrum, Kanban, or Waterfall project management best practices.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification issued by PMI.
• 5 years of experience leading large, complex programs with multiple workstreams.
• 5 years of experience managing vendors and implementing vendor-delivered solutions.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Must physically reside within the United States for the duration of the assignment.
• Must complete a Web Cam interview.
• Must provide a copy of the active PMI PMP certification with submission.