Lucid Technologies Inc

Client: State of Georgia

Agency Interview Type: Either Web Cam or In Person

General Description

We're seeking a highly qualified candidate for the position of IT Project Manager within the Office of Information Technology (OIT).  The ideal candidate will apply their knowledge of systems, infrastructure, networking, and application support to lead

Job Description

*Must be local to Metro Atlanta*

**1st Interview, Webcam & 2nd interview, In- Person**

This position will require coordinating and working with other Project Managers, OIT teams, business leads, and vendors throughout assigned projects and initiatives.  Candidate should have experience with coordinating and managing multiple complex project activities following widely recognized industry standards and methodologies for completion of work in project management.

This position will require the candidate to spend time performing work in both on-site and remote environments.  The on-site work location is in downtown Atlanta and may involve travel to other areas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage project tasks (gathering requirements, facilitating design discussions, managing application development, testing, training, and implementations/roll-outs) as required to keep projects on track.
• Build and track a project schedule with key milestones, critical path dependencies and resource tracking.
• Provide customer service responsibilities, including managing expectations, communicating project status, and reporting on lessons learned and retrospective findings.
• Manage communication of status, issues, and project budget to teams, clients, vendors, and management to ensure key deliverables are met.
• Plan, organize, and integrate cross-functional project deliverables.
• Manage issue, risk, action, and decision logs and documents key business decisions for projects and initiatives.
• Manage strategies and response plans for risk mitigation and contingency planning
• Escalate key issues, risks, and problems to leadership with response plans to address
• Manage and maintain project status and resource forecasts current in reporting tools.
• Create and present project status reports/dashboards and presentations.
• Maintain technical and project documentation related to projects.
• Work flexible schedule to allow for special tasks that require after hours implementations, updates, or testing.

Job Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience performing in a project management role overseeing IT projects
• Experience working in a State Government environment deploying or maintaining IT systems
• Experience with Response for Proposal/Request for Information analysis and response
• 5+ years documenting systems, standard operating procedures, and/or governance documentation related to IT systems
• 3+ years' experience business process improvements and performance business analysis 
• PMP Certification

Additional Skills Required:

• Ability to consistently deliver results
• Solves complex problems and drives action across the organization
• Ability to clearly define system requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience writing/interpreting business requirements documents and design documents
• Highly organized, effective prioritization skills
• Strong analytical abilities