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nLeague · 6 hours ago

IA-DOM Project Manager

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

nLeague is a service provider for the State of Iowa, seeking a Project Manager to oversee IT projects for the Department of Management. The role involves managing project schedules, resources, and deliverables while ensuring adherence to project governance and quality standards.

Mobile

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

The project manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects

Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required

The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each within a common project reporting mechanism

The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas across the State, potentially including upper-level state government committees

The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables

The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control

The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders

Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction

Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)

Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams

Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision

Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment

Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios

Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately

Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product

Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills

Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives

Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts

Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team

Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate

Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management

Other duties or tasks as assigned by management

Qualification

Governance StructureResource ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder CommunicationProcess ImprovementTime ManagementTeam BuildingPresentation SkillsInterpersonal SkillsWritten Communication

Required

Submit self-starters who can take ownership and run with it

Understand that this role operates in a service provider capacity for the State of Iowa shared service organization that tackles all IT for the State of Iowa

Responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects

Accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required

Manage the delivery efforts and report status of each within a common project reporting mechanism

Work with multiple business and platform areas across the State, potentially including upper-level state government committees

Conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables

Part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control

Ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders

Ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction