Sr. IT Project Manager

Ampcus, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Sr. IT Project Manager based in Washington, DC. The candidate will lead and manage large-scale IT projects using Agile methodologies and oversee initiatives involving numerous stakeholders. Key responsibilities include financial management, project delivery, and effective communication with both internal and external clients. A Bachelor's degree in a related field and PMP certification are preferred. This role requires strong leadership in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience leading projects in technical systems implementation.
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Excellent customer service skills for internal and external clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and management of large scale Waterfall or Agile projects.
• Manage project finances and proactively report project status.
• Prepare business cases and documentation for project initiation.

Skills

Financial Management

Strong Communication Skills

Leadership in Matrixed Environment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Health Informatics, IT, or related discipline

Job description

Job Title:

Sr. IT Project Manager.

Location:

Washington DC.

Job Description:

• This position is for a Project Manager on the Release Management Team and requires managing in a highly matrixed organization to support quarterly and monthly releases.
• This position is both inward and outward facing and requires a candidate to be detail-oriented and comfortable working with multiple external clients and internal stakeholders.
• This requires the ability to convey timely, consistent, and meaningful information and to appropriately adjust communication style and method based on audience.
• This role involves effective use of listening skills, ensures that information is understood by the intended audience, takes detailed notes, and habitually sends out meeting minutes.
• Success in this role would mean managing releases by collaborating with a multitude of teams and reaching consensus in the creation of the deployment schedules, meeting all internal and external milestones, and understanding the interdependency between implementation tasks.

Purpose:

• Sr. IT Project Manager, leads, plans, executes, monitors, controls and closes projects for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO).
• This role oversees and directs complex $5M enterprise-wide corporate initiatives involving 15-50 stakeholder groups across several organizational work streams utilizing Agile methodology to deliver results.

Essential functions:

• 25% Actively plans and manages large scale Waterfall or Agile projects holistically around scheduled program increments and milestones, scope, cost, resource health and risks while collaborating with stakeholders in key meetings resulting in successful project delivery.
• 25% Plans and owns project finances which includes timing implications and key payment dates while proactively reporting status, scorecard creation and fulfilling project analysis requests by using critical and creative thinking.
• 25% Leads and contributes to vendor selection and procurement activities under program manager guidance while identifying, producing and fulfilling resource and go-live operational plans to ensure project success.
• 25% Prepares key documents, present business cases and produces other reports as needed while collaborating with stakeholders to bring projects through project funding conversations and initiation ceremonies.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Financial Management ability including comprehension of project financials, profit and loss and the ability to create and manage and adhere to a broader project budget., Advanced.
• Strong Communication skills both written and verbal, Advanced.
• Ability to successfully lead in a matrixed environment, Advanced.

The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs.

• Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time.
• Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.

Education Level:

• Bachelor's Degree.

Education Details:

• Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline.

Experience:

• 5 years' experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation.

In Lieu of Education:

• In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI – Optional.
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification- Optional.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.