Project Manager - Concord, United States - Technovision Inc

Description

Our direct client is looking for a Project Manager for a Initial 100% Onsite then Hybrid Long term contract position in Concord, NH.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Onsite work IS REQUIRED in this role.

The expectation is that the person will be fully onsite for an initial period as determined by the client and will then have the ability to work in a HYBRID schedule with onsite work expected on a regular basis as is mutually agreed upon by client and contractor.

Local Candidates: Because this requires on-site work CURRENTLY LOCAL CANDIDATES will be preferred for consideration.

Contractor is expected to work 37.5 hours per week.

MAKE SURE you have made this clear to your candidates and they are comfortable with this 37.5 hour work-week expectation prior to submitting them.

This position may occasionally require flexibility within the work week which could include a Saturday or Sunday, not to exceed a 37.5 hour workweek.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) needs a technical Project Manager who will manage a new initiative referred to as the Business Services Portal (BSP)

This position will report to the Director of Economic Development at the Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA), in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).

The BSP is an ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund supported, statewide project facilitated by BEA with the purpose of creating a single access point to state government and its systems and services for members of the business community.

This position will work closely with the vendor responsible for creating and implementing the BSP, as well as BEA and DoIT staff, ensuring that the project remains on schedule and that state agencies are appropriately engaged in the build out process.

This Project Manager will also assist in communicating project related metrics, deadlines, data, and qualitative and quantitative successes to the project vendor, stakeholders, partners, agency staff, and potentially policymakers.

Moreover, the person in this position will oversee, create, and implement procedures and protocols designed to assure successful development and delivery of this complex business and technology project that spans most of New Hampshire's state government, and do so in a manner that helps ensure the final product delivered by the vendor is designed for long-term sustainability.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Partners with BEA, DoIT, and other State of New Hampshire agencies and leaders to ensure successful delivery of the BSP project, including design, implementation, sustainability, and transferability.

In coordination with BEA staff, primarily responsible for managing this project and related communications and determines the most effective project management strategy for this project and executes accordingly.

Facilitates resolution of obstacles and issues pertaining to resource availability, decision-making, timelines, establishing priorities and any similar challenge facing this cross-agency initiative.

Initiates research and communication with the vendor, stakeholders, partners, and agency staff to identify potential internal and external services to meet business and project requirements.

Researches, develops, and recommends solutions to identified project needs or challenges.

Creates, maintains, and assesses key project milestones and benchmarks.

Provides timely analysis and feedback on project design, key features, process, and more, particularly where technology and business policies and procedures are critical success factors for the initiative.

Provides in-depth analysis of each phase and specification of the project as it relates to project health and progress toward project objectives.

Presents analysis and recommendations to senior management and other project stakeholders.

Facilitates and documents project related training, information sessions, and eventually close-out activities, project retrospectives and lessons learned to provide recommendations for improvements to subsequent project planning, monitoring and control.

Researches, analyzes, develops, recommends and assists in the implementation of project management best practices, business processes, detailed business requirements and opportunities for process enhancements tailored to meet business and program requirements.

Develops planning documents and functional specifications for identified workflow improvements and system changes and interfaces with other internal and external operations.

Assesses and establishes metrics for the project that are useful to drive desired outcomes.

Creates supporting procedures, processes and systems to measure, record, and communicate, metrics and related portfolio, program project data to appropriate stakeholders.

Offer support and mentor project participants to assist with creation and reporting of project artifacts.

Manages invoices and overall budget for the project.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university, preferably with a major in management information systems, computer information systems, or computer science.

Each additional year of specialized formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

Experience: Seven years' experience in systems analysis, broad-based knowledge of business environments, preferably in a field or occupation related to software development, software support, or software maintenance, three years of which shall have included the direct involvement in application or product lifecycle management.

Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Familiarity with technologies that may be used by the State now or in the future, such as the sample listed below (not limited to these items):

Cloud based platforms (i.e., Salesforce, Caspio or other such platforms as a service (PaaS)))

Reporting tools (i.e., Tableau, or other equivalent tools)

Database tools (i.e., MS SQL, Oracle, etc.)

Testing Tools (i.e., JMeter, LoadRunner, others, etc.)

General development/data migration (APIs – Rest/SOAP, Automation-MuleSoft, other tools that may be Platform as a Service (PaaS) specific, etc.)

PREFERRED WORK TRAITS:

Ability to plan, direct and coordinate activities to facilitate cooperation of diverse professionals and other interested parties in the delivery of project objectives. Demonstrated understanding of project controls, project management and phases. Ability to analyze and interpret information to make recommended changes in project management policy, planning and budgeting, and the ability to express and communicate ideas clearly to a wide range of individuals including senior managers, legislators, financial managers and others.

SKILL MATRIX:

Experience managing the full lifecycle of projects. - Required

Experience with cloud based platforms, reporting tools, database tools, testing tools, data migration - Required

Experience with project controls, project management and phases. - Required

Experience: Analyzing, interpreting information and implementing recommended changes in project management policy, planning and budgeting. - Required

Experience in systems analysis, broad-based knowledge or business environments. - Required

Experience with development/data migration (APIs-Rest/SOAP, Automation-MuleSoft and other PaaS specific) - Required

Experience with use of MS Office products and project management software tools. - Required

Exceptional communication skills required to work w/a wide range of individuals including sr. managers, legislators, financial managers, and others. - Required

Must hold a valid New Hampshire driver's license and/or have access to transportation for use in statewide travel between offices if necessary - Required

Experience with direct involvement in application or product lifecycle management. - Strong plus to have

Experience with accessibility requirements (ADA compliance) for customer and business-oriented platforms and portals. - Strong plus to have

Experience managing testing efforts on projects of this nature, which include use of automated & manual testing tools, script execution/tracking. - Strong plus to have

Experience managing development and support of digital experience or CRM platforms or portals - Strong plus to have

Experience on security compliance rules (i.e. NIST, FedRamp, StateRAMP) - Strong plus to have

Experience working w/ 3rd party products or other integration concepts (Single Sign on (SSO), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Azure, Etc.) - Strong plus to have

Experience with migrations, analytical and API functions, and how tools interoperate with other business systems. - Strong plus to have

Experience with how tools interoperate with support database, data access and security with other business systems. - Strong plus to have

Question 1: ONSITE WORK is REQUIRED so LOCAL CANDIDATES will be strongly preferred for the position. Additionally, local candidates are expected to attend an IN PERSON INTERVIEW. Please confirm you have discussed the fully onsite work and interview requirements with your candidate and the candidate accepts these requirements

Question 2: Please SPECIFY the CITY and STATE in which your candidate is CURRENTLY located (if not specified or if location specified is determined to be untrue at any point during the screening/interview/onboarding process - INCLUDING DURING BACKGROUND CHECK WHICH WILL CONFIRM TRUE ADDRESS - your candidate will not be considered/will be removed from consideration for the position).

Question 3: This resource will be expected to work a 37.5-hour work week (NOT a 40-hour work week) and must have flexibility to adjust schedule if an occasional need arises where they need to work a Saturday or Sunday, still not to exceed a 37.5-hour work week in total. Please confirm you've discussed this with your candidate and they accept these schedule requirements.

Question 4: Provide a link to your candidate's LinkedIn profile here.

Location : Initial 100% Onsite then Hybrid at 100 North Main St., Suite 100 Concord, NH 03301

Type: Long term contract