Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Project Manager at JPS Tech Solutions

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Job Type: Hybrid

Compensation: Depends on Experience

Employment Type: W2-Contract Only (C2C not considered)

Job Category: Project Manager

Join the PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control within the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The Project Manager will manage delivery efforts, generate schedules, staff resources, procure vendor products and implementation services, submit funding requests, and report status across multiple current and future projects.

Responsibilities

• Use project governance structure (methodology, templates, reporting)
• Interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams
• Work effectively under broad direction with general supervision
• Motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced and challenging environment
• Gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios
• Break down complex tasks into actionable, sequenced work items
• Manage scope creep with focus on delivering a minimum viable product
• Track project progress, monitor and modify schedules, provide status updates
• Escalate issues to management or appropriate leadership as appropriate
• Provide insight on improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management
• Perform other duties or tasks as assigned by management

• Direct management of system integration projects
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
• Experience working within a project governance structure
• Extensive experience planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects
• Strong process development skills and ability to learn, interpret, document and formalize procedures
• Strong process and gap analysis skills
• Excellent project management skills, ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities
• Demonstrated experience gathering and documenting business requirements
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines

• Direct management of system integration projects
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
• Experience working within a project governance structure
• Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects
• Strong process development, documentation and formalization skills
• Strong process and gap analysis skills
• Excellent project management, multitasking and prioritization skills in a cross‑functional environment
• Demonstrated experience with gathering and documenting business requirements
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting established deadlines