Project Manager - Infrastructure - Dynamic Team

Our client is seeking a Project Manager for Public Safety projects for a one year contract opportunity. Ths is a hybrid role with three days being onsite and two remote. This opportunity may be contract to hire for the right candidate.
• Manage the end-to-end implementation of systems and enhancements for 9-1-1 operations & Emergency Management support.
• Determine and define the project approach, resource requirements, team roles and responsibilities, and ensure that project resources are used effectively.
• Develop and review estimates and assumptions for the project's schedule, effort, and cost using established estimating models, best practices, and past experience.
• Create scope statements, weekly status reports, risk and issues log and other project deliverables.
• Manage project throughout the entire implementation and development life cycle, providing direction for project teams and monitoring the progress of deliverables and tasks.
• Manage risks and issues and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Create and manage project and communication plans.
• Plan, track, and drive infrastructure solutions.
• Work closely with executive level leadership, as well as internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide oversight and management of blended teams of independent consultants and staff; manage vendor relationships,
• Ensure that staff and consultants adhere to the published PMO methodology and development standards defined for the PMO.
• Participate in the creation of Statement of Work, contracts, etc.
• Engage in PMO-related functions including monitoring budget and ensuring that established communication plans, risk management, and similar processes are adhered to.
• Participate in the review of project artifacts including technical requirements, user experience design, architecture, testing and implementation documentation.
• Manage the development of training plans and future support needs.
• Manage project close out and transition of all project artifacts and knowledge transfer to Agency staff prior to disengaging from a project.
• Support and contribute to the Program's goal of ongoing process improvement, and adherence to Project Management Institute's PMBOK and OTI Public Safety Emergency Management (PSEM) published project methodologies.
• Report to senior management within the Program, OTI, and stakeholder agencies on project status.
• Support the Director of Project Management with managing PMO functions including change requests, document and deliverable management, scheduling, reporting, etc.
• Address client concerns and escalate all project risks and issues appropriately and manage them to resolution;
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.
• 5+ years of experience project managing IT network infrastructure projects end-to-end.
• Minimum 8 years of experience overseeing medium to large scale projects. • Proficient in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio.
• Project Management experience including project planning, scheduling with significant project Dependencies
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
• PMP Certification.
• Solid technical experience in a large-scale enterprise environment for Emergency services.
• Project Management experience managing third party service providers.