Overview: The client is seeking a Senior-level Project Manager to lead two important cloud migration projects: migration of entire footprint of Client’s record management system (OnBase) to Azure IaaS; and migration of Line of Business applications to Azure PaaS. Primary responsibility is to lead and manage both projects. The individual must possess strong communication and facilitation, business analysis, documentation, project management skillsets and have experience in cloud migration initiatives. The team for each project is compose of 3 to 4 resources including contractors and internal resources.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Develop project charter and project plan
- Ensure delivery of project scope on time and within budget while meeting or exceeding quality standards and stakeholder expectations; accountable for plans and teamwork assignments, directing work efforts, reviewing integrated project plans, escalating and communicating resource needs, ensuring completion of quality reviews, and driving the resolution of issues as appropriate
- Remove any barriers that might prevent achievement of project business goals
- Measure and track project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for a flawless execution of projects
- Perform risk management to minimize project risks
- Develop communication plan and coordinate communication activities
- Track issue to resolution
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Facilitate meeting, prepare agenda and meeting minutes
- Provide weekly status reports, escalate issues to management as needed
Required Personal Attributes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines.
- Ability to work alone and with others.
- Outstanding attention to details
- Passionate about helping others and technology.
- Task oriented, objective, and level-headed
Essential Skills, Experience, And Education
- Current PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and on-hands familiarity with current PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK V5)
- Experience in managing cloud migration and or DevOps projects.
- Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, including elected official, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management and head of departments.
- Strong listening and interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented, strong analytical, problem-solving skills
- Excellent meeting facilitator, strong verbal, oral, and written communication skills
- Strong ability to work in compliance with Project Management Office frameworks
- Ability to drive projects using different implementation methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile and/or SCRUM
- Knowledge and experience with project management techniques included but not limited to creating WBSs, WBS dictionaries, RACI chart, scope baselines, communication plans, risk registers, quality management plans, and all components of a project management plan.
- Ability for providing high quality collaborative documents such as: meeting minutes, action items list, weekly report, executive summary, etc.
- Experience managing project of enterprise application implementation in land development, building and permitting process such as Accela software is a plus
- 5-7 years’ experience as a Project Manager with medium to large scale, enterprise applications
- Experience with county government is a plus
- Strong Microsoft Office and MS-Project skills
- Experience with ITIL v3 framework and continuous improvement process