Project Manager - Urgent Position

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Role: Project Manager
Location: Harrisburg, PA

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The first phase of the project will require the Project Manager (PM) to coordinate amongst multiple teams to implement the foundational EDW architecture in Azure. This will require working with the teams to determine what is needed, coordinate the implementation amongst the teams, develop a project schedule with milestones and tasks. The second phase of the project will require planning between client program areas to transition their work using the current EDW to the Azure hosted EDW. This planning will iterate through the different program areas until all programs are transitioned to the Azure environment.

OBJECTIVES OF ENGAGEMENT:

The primary objective of this engagement is for the selected candidate to serve as a PM focused on the EDW Azure Transition. The initial plan is for two (2) phases. Phase 1 establishes the EDW foundation and Phase 2 transitions existing programs from old to new technology.

• Provide PM support to the multiple teams required to coordinate and implement the EDW architecture in Azure.
• Review existing project documentation to understand the scope and uses cases for the proof of concept.
• Develop relationships and understanding of the different functional teams which include the DOH Informatics teams, the HHS Operational Team and OA’s Enterprise Azure Team which are part of this project.
• Coordinate meetings necessary to move the project to completion.
• Develop project schedules with milestones and tasks to ensure we continue to make progress and the closeout the project.
• Document any workflow processes and key decision points that are made and share with leadership.
• Develop strategy and plan for expanding the data available in the data warehouse using the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant an input for prioritization.
• Develop relationships with business teams and functional teams.
• Identify and document appropriate resources to form an effective project governance structure.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

The selected contractor must be familiar with the five (5) phases along with inputs/outputs identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that combine to turn a project idea into a working product. The PM will need to rely on their proven experience leading projects to a successful implementation, and their judgment, to plan and accomplish goals. Strong interpersonal skills are required when consulting with the program area and various IT teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions. The role description is outlined below:

• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering or development of a high priority, high profile, and commonwealth enterprise – wide information technology project of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the commonwealth.
• Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
• Works with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.
• Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
• Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort.
• Accountable for the approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
• Accountable for delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project and meet service commitments.
• Manage and track the project progress against the project schedule.
• Monitor project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to ensure the project is on schedule.
• Monitor and track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across the project team.
• Notify team members of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, target dates, and approved executable work packages.
• Responsible to schedule or monitor status reviews, project management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Responsible for the capture and reporting of required project management metrics.
• Analyze and distribute reports on project metrics associated with work items related to improvement measures.
• Ensure all changes to scope follow processes outlined in the Change Management Plan and are documented.
• Create, review, and obtain approval of the Communication Plan and Deliverables Matrix to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and management.
• Prepare status reports on a periodic basis for the project team, team leads, group leads, Sponsor, and appropriate stakeholders.
• Report status and recommendations to senior leadership as needed.
• Follow HHS DC IT PMO methodology to ensure consistency throughout the various IT and program areas by reviewing the project standards and procedures with project team members.
• Provide input and support for continual improvement within the HHS DC IT PMO to better service the HHS DC supported program areas.
• Work closely with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution Management, Networking, Security and Service Management teams, as required, identifying tasks for the project schedule to support the implementation.
• Facilitate discussions between IT areas and vendors with focus on solution(s) to ensure the needs/requirements of the program area are achieved.
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Identify and manage project risk and issues, through the use of a RAID Log. Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure. Engage management in a proactive manner.
• Identify and track issues in the RAID Log.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related issues and the resolution of issues.
• Communicate effectively with customers and software / hardware suppliers supporting the commonwealth as appropriate.
• Communicate to team members how their work assignments relate to and help achieve project objectives.
• Accountable for the final project management evaluation review with stakeholders. Manage and track the project status against the project schedule.
• Following the HHS DC Daptiv guidelines, provide weekly project updates.
• Coordinate system testing with appropriate staff resources.
• Ensure project compliance with HHS DC standards and procedures.
• Develop and facilitate the achievement of project service commitments.
• Balance workload with project members’ capacity. Engaging management in a proactive manner.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct training and orientation sessions.
• Accountable for peer reviews with the appropriate project team resources.
• Coordinate and present proposals, as necessary.
• Identify and manage project risk, and develop risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.
• Plan project specific training and orientation needs.
• Provide weekly personal status reporting by COB Friday submitted on SharePoint.

CONTRACTOR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 7 - 9 years of experience managing technical initiatives with a large complement of project team members throughout the various IT areas, technical complexity, and vendor involvement.
• This position requires a high degree of skills … budgeting, communication (verbal and written), leadership, negotiation and influencing, organizational, problem-solving, teambuilding, human resource, and soft interpersonal skills.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Familiarity and experience with programs and issues relative to HHS is considered helpful.

Benefits of working as a Project Manager in Harrisburg, PA:

● Excellent benefits
● Opportunities to grow
● Attractive package