Project Manager 3

POSITION: Project Manager 3
DURATION: Long Term
Client: State of Texas/ HHSC
REMOTE– Should Be Local To Texas

Project managers are the people in charge of a specific project or projects within a company. As the project manager, your job is to plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the specific project you are working on. Project managers might work by themselves or be in charge of a team to get the job done.
Follows structured project management principles to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close project.
• Manages project to assure project is completed within scope, on time, and within budget.
• Coordinates with Vendors for planning, execution, control, and closure
• Supports and coordinate with the business / stakeholders
• Coordinates with the application delivery team resources
• Identifies potential risks, opportunities, and issues that may have an impact on the project,
• Manages change requests; identifies, tracks, and resolves issues,
• Submits change requests above threshold in the requirements management plan,
• Develops and maintains project documentation,
• Reports progress on schedule in the HHS Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)application,
• Reports project progress to steering committees, in regular project meetings with stakeholders, and recommends corrective action when necessary,
• Ensures project works within the Texas Project Delivery Framework (TPDF) and HHS IT project management governance,
• Archives project artifacts in PPM,
• Accountable to Project Sponsors
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years	Required/Preferred	Experience
8	Required	Experience leading and/or participating on project teams that utilized accepted project management and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies
8	Required	Experience in identification of project risks and gaps and able to develop creative and workable solutions to complex problems and policy issues
8	Required	Experience with synthesizing, analyzing and evaluating highly complicated and technical information and translating it into easily understandable and concise documents and oral presentations