Title : Project Manager

Location:  Lincoln, Nebraska --- Needs to work on-site in Lincoln, Nebraska 2-3 days a week -Local

# of Positions: 1

Visa Status: USC or GC or EAD Only   

Description

The Expert Project Manager (PM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile and hybrid project teams with a focus on achieving business results.

• Job Requirements
• Project Planning and Management: Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning and operational readiness for assigned projects.
• Project Team Management: Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, remove roadblocks to their work; leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members; facilitate the efficient use of resources across multiple projects and monitor trends to ensure use aligns with strategic goal.
• Product Owner Support: Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help with an effective system of project governance
• Communication and Documentation: Keeping stakeholders informed, resolving issues, and maintaining project documentation utilizing project management tools
• Process Management and Improvement: Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management
• Team Building: Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team
• Vendor Management: Monitor and report on vendor performance metrics. Ensuring vendors are delivering against a specific contract’s deliverables.
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• Skills Required
• ·         Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to manage conflict, listening, collaborating, and team building
• ·         Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• ·         Ability to use critical thinking to make complex decisions
• ·         In-depth knowledge and understanding of business need with the ability to establish/maintain high levels of customer trust and confidence
• ·         Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:
• o   Project Management tools
• o   Jira/Confluence, Workfront, Monday.com or equivalent
• o   Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
• ·         Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting at all levels including the executive level
• ·         Full transparency and communication of project progress, risks, and vendor performance
• ·         Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions
• ·         Ability to see the big picture and quickly comprehend the impact of new technologies, systems and/or teams on changes to business processes
• ·         Ability to drive projects and take initiative to keep things progressing forward
• ·         Ability to provide leadership to business analysts, program managers, coordinators, and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value

Required Credentials and Experience:

·         Bachelor’s degree or higher

·         At least 7 years of medium to large-scale project experience in a project management or similar role

·         At least 7 to 10 years of strong experience with project or program planning, resource planning, work plan development, and project management processes

Preferred Credentials and Experience:

·         PMP certification

·         Demonstrated prior experience with SCRUM/Agile, blended methodologies at the enterprise-level of an organization.

·         Experience working within the public sector, specifically health and human services agencies