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Project Manager - Consultant

Lancesoft

  • Columbia, SC
  • 1 day ago
  • $65

Highlights

Currently, the state is involved in multi-year projects to consolidate disparate agency IT infrastructure into a single state enterprise architecture and to provide a single enterprise Disaster Recovery Hosting solution and tool to assist with developing DR plans for critical applications. Under limited supervision, manages and coordinates strategic and tactical assignments and project management activities associated with state-wide enterprise level and agency-level information technology initiatives directed from the Division of Technology Operations and/or the Department of Administration.

Numbers & Facts

LocationColumbia, SC
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$65
Company Size2,000 to 2,499 employees
Year Founded2000
Websitehttp://www.lancesoft.com/

Description

Project Overview:
  • This is the central state IT office. Currently, the state is involved in multi-year projects to consolidate disparate agency IT infrastructure into a single state enterprise architecture and to provide a single enterprise Disaster Recovery Hosting solution and tool to assist with developing DR plans for critical applications. These efforts, along with associated ones, create a lot of opportunity, very interesting work, and the challenge of working in a dynamic technology environment.

Scope of the project:
  • Position is assigned within the Division of Technology Operations IT Planning and Administration Project Management unit. Under limited supervision, manages and coordinates strategic and tactical assignments and project management activities associated with state-wide enterprise level and agency-level information technology initiatives directed from the Division of Technology Operations and/or the Department of Administration. Coordinates project activities, deliverables, and deadlines with the Department of Administration's Program Management Office, Division of Information Security, Enterprise Privacy Office, other state agencies, and with private sector professionals.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
  • Serves as a Division of Technology Operation's enterprise project manager for assigned projects. Use project management methodologies from inception through completion.
  • Responsible for managing projects and for coordinating with private sector professional project managers of assigned projects. Is also responsible for internal tracking of state resources, project schedules, project deliverables, and for producing regular status updates and reports to management. At project conclusion, closes out each project in a timely and orderly manner, with documentation of lessons learned and archiving of essential project documentation.

Skills & Duties:
1. Strong Knowledge Of Best Practices For Project Management Principals And methodologies Including Knowledge Of Standard Project Management Terminology, As Defined In The PMI PMBOK
2. Strong Verbal Communication And Written Skills With The Ability To Compose Clear, Concise Reports, Documents And Correspondence.
3. Ability To Establish And Maintain Effective Working Relationships
4. Ability To Effectively Plan And Organize Work Activities And Prioritize Task Completion According To Schedules And Goals.
5. Strong knowledge of financial planning and budgeting

Additional Skills/Duties:
1. Ability To Lead And Influence
2. Ability To Understand And Clearly Communicate Complex Projects
3. Considerable Diplomacy And Tact Exhibited In Stressful Situations
4. Strong Working Knowledge Of Microsoft Project Software
5. Employee Must Develop And Maintain Knowledge Of Agency Mission, Goals And Objectives

Required Skills/Education:
  • A bachelor's degree in liberal arts, business management, public administration, and information technology, or other related field of study.
  • A minimum of three (3) years’experience in project management is required;
  • Strong knowledge of financial planning and budgeting

Preferred Skills:
  • (5) or more years of project management experience is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Project software

Required Certifications:
  • PMI training or PMP certification

About Company

We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc). 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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