project manager PMP

Innosoul - Columbia, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Columbia, SC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Manager will oversee the procurement, development, and implementation of a new electronic infectious disease surveillance system. This role is critical for modernizing disease reporting and management, ensuring compliance with CDC specifications, and enhancing the current surveillance system until the new one is fully operational. The position requires strong project management skills, particularly in large enterprise-level projects, and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee all project management activities related to the procurement and implementation of a new electronic disease surveillance system.
• Oversee upgrades of the current SCION system until the new system is in place.
• Responsible for scope management of the project, including the development of the WBS, WBS dictionary, and project scope statement.
• Review and determine the impact of all scope change requests and submit them to the Project Sponsor for review and approval.
• Develop scope control and validation measures and communicate any changes to scope to all project participants.
• Ensure that all project documentation is updated based on any changes made.
• Utilize processes, templates, etc. approved by the project management office.
• Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
• Communicate progress, risks, expectations, timelines, milestones, and other key project metrics to team members and management staff.
• Create contingency plans where project control is in jeopardy and implement revised project schedules and scope in a timely manner.

Requirements

• PMP certification (through PMI)
• Microsoft Project certification/training
• 5-7 years of work experience managing IT implementation projects of moderate complexity and scope
• Experience with project management of large enterprise-level projects with proven implementation success
• Requirements gathering
• Ability to develop, communicate, and present project documentation and reports
• Software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies
• Experience in agile/scrum
• Expert with Microsoft O365 products and applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Project)
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Flexible and easily adapts to changing priorities
• Experience with ticketing systems (e.g. Jira)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing an ELC-funded project
• Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff, customers, and others involved in data-centric management
• Ability to integrate technical systems with agency goals and objectives
• Experience with industry standard information security practices

Benefits

• Remote work availability (50%)
• Flexible working hours