RiseIT Solutions is Hiring a Drupal Upgrade Project Manager Near Princeton, NJ
Title: Drupal Upgrade Project Manager
Location: Princeton, NJ - On-Site Hybrid
Type: Multi-Year Contract
Rate: Up to $88 per hour – DOE
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Background: We need to fill a project manager vacancy for the Drupal 7 to 9 Upgrade Project. This muti-year, multi-million-dollar project is nearly 50% complete. As a major strategic investment in the University’s websites, WDS is seeking a highly experienced contractor through September 2023 to coordinate OIT staff, a vendor partner, and numerous campus partners.
Responsibilities for this role:
This position is responsible for managing the internal program to upgrade 1,000 websites from Drupal 7 to 9. The program consists of 3 phases. This project manager would be responsible for phases 2 and 3 which consist of upgrading 510 OpenScholar websites and 30 custom-built websites.
MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE REQUESTED UPGRADES NOTED WITHIN DRUPAL - MOVING VERSION 7 TO VERSION 9. WE NEED CANDIDATES THAT HAVE PAST EXPERIENCE DOING THIS.
Partner with project sponsor and program manager to prioritize project goals and risks
Anticipate, identify, and mitigate project risks
Manage vendor relationships to ensure deliverables are on-time and quality assured
Partner with program manager to develop and deliver strategic communications
Provide day-to-day communication with website owners
Identify and help resolve project issues in an efficient and timely manner
Troubleshoot, debug and log issues
Manage a Jira backlog
Facilitate weekly status and planning meetings
Assign tasks to developers and designers – both in-house and external
Produce and maintain a project schedule, notes, and documentation
Skills and experience needed for the role:
Must have:
Large-scale project management experience with Drupal websites
Agile project management experience
Experience managing a Jira backlog, as well as entering stories, bugs, and tasks
Excellent organizational skills
Strong communication skills and the ability to work with people of varying levels of technical understanding
Experience partnering with designers and developers to build websites
Experience testing or providing quality assurance for websites
Strong preference:
Experience as a business analyst working on technical projects