Project Manager ​/ Hartford, CT ( Hybrid ), 12+ Months Contract

Project Manager

This exciting initiative is in its early stages and offers a unique opportunity for a Project Manager to lead a high-profile project. The Project Manager will manage all aspects of the project from initiation to closure and lead a cross-functional team of agency stakeholders, business users, IT professionals, and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and timelines
• Prepare and distribute dashboards and status reports
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
• Identify, track, and manage risks and issues, developing effective mitigation strategies
• Manage vendor deliverables and ensure alignment with Statements of Work (SOW)
• Organize and facilitate meetings, ensuring effective collaboration and communication
• Oversee change management efforts; collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and user adoption
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, standards, and policies

Required Experience

• 10+ years in Project Management, including large-scale, complex technology projects
• Experience in the public sector or with state agencies, DMV preferred
• Experience with mobile app development, cloud infrastructure, digital wallets, APIs, and biometric authentication

Required Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to discern and synthesize complex information and present it clearly
• Strong presentation skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership
• Proven leadership, with experience managing and holding cross-functional teams accountable
• Comfort in navigating a matrixed environment to drive progress and decision-making
• Strong initiative and problem-solving, finding innovative solutions to move projects forward
• Skilled in uncovering unexpressed dependencies, requirements, and expectations
• Sound judgement in dealing effectively and diplomatically with all levels of government staff
• Proficiency in various project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
• Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, PPM tools (, etc.), JIRA, and Confluence

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business or related field

A bachelor's degree or master's degree in a related field, PMP certification, proven project management experience, Understanding of ERP implementation, Budget management experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Job responsibilities include all or some of the following. Support People Soft Program manager:
  
  - Interface with high level client management, as well as vendors,
• Facilitate project activities, as needed,
• Facilitate resource management for projects,
• Coordinate and communicate with agency stakeholders,
• Understand political relationship of key decision makers,
• Facilitate management of issues and risks from the projects to the program,
• Ensure that deliverables are developed per defined requirements and timeframe,
• Stay abreast of significant change initiatives, - Highlight and identify needed program changes, and - Work with IV & V on project/program findings and recommendations.
• Assist with preparation and support for the People Soft Governance Council such as:
  
  - Prepare presentations –
• Prepare 3 to 5 year plans
• Prepare and report priorities of projects within the program Performs administrative activities such as collecting, maintaining, monitoring and reporting on:
  Weekly status of the Program
  -Program spending and program metrics.
• Program requirements, documentation, issues, funding and risks.
  
  - Meeting logistics, notices, written communication and meeting minutes. –
• Program objectives via metrics and reports for distribution.
• Program plans and schedules for distribution to program team members.
• Tasks and action items pertinent to the success of the individual projects.
• Program and project changes as needed.
  
  - Communications to internal clients, team members and leadership.
• Schedule information to clients, customers support organizations and vendors.
• Required: - Knowledge of ERP systems and upgrades, specifically People Soft.
• Basic project management and administration processes and principles.
  
  - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or the equivalent.