Sr. Project Manager at TPI Global Solutions in DMH, CA

Job description

• Job Title: Sr. Project Manager
• Contract Duration: 12 months contract with extension
• Location: Los Angeles, CA, 90020 (Remote)
• Senior PM has full responsibility to manage and oversee all aspects of the most complex IT projects to deliver an IT product, service or system.
• This includes but is not limited to managing both external and internal IT project teams, and interacting with department heads, agency secretaries at the user agency, State control agencies, and individuals of similar status and capacity in the private sector.
• The Senior PM determines appropriate products or services with clients or customers to define project scope, requirements and deliverables; develops, modifies or provides input to project plans; implements project plans to meet objectives; coordinates and integrates project activities; manages, leads or administers project resources; monitors project activities and resources to mitigate risk; implements or maintains quality assurance processes; makes improvements, solves problems or takes corrective action when problems arise; gives presentations or briefings on all aspects of the project; participates in phase, milestone and final project reviews; identifies project documentation requirements or procedures; and develops and implements project schedules and release plans.
• The Senior PM; designs or conducts analytical studies, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses or other research; evaluates, monitors or ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures; identifies standards or requirements for change management; participates in change control (for example, reviewing change requests); implements information systems security plans and procedures; and ensures appropriate product-related training and documentation are developed and made available to customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee all aspects of the most complex IT projects to deliver an IT product, service or system.
• Manage both external and internal IT project teams, and interact with department heads, agency secretaries at the user agency, State control agencies, and individuals of similar status and capacity in the private sector.
• Determine appropriate products or services with clients or customers to define project scope, requirements and deliverables.
• Develop, modify or provide input to project plans; implement project plans to meet objectives; coordinate and integrate project activities.
• Manage, lead or administer project resources; monitor project activities and resources to mitigate risk.
• Implement or maintain quality assurance processes; make improvements, solve problems or take corrective action when problems arise.
• Give presentations or briefings on all aspects of the project; participate in phase, milestone and final project reviews.
• Identify project documentation requirements or procedures; and develop and implement project schedules and release plans.
• Design or conduct analytical studies, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses or other research.
• Evaluate, monitor or ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures.
• Identify standards or requirements for change management; participate in change control (for example, reviewing change requests).
• Implement information systems security plans and procedures; and ensure appropriate product-related training and documentation are developed and made available to customers.

Requirements

• The Senior PM will possess knowledge and experience in customer service; decision making; flexibility; interpersonal skills; leadership; organizational awareness; problem solving, reasoning; team building; oral communication, speaking and writing; business process reengineering; capital planning and investment assessment; contracting/procurement; cost-benefit analysis; financial management; planning and evaluating; project management; quality assurance; requirements analysis and risk management; configuration, data, and information management; information resources strategy and planning; information technology architecture; information technology performance assessment; infrastructure design; systems integration; systems life cycle; and technology awareness.
• This classification requires a minimum of seven (7) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been as a senior PM of one or more large or complex IT project.
• 3+ years of experience in the following: Software development projects, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure Dev Ops, and Agile Scrum. 1+ years of experience with Azure Cloud. 1+ years of experience with Lucid Chart.
• This classification requires the possession of (a) a bachelor’s degree, and (b) a valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), which will be verified during the RFO process. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience

Skills

Required

• Customer service
• Decision making
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership
• Organizational awareness
• Problem solving
• Reasoning
• Team building
• Oral communication
• Speaking and writing
• Business process reengineering