Project Manager ; IT Projects

Position: Project Manager 2 (IT Projects)
ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT INFORMATION (API)

ASSIGNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Note:

All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate BPA manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.

Facilitate assigned medium to large size information technology (IT) proposals and projects from inception to conclusion and in accordance with PMI-based methodology, industry standards, best practices and internal skill development.

Provide recommendations and guidance to technical staff and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. This includes planning project stages and assessing business implications for each stage.

Facilitate a defined original project scope and obtain authorization for changes to the project cost, schedule, or performance.

Monitor the project schedule. Alert the BPA Manager to any changes or delays in the schedule.

Support the project team through the project management process by assisting BPA Management in creating and implementing the project plan.

Schedule and facilitate team meetings and coordinate activities of sub-teams.

Plan, and coordinate activities for a designated project(s) to verify that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

Review and monitor the project funding and budget. Alert the BPA Manager of any budget concerns.

Actively maintain project documents, schedule, budget, and workflow in the project management system of record.

Actively engage with the Business and IT teams to facilitate the tasks and activities of the team, properly understand the business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and assist BPA Management in deploying the solution.

Alert the BPA Manager of obstacles or work with the BPA project sponsor or project resource's performance managers to remove obstacles so that the team can complete the project.

Assist the BPA manager by coordinating an effective team and allocating team members to project tasks. Alert the BPA Manager of any resource allocation issues and recommend solutions

Allocate time in the project plan for the project team to attend all recommended training.

Project Manager must take a proactive stance on risk management.

Analyze and identify areas of risk and obtain appropriate guidance from BPA manager or Contracting Officer.

Maintain issue, risk, and/or action logs.

Draft and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis.

Draft regular status reports, final reports or deliverables and generate and act on lessons learned. With approval of the BPA manager, issue final reports and act on lessons learned.

Review meeting minutes and action items from any missed IT PMO meetings.

Maintain consistent communication with the BPA project sponsor, project resource performance managers, and stakeholders on the progress of the project versus the plan.

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Corresponding Experience (required on matrix)

A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business administration (or closely related technical field) is preferred.

5 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor's degree.

9 years of experience is required without a degree or an applicable degree.

Experience should be in the computer/information technology or project management field with management of medium-sized projects (less than
*** k lifecycle cost).

Experience must include direct work experience in an Information Technology project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution, and strong familiarity with project management software.

Note:

Level 2 is typically responsible for medium-sized projects (less than 25M lifecycle cost) or portions of larger projects.

Required Technical Skills & Experience (required on matrix)

5 years of demonstrated project management experience on technology projects using industry standard methods and tools for managing schedules, dependencies, resources, funding and developing technical specifications and project plans.

5 years of demonstrated experience successfully coordinating or running multiple projects simultaneously.

5 years of demonstrated working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.

Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile project development/project management.

Demonstrated experience in project planning for assigned work streams, managing priorities, deliverables and milestones, identifying and tracking project issues, risks, decisions and action items.

Demonstrated experience with Visio flowcharts.

Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Project, including familiarity with the fundamental operation, function, and workflow of Microsoft Project regarding timelines, dependencies, deliverables, milestones, and resources.

Working knowledge of software testing from test plan development to reliable and verifiable test case development and results.

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