PMP Certified Project Manager

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Company: Kalven Technologies
Location: Washington, DC

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Job details
Job Type
Contract
Qualifications
  • Experience:

    • project management, 7 years (Preferred)

  • Location:

    • Washington, DC (Required)

  • License:

    • PMP (Preferred)

    • Full Job Description

    The Senior Project Manager will require strong hands-on experience providing project management support for IT projects in enterprise environments.

    REQUIRED SKILLS:

    –Experience managing enterprise IT projects, particularly demonstrating aptitude in providing planning, scheduling, and monitoring to drive large projects to completion.
    -Experience with requirements elicitation.
    -Experience with IT modernization, technology refresh, or cloud projects.
    -Experience with assessing project deliverables for satisfaction of requirements.
    -Experience with Microsoft Project and any of the following: Microsoft Planner, SharePoint, JIRA, or Kanban Boards.
    -Experience creating communications, dashboards, information radiators, presentations, reports, and other supporting documents for technical and non-technical audiences.
    -Ability to communicate effectively both orally (phone and in-person) and in writing (reports and e-mail) to customers, engineers, and leadership.
    -Ability to comply with standards governing Change Management, Incident Management, and Risk Management.
    -Knowledge of current industry best practices for managing projects.
    -Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
    -Agile certification (CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP, or similar) is a plus.
    -Certifications or comparable experience in ITSM, technology governance, or process improvement/quality is a plus.
    -Advanced degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or similar is a plus.
    -Previous experience working at or delivering consulting services to the House is a plus.
    -Deliver a monthly status report listing current and planned activities, hours spent on the contract, hours remaining on the contract, and other requested financial contractual details (see Deliverables).
    -All documentation shall be created in Microsoft Office using software versions supported under the House Supported Software List.

    RESPONSIBILITIES:
    -Define requirements, capture technical work to be performed, monitor progress towards completion of the project objectives, and record lessons learned/retrospective information.
    -Negotiate availability of required resources external to the project team with functional managers.
    -Prepare documents specified within project management policy and related framework.
    -Conform to existing frameworks, policies, practices, and standards governing technology at the House.
    -Provide actionable advisory assessments highlighting solutions to problems encountered.
    -Facilitate the implementation of emerging technology projects.
    -Coordinate and facilitate project and stakeholders meetings and capture key notes and action items.
    -Work with technical staff and leaders to collect and analyze project data and translate it into project documentation and stakeholder briefings.
    -Lead data gathering efforts.
    -Create executive level briefings for various senior stakeholder audiences.

    Deliverables:
    1. Project/Initiative Status Reports (weekly).
    2. Monthly Contractual Status Report (monthly).
    3. Meeting Minutes (as conducted).
    4. Required Project Artifacts (as specified in policy).

    Contract Length:

    • 1 year