Project Manager II-Project Mgt

Location

Judicial Information Systems, 189 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401.

$127,421

Project Manager II

JIS Enterprise PMO

June 5, 2026

Exempt

No

FT

The Maryland Judiciary offers a generous benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition assistance, continuing education programs, employee assistance programs, and State Retirement and Pension plans. Telework, up to 2 days per week, may also be available. Telework eligibility is based on job functions and the approval of the Administrative Head.

This position is responsible for the successful completion of Information Technology (IT) projects. The project lifecycle must be followed to facilitate project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and project closure. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining project artifacts, such as charter, schedule, risk register, status reporting, project acceptance criteria, and lessons learned. Requirements identification, issues management, and solution validation are also mandatory skills.

This position will manage both business-facing and internal JIS projects. Based on workload capacity, additional ad‑hoc IT projects will be assigned as needed.

Project Management

Create and Maintain The Following Project Artifacts

• Charter/Scope Statement
• Stakeholder Management and Communication Plan
• Vendor Management
• Project Schedule
• Requirements Document and Traceability Matrix
• Risk Register/Issues Log
• Test Plan & Acceptance Plan
• Deployment/Launch Plan
• Meeting Agendas & Minutes
• Project Status Reports

Create and define the business case justification for the IT projects.

Create and maintain the Project Management Plan (PMP) and work breakdown structure (WBS).

Schedule and facilitate project and status meetings.

Determine and isolate issues and risks to determine source of issue/risk, impact to project, resources required for resolution and actively track progress and status.

Maintain and update risk register. Determine the probability and impact of all risks. Develop risk contingency, mitigation or avoidance options.

Respond to calls from court users, JIS staff both technical and non-technical requiring assistance.

Maintain expert level knowledge and skills relative to the JIS Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the PMO templates.

Work in partnership with the project team, JIS technical teams and the vendors.

Proficient With Software Implementation Strategies To Include

• Commercial‑Off‑The‑Shelf (COTS)
• In‑house
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Cloud computing

Monitor and Control Project Work

• Track all project performance against any performance metrics.
• Monitor and control project scope, costs, and schedule.
• Take into consideration stakeholder risk aversion during the review processes.
• Provide monthly updates to the PPM portfolio system with the status of assigned projects focusing on schedule and risk.
• Create gap analysis that compares gaps between the ?as is? and the ?to be? systems.
• Monitor, control and communicate system outages because of the project to JIS internal teams, court staff and other impacted users using the JIS enterprise communications process.
• Perform vendor management by monitoring and controlling vendor activities against contractual requirements.
• Consistently review the change management report to determine if a planned change will impact project work activities and scheduled completion dates.
• Coordinate change request approval with court SMEs, stakeholders and JIS staff.

Stakeholder and Relationship Management

• Maintain holistic view of stakeholders/business owners functional duties to understand impact of dependent/inter‑related business functions.
• Determine how the project meets the business needs and strategic objectives of the Judiciary.
• Develop project acceptance criteria and obtain stakeholder sign‑off on project acceptance.
• Create Functional Requirements Document (FRD), Use Cases and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Lead the matrix formed project teams responsible for implementing…