Project Manager

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Company: Neos Consulting
Location: Austin, TX

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    Neos is a leading Austin-based IT Staffing and Consulting firm. Neos was recognized as a 2019 Best Places to Work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal, and also recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in America two years in a row by Inc. Magazine.

    Neos Consulting is seeking a Project Manager for a long-term contract for our client in Austin, Texas

    The Project Manager1 will oversee the full lift and shift of the entire Medicaid Fraud Abuse and Detection System from one vendor and data center to another. The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring open communication occurs between the two vendors and state staff stakeholders. The Project Manager will be responsible for reporting on project status and escalating to management as needed. Worker will monitor the progress and schedule of projects; and communicate with project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties.

    Duties:

  • Owns responsibility and provide strategic inputs for project’s actions and communications to Project Sponsors and IT governance committee(s) for accomplishment of project’s objectives.
  • Completes project and its deliverables within the defined constraints of time, cost and quality.
  • Ensures project operates within the Texas Department of Information Resources Texas Project Delivery Framework.
  • Applies project management principles to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and closeout report.
  • Develops and maintains Project Plan and other project documentation as appropriate.
  • Serves as the primary point of contact for project communications and status reporting.
  • Reports project progress to executives and recommends corrective action when necessary.
  • Coordinates appropriate participants’ involvement in project activities.
  • Ensures resources are available for project assignments to facilitate timely completion of project tasks.
  • Leads Integrated Project Team and Change Control Board meetings and activities.
  • Ensures identification and documentation of risks and issues. Develops strategies to mitigate.
  • Liaisons with Vendor(s) for planning, execution, control, and closure.
  • Develops and maintains project documentation.
  • Reports, stores and archives project artifacts.
  • Completes monthly status reports in Project Management & Repository System (PMRS).
  • Other duties as assigned as required to complete the project.

    • WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

    Minimum Requirements:

    Years

    Skills/Experience

    8

    Experience in IT Project Management (Managing scope, schedule and resources) working on both Agile and traditional development projects. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of project management. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, using a wide degree of creativity and latitude.

    5

    Experience using project management tools (Microsoft Project) to create, integrate and manage project schedules from multiple program areas and third-party vendors.

    5

    Experience successfully leading meetings and facilitating discussions. Skill in incorporating stakeholder feedback from meetings and incorporating it into project objectives and goals. Experience providing resolution to blocking issues impeding the progress of the project.

    5

    Solid understanding of software development life cycle models and expert knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices, with the ability to blend those together to fit a project and business environment

    5

    Exceptional skills Microsoft Office products, Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, with focus on skills in Project, Word, and Visio.

    5

    Experience working on IT projects with a strict timeline.

    3

    Experience coordinating user acceptance testing

    2

    Experience managing change control after system code freezes during prior to project migration.

    Strong

    Excellent analytical, problem solving, and oral & written communication skills.

    Strong

    Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities.

    Preferences:

    Years

    Skills/Experience

    5

    State of Texas Government experience

    5

    Experience working with Texas Project Delivery Framework documentation

    5

    Design documentation