Sr. Project Manager - Local to VA only with PMP Certification

Bits & Bytes Technology Solutions - Richmond, VA

Full-time - Senior

Richmond, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Project Manager will lead diverse project teams through all phases of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid projects, ensuring successful delivery that adds exceptional value to stakeholders. This role involves planning, organizing, and motivating teams while managing relationships with key stakeholders and overseeing project execution.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate vendors and consultants, and VDOT IT and business staff in the execution of IT projects and related procurements.
• Oversee the development of proposals, statement of work, statement of requirements, and RFP responses.
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in developing plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for project completion.
• Manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities as required.
• Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.
• Set project goals consistent with technical objectives and the agency's overall technology strategy.
• Track and communicate project progress from a schedule, cost, and risk perspective to the project team and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
• Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle, including execution of procurements, definition of project plans, resource allocation, and management of project risks, scope, and schedule.
• Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.
• Develop and maintain project budget, plans, task lists, schedules, risks, and status, including resource allocation and schedules.
• Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
• Exhibit significant emotional quotient (EQ) in handling project challenges and maintain a positive project culture.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• PMP Certification through PMI is mandatory.
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Strong experience leading business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.
• Ability to define and balance competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle models.
• Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with VITA's Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Project Management Office methodologies and practices is strongly preferred.
• Experience with core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP, VITA Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW) is preferred.