project manager local to MA - Hybrid role

Project Manager

Boston, MA / Chelsea MA Hybrid role

6-12 months

This is a hybrid role (2-3) days onsite alternating between our two primary locations 1 Ashburton Place, Boston MA 02108 and 200 Arlington Street, Chelsea MA and a combination of work from home days. The work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday 9AM 5PM EST. Occasional local travel to project related events and Commonwealth affiliated offices may be required.

Top Technical Requirements:

• 7 8 years in relevant IT project management experience, preferably in senior roles with budget oversight.
• Demonstrated success managing large complex IT programs and projects and cross-functional initiatives with diverse stakeholders.
• A familiarity with IT concepts, cloud hosting and network solutions.
• Comfortable with IT diagrams, managing and responding to proposals in the procurement system (e.g. Procore); IT construction delivery/requirements gathering is a plus.

Senior IT Project Manager (Contract Role) to support projects that are part of more significant strategic initiatives programs and are pivotal to supporting critical Commonwealth IT core infrastructures. Some of our recent projects include: the consolidation of all Executive Branch agencies into a unified core network; designing and modernizing network infrastructure to support the needs of constituents across the Commonwealth in key facilities, the transformation of how we deliver core IT services; and the rollout of key services such as IT Contact Center, Copilot, and Enterprise Analytics to enterprise customers.

As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will report to the Enterprise PMO Director, collaborating with cross-functional teams to lead large-scale, complex, and transformational IT projects that align with our strategic objectives. This pivotal role will work closely with our cross-functional teams - Operations Service Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Privacy, Finance, and others- to manage all aspects of project delivery, from planning through execution and closure, ensuring project transparency and successful outcomes in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the ability to pivot quickly in response to evolving priorities, embracing change with a positive and solutions-focused mindset to ensure project success.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and high-level executive presentations to track progress and share updates.
• Elicit and translate business requirements from proposals into technical specifications and project scope documentation.
• Ensure that the project has detailed project plans, work breakdown structures or clearly defined user-stories, project checklists, and budgets to meet established time frames that are aligned with available/approved financing, and staffing availability.
• Proactively report on project progress, risks, issues, and changes to all stakeholders, providing detailed summaries and actionable next steps.
• Facilitate assessments to measure project outcomes, identifying successes, areas for improvement, and lessons learned.
• Support the Strategy & Planning Team in aligning project goals with organizational priorities, maintaining PMO processes, and implementing standards.
• Collaborate with EOTSS technical leadership to align the technical direction with the Commonwealth s standards while advocating for the best technical approaches and solutions where those standards might not be a fit.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 7 8 years in relevant IT project management experience, preferably in senior roles with budget oversight.
• Demonstrated success managing large complex IT programs and projects and cross-functional initiatives with diverse stakeholders.
• A familiarity with IT concepts, cloud hosting and network solutions.
• Comfortable with IT diagrams, managing and responding to proposals in the procurement system (e.g. Procore); IT construction delivery/requirements gathering is a plus.
• Ability to understand and communicate technical requirements effectively.
• Excellent project management skills, with proven experience using project management tools and methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile, Scrum, etc.), and governance frameworks.
• Experience in risk management, process redesign, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, writing, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all organizational levels.
• PMP, PM-ACP, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• Prior experience in government or public-sector environments is a plus.
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA, or similar).

Sateesh