Modernization Project Manager

Date Posted: 01/28/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 477249

Job Title: Modernization Project Manager

Job Location: Atlanta, GA, USA, 30334

Work Model: Hybrid

Employment Type: Temporary

Estimated Duration (In months): 4

Min Hourly Rate($): 57.34

Max Hourly Rate($): 57.34

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Mainframe, PMI Methodology, PMP, Quality Assurance

Job Description

***Only qualified PMP Certified Project Manager candidates located near Atlanta, GA will be considered as the position requires onsite presence***

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field

Preferred Education:

• Master’s degree in related field or specialized training and seven years of IT project management experience

Required Certification:

• Active PMP certification from PMI or equivalent Project Management certification (MUST UPLOAD CERTIFICATION)

Required Skills:

• Experience leading projects of moderate to high complexity (7 Years)

• Basic understanding of Mainframe system operations

• Hands-on expert experience with MS O365 applications

• Experience working in state government

• Experience and knowledge migrating on-premises applications to cloud environment

• Executive level written and oral communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• Experience within the last 5 years leading/coordinating vendor managed projects

• Master’s degree in related field or specialized training and seven years of IT project management experience

• Experience in Health and Human Services Systems, eligibility projects and business processes

• Experience working in an Enterprise outsourced environment

The IT Project Manager will manage the migration of on-premises Mainframe systems to the state Cloud Services environment. The position is accountable to the PM Officer, the Department’s Chief Architect, and the supported system and business owners.

Job Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, manages and/or coordinates all project tasks necessary to migrated mainframe applications to the AWS Cloud

• Manages and/or provides project management consultation for all aspects of the project through the project management and software development life cycle

• Works closely with the resource manager, vendor, business analysts, and subject matter experts on the various system support teams

• Manages the project as scoped by the project steering committee

• Manages schedules, risks, issues and interdependencies with understanding of on premise and cloud technologies

• During initiation, helps clients determine the best approaches for reaching objectives; during planning, develops project management tools including plans for scope management risk management

communications, change control, and performance measurement and tracking

• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project

• During execution, monitors performance and reports to management project status and pertinent issues including major milestones and potential project risks

• Provides continuing direction to the project team, conducts status meetings, assesses proposed changes in scope, and recommends courses of action to project sponsors during the execution phase

• Near the end of the project uses the product verification process to make sure that the project has delivered what the client expected and performs a lesson learned for all projects

• Promote and support Project Management Office policies and processes

• Works with Office of Information Technology Leadership to Identify specific opportunities or weakness within assigned projects and make specific project performance improvement changes to structures

processes, or people Briefs and presents project status to Agency and State level executives

• Work with the project steering committee and senior project management

• Develops time and cost estimates, project plans/schedules, and budgets

• Works with security architectural and quality assurance teams to utilize established system standards, procedures and quality objectives

• Oversees and controls ongoing costs schedules, resources scope and risks

• Directs project team members to take necessary action steps to achieve the goals and objectives of the project

• Facilitate critical process assessments and redesign for process improvements

• Chairs manages or facilitates project kickoff meetings communicating individual roles and project expectations

• Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project sponsors vendors, and key clients

• Ensure that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively

• Manage scope by using a variety of data sources to support project negotiations related to time cost, and/or quality

• Develops, monitors, coordinates and oversees project activities, such as scheduling, tracking, and reporting; leads change efforts impacting own projects

• Monitors project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule. Identify ways to resolve schedule issues. Keeps management aware of the situation

• Assesses variances from the project plan, gathers metrics and develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time cost and quality

objectives

• Conduct formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

Benefits:

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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