Responsibilities: The Project Manager will assist the government in developing and managing a centralized IT Transformation Office to support the various projects to transform the organization to save costs. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintenance of key progress tracking and reporting mechanisms between the PMO and its projects
• Establishment of an integrated work plan that relates the key milestones of the individual projects and highlighted key areas of dependency between those projects
• Structure and facilitation of the weekly, bi-monthly meeting with the PMO and the leadership 
• Structure of issue and risk reporting and other management reporting needs
• Development and execution of various PM plans for the PMO;
  • Communications Plan
  • Scope Document / Project Charter
  • RACI Document (Responsibility Assignment Matrix)
  • Deliverables Matrix
  • Other PMO Process Documents as required throughout the lifecycle of the Project(s)
• Manage and direct the project through the PM life cycle processes of initiation, planning, executing & controlling and close-out
• Determine, manage and control typical project components including, but not limited to scope, budget, schedule, deliverables, quality, risk, etc.
• Work effectively with project sponsors and stakeholders to resolve issues
• Utilize oral and written communication techniques to work effectively with project sponsors and stakeholders at all levels.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with setting up a PMO Office for large organizations
• 5+ years of experience with development of Project Management Program Practices and Processes;
  • Scope Document / Project Charter
  • Schedule Management Plan
  • Issue/Risk Management Plan
  • Training Management Plan
  • RACI Document (Responsibility Assignment Matrix)
  • Communications Plan
  • Deliverables Matrix
• Other PMO Process Documents as required throughout the lifecycle of the Project(s)
• Experience with developing processes and setting up Change Control Boards 
• Experience with managing Integrated Project Schedules
• Experience with Visual Basic Macros to modify Project Plans
• Experience with MS Project 2010 and SharePoint for Document Management
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Experience in writing VB Macros to automate Report Generation and tracking Project Metrics
• PMP certified (Strongly preferred)

Visa Requirements: US Citizen or Green Card