PMP Certified Project Manager (Remote possible - Must be local to NC)

• Raleigh, NC location preferred, but flexible on location for the right candidate.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of customer project management experience.

Job Description

• We have a consulting opportunity for a SAS Senior Project Manager for state contracts. The technical requirements for this position are below. The job is 100% remote (but candidates in North Carolina, specifically Raleigh area will be preferred); the duration is 6 months with a possibility of extension. Background clearance and onboarding may be required for the assigned project. PMP certification required. If assigned to work on NC projects, the customer requires on-site meetings (travel will not be reimbursed when traveling to SAS HQ). Please make sure that any proposed candidate has met the requirements.
• Please note the onboarding timeline and the billable hours (these are the billable hours by week):

Week

Customer Billable WO

Generic Onboarding WO

1

0

24

2

20

20

3

40 estimated

0

Summary:

• This role will be responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS' overall strategy, commitments, and goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assumes fiscal responsibility for the portions of the projects managed, including managing budget, expense management, timely invoicing, receivables tracking and monitoring /managing subcontractor expenses as applicable.
• Identifies, documents, and escalates any project issues and potential dependencies to the project team to the appropriate management team.
• Manages assigned projects against key business targets and time-to-value key performance indicators to help ensure high quality and high customer satisfaction.
• Prepares sample or high-level project plans to satisfy customer requirements to close deals, identify potential implementation options and provide recommendations on implementation approaches.
• Participates and leads in project review sessions with stakeholders, customers, and senior management.
• Completes risk assessment documents for projects, meeting articulated criteria (sizeable financial concerns, heavy use of subcontractors, implementation of new solutions, etc.).
• May support Senior Project Managers or Program Managers on large projects and may independently manage small to medium scale projects.
• Manages internal or external customer expectations fully and acts as customer liaison.
• Manages implementation projects throughout the project life cycle.
• Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions.
• Identifies and matches skills of project team members with the implementation requirements and tasks, including subcontractors if required, and verifies that team members know and understand their assignments.
• Ensures quality assurance and test plans are developed for the project.
• Maintains an accurate project plan, adheres to deadlines and communicates weekly project status reports, issues, alerts, signoffs and closure to the team, management and the customer.
• Forecasts revenue and resource requirements for the duration of the project.
• Follows established change management procedures should project plans or schedules be adjusted.
• Ensures project designs and specifications provide a reliable blueprint for implementation.
• Resolves any conflict between the project and other organizational units in a satisfactory manner, including engaging management as necessary.
• Communicates project goals to those outside the project and engages management or leadership in other units as needed to ensure customer success.
• Completes engagement/project summary, project closeout procedures and skills inventory updates, when applicable, at end of project.
• Assures overall customer satisfaction through project health checks, surveys and Delivery Excellence agreements according to the governing Project Management Methodology.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Leverages methodologies, enablers and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Oversees knowledge management activities of the delivery team using knowledge server or comparable tool.
• Builds relationships with clients that characterize partnership, cooperation and trust.
• Provides leadership and drives customer success while overcoming barriers and satisfying staff, management, and stakeholder commitments.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Project Management Professional, known as PMP, certification is required.
• MS Project experience is preferred.
• State and Local Government experience
• Jira or the like
• Experience with Project documentation (Charters, RACI, Design docs, etc)
• Excellent facilitation skills, including meeting content/agenda and proactive/creative management of issues.
• Very good domain and industry expertise as well as an understanding of SAS internal processes and organization.
• Very good problem-solving, organizational, written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Travel as business requirements as required by management discretion.

Equivalency:

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above, including military service.
• The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience.