IT Project Manager - Public Sector

Overview

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S., all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. PCG partners across all 50 states, multiple Canadian provinces, and Europe, offering a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector.

• Project Delivery – Lead project teams where you provide direction and keep stakeholders informed. Proactively solve complex client problems from pursuit through execution using a consultative mindset. Anticipate issues and blockers proactively. Identify and surface patterns to peers and leadership with regards to the root causes of problems. Assimilate research and complex data to objectively inform recommendations. As necessary, lead or participate in project delivery activities, including analysis, deliverable creation, and communicating project performance and progress.
  
  Manage project teams focused on all phases of the SDLC, including business analysis, architecture; software design, development, configuration, testing and implementation; and project assurance/oversight. Apply your financial acumen to make business recommendations that improve the success of your projects.

• Business Development – Support proposal responses for RFPs, including participating in the response writing. Understand our competitors and develop strategies on how we can differentiate our approach against them in the marketplace. Gain a deep understanding of most products and services within the practice and help drive the strategy for their alignment to the market. Effectively review RFPs, champion bid decisions on opportunities, and influence the decisions.

• Independent Verification & Validation – Provide IV&V services for ERP migration, ensuring all assessments and deliverables are high‑quality and comprehensive, delivering meaningful insights across all project dimensions.

• Project Leadership – Directly responsible for the deliverables and work products produced by the team, coordinating work in accordance with the practice area’s overall strategy, approach, and methodology.

• Experience with either implementation of a large‑scale cloud‑based ERP system or technical project management of a cloud‑based ERP system (preferably People Soft or SAP S/4
  
  HANA RISE Migration).
• Independent Verification & Validation experience with large ERP/Financial system implementation projects.
• Must be based in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, or Georgia.
• At least 10 years of experience in technology.
• 5+ years of relevant experience providing IV&V, project management, quality assurance (QA), implementation, and other project oversight services for State governments, preferably in programs related to Enterprise HR/Financial Systems, Health/Human Services, Government Operations, Finance, Systems Integration, Corrections, and similar systems.
• Excellent writing skills and ability to make presentations to various audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with various stakeholders.
• Certified Project Management Professional / PMP.
• Experience working with systems in large‑scale integrated/modular environments.
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel from technical to executive management, and to influence stakeholders to get things done.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Must be a self‑starter, enthusiastic, and have political savvy to accomplish objectives while maintaining a likable presence.
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
• Ability to travel 25% regionally and, in some cases, across the country approximately twice a year.

• ERP solutions – SAP, People Soft, and other leading ERP systems.
• Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Data Migration, Data Interface and Exchange, Software Implementation, and SDLC.

• Strong quantitative skills and ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
• Abil…