Project Manager

Project Manager

Onsite: Frankfort, KY

Longterm Contract

$47-52/hr

Project Description & Primary Responsibilities

Manages, plans, organizes and controls all activities of assigned IT projects at varying levels of complexity.

Duties include: manage individual projects of varying size and complexity; create and maintain project plans; ensure that users and project team members roles and responsibilities are defined; coordinate and monitor activities to ensure project is completed on time and within budget; ensures that user requirements, deliverables and approvals are defined and documented; communicate project status; promote use of PMI best practices; ensure the delivery of a product that meets user requirements.

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities Include:

• Meeting directly with agency staff to gather, analyze, and formalize data analysis reports.
• Prepare and deliver project documentation including requirements and progress reports, scope, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage project budgets and allocation of resources.
• Oversees project schedules, track progress and report statuses to stakeholders.
• Promoting standard development methodologies and breaking down broad user stories into manageable, technical tasks for system architects and developers.
• Skills in creating flowcharts, data dictionaries, data workflows, and process workflows.
• Ability to understand IT systems, data storage systems, and data flow analysis.
• Risk Management: Identifying potential roadblocks early and developing contingency plans to mitigate them.
• Utilize current project management methodologies.
• Decision making and problem-solving skills to make decisions with project scope.
• Ensuring the final deliverables meet the required standards and expectations of the client or organization.

Candidate Qualifications & Requirements

• Utilize current project management methodologies.
• Decision making and problem-solving skills to make decisions with project scope.
• Strong technical writing background with the ability to produce timeline visualization.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate requirement-gathering workshops with non-technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Be open to solutions and flexible in changing project requirements.
• Effective communicator both verbal and written.
• Note: The selected candidate will be required to successfully pass a comprehensive background check (completed within 60 days prior to the start date) and sign all standard Commonwealth confidentiality and acceptable electronic mail use agreements before onboarding.