Rate: Max $70/hr
Length: 6 months+
Our client is looking for a consultant to guide the design, launch, and operation of a centralized Information Technology (IT) Project Management Office (PMO).
Responsibilities include:
- Support the PMO Director in managing the development and implementation of PMO strategy, establishing the PMO function as a center of excellence, institutionalizing a Project Management (PM) life cycle methodology, and aligning the PMO vision with the overall Technology & Product organizational vision
- Establish and integrate PMO measures, metrics, thresholds, and targets to drive performance in alignment with IT and business strategies including risk and operational management metrics
- Evolve program and project management capabilities, improve delivery of solutions to business clients, and leverage project management knowledge across the IT organization.
- Ensure project management standards are followed in all projects.
- Ensure scheduling conflicts and resource allocations between projects are handles based on priorities and interdependencies of the projects.
- Lead the development, maintenance, oversight, and operation of PMO-related processes, serving as the innovator for the PMO strategy.
- Communicate and coordinate with sponsors and customer representatives to ensure program/project needs are met.
- Develop and coach program and project managers to ensure that they are meeting expectations for delivery of products and services.
- Coordinate the use of personnel across the PMO projects as needed to meet multiple project objectives
- Ensure that project deliverables align with technical product and process standards as defined by IT
- Coordinate with staff supporting Microsoft Project Server rollout to align Project Server implementation with PMO standards and processes
- Ensure project management tools such as Microsoft Project are being used appropriately by program and project managers
Experience and skills:
- 10+ years of project management experience, mainly in IT, preferably software development/integration
- Strong expertise in project management lifecycle and standards
- Strong leadership skills
- Experience developing and launching at least one PMO supporting at least 5 project managers
- Experience with enterprise project management tools
- Proficient with Microsoft Project, preferably Project 2010
- Experience setting standards for use of project management tools and templates
- Excellent organizational, planning, and documentation ability
- Strong communication skills appropriate across levels, including the ability to communicate complex challenges within the realm of project management, portfolio management and resource management
- Experience planning, rolling out, and problem-solving organizational change initiatives
- Experience supporting teams through transitions to new work processes
- Ability to define, plan, and achieve measurable results
Desirable:
- Experience with Microsoft Project Server, especially version 2010
- PMP certification
- Experience creating multi-level (program and project manager) PMO structure
- Experience overseeing projects using Unified Process development methodology
- Experience managing projects in education, especially K-12
- Experience managing projects in state government
- Experience working with and facilitating governance / prioritization processes
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2)
Web Developer
Rate: Max $50/hr
Length: 6 months+
Requirements:
- 5+ years experience developing web applications on a .
- Apply problem solving and technical skills to debug code and integration issues.
- Solid understanding of web development techniques including detailed understanding of Object-oriented concepts and specific knowledge of .
- Solid knowledge of multi-tiered system architectures involving web services and application servers, and middleware products
- Web development skills: ASP.
- Familiarity with business workflow applications and apply concepts to systems design.
- Experience with designing and implementing end user reporting using common industry reporting tools such as
- Excellent oral, written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to conceptualize new technical solutions and processes to better achieve business requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Life and/or health insurance industry related experience.
- Experience with Software AG's ApplinX middleware platform, or ability to learn this technology platform.
- Familiarity with version control software for managing program code
- Familiarity with SQL and data mining in an MS SQL Server database.
- Crystal Reports development
- Familiarity with online screen scraping tools.
- Prior application development/support experience in a mainframe environment.
- Ability to learn new technologies as applied to business requirements.
Thanks & Regards,
Vinay Sawant
X-istech
678-534-2699
vinay@x-istech.com
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