IT Project Manager - Public Sector

Collaborating with our Technology Consulting team, you will help organizations streamline operations and achieve strategic goals to serve the public better. We provide the full spectrum of technology consulting services to help state and local agencies meet operational and program needs that enhance the lives of their user base.

Services:
* Strategy, Architecture, Planning, and Procurement
* Business Enablement
* Business Solutions
* Project Assurance

PCG is hiring a Senior Consultant to manage a public sector state government project while continuing to support building the team and portfolio of projects in our Technology Consulting Practice Area. This Senior consultant will serve as the primary point of contact for State’s project leadership, providing expert advice, assistance, and guidance to support a major ERP Migration project and ensuring all project requirements are met.

The Sr. Consultant will lead the work with the support of the project team to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services to the ERP migration project. Responsible for leadership and task coordination as well as direct responsibility for the deliverables and work products produced by the team. These deliverables and work products will be completed in accordance with our practice area’s overall strategy, approach, and methodology.

The consultant ensures all assessments and deliverables are high-quality and comprehensive and provide meaningful insights into the ERP Migration project in all its dimensions. The consultant must be in FL, SC, GA, or NC.
Broad experience in selected industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, education, etc.), technical competencies (e.g., big data, coding, and programming, project management, technical writing, cloud/SaaS services, power platform), and management approaches (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) are required.
** Duties and Responsibilities
** 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
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* Required Qualifications:

*** Experience with either implementation of a large-scale cloud-based ERP system or experience with technical project management of a cloud-based ERP system (preferably a People Soft or SAP S/4

HANA RISE Migration)
* Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) experience with large ERP/Financial system implementation projects
* ** Must be based in one of the following locations (North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia)
*** At least 10 years of experience in technology.
* 5+ years of relevant experience providing a combination of the following services: 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.
** Preferred Technical skills
*** ERP solutions - SAP, People Soft, other leading ERP systems.
* Data Warehouse, Business…