Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Change Management

Capio Group is looking for an experienced Project Manager! Full-time employee - Remote Salary: $130,000 - $140,000

Capio Group is a California-based Information Technology Consulting firm serving the public sector since 2010. We assist the Government in delivering large, complex systems and solutions. Capio Group is a small, but quickly growing firm that mixes good ideas, with great people, to achieve extraordinary results for our clients. We offer the salary and benefits of the bigger companies, with the added bonus of a flexible workplace and a great work-life balance.

Capio Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the implementation of a modern, Salesforce-based commercial cannabis licensing and regulatory management solution for the client. The Project Manager will be responsible for overall delivery governance, implementation planning, stakeholder coordination, vendor management, Agile execution, schedule management, and successful deployment. This position requires demonstrated experience managing large-scale government technology implementations, including oversight of functional implementation activities.

The Project Manager will be responsible for tasks including but not limited to:

• Implementation Management:
  Lead the end-to-end implementation lifecycle, including discovery, requirements validation, solution design, configuration, development, testing, data migration, training, deployment, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Agile Project Governance:
  Establish and manage phased Agile implementation activities, sprint planning, sprint reviews, deliverable acceptance, and project performance monitoring.
• Schedule and Milestone Management:
  Develop and maintain an integrated baseline project schedule, Gantt charts, critical-path activities, milestones, dependencies, and deployment readiness plans.
• Functional Implementation Oversight:
  Coordinate functional leads, business analysts, technical teams, and stakeholders to ensure licensing, permitting, inspections, enforcement, and financial requirements are translated into deliverable functionality.
• Vendor and Stakeholder Management:
  Serve as the primary point of contact with management and coordinate cross-functional departments, implementation partners, vendors, and technical resources.
• Risk and Change Management:
  Manage project risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, scope changes, change requests, escalation procedures, and mitigation activities.
• Product Backlog Management:
  Oversee backlog prioritization, ordinance-driven modifications, enhancements, defect resolution, and release planning.
• Deployment and Transition:
  Lead production readiness, cutover planning, transition activities, operational handoff, and implementation reporting.
• Executive Communication:
  Prepare project status reports, schedules, dashboards, risk registers, and executive-level briefings.