Project Manager

Project Manager

Sacramento, CA, 95811

9 Month Contract (October 2013-June 2014)

Contract Terms: W2, C2C, 1099

JOB DESCRIPTION

- The Project Manager functions as a project manager and has full management responsibility for the successful completion of projects with a budget of between $500,000 and $10 million.  The Project Manager manages the project team, providing direction to technical and program staff as well as outside consultants. The Project Manager may represent client before the public, Board of Administration, and numerous statewide organizations in matters related to the wOrk of the project. The Project Manager reports to the Project Sponsor.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

- Must have a minimum of four (4) years of broad and extensive project experience; at least three (3) years of said experience must have been directly managing projects defined as having at least a $2 million budget, at least 12-months in duration, and have at least 5 project staff.
- Must have project management experience initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and/or closing processes within the last six years.
- Must have experience in development, production, and alternative procurement Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation and procedures that includes required RFP sections; evaluation and selection plans; facilitation of vendor conferences; and contract review and evaluation.
- MUST POSSESS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP) OR EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATION.
- Must have understanding of information technology fundamentals, architecture, and the system development life cycle.
- Experience employing best practices under the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard
- Must have the ability to reason logically and creatively and use a variety of analytical and research techniques to solve complex problems; analyze situations and propose an effective course of action; analyze data; identify the need for and provide creative thinking related to complex problems, develop and evaluate alternatives.
- Must have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and to use inter-disciplinary teams effectively in conducting the project.
- Must communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a variety of audience types using different mechanisms including informal updates, formal presentations, business case documents, and other analytical and technical documents.