Project Manager

Project Manager
Location: Baltimore City, MD 21202 with Limited teleworking
MAIN DUTIES OF THE POSITION:
The Project Manager (PM) position has the overall responsibility to manage a major IT project and related initiativender, oversee the replacement of the current Real Property Evaluation System. The PM will provide highly valued strategic consulting level support to the Team, while managing timelines, responsibilities, tasks, and project reporting in accordance with Marylabd state project management standards.
Duties Include:
Creating and monitoring project schedules, securing resources, and defining project goals.
Measure and analyze project progress and compare those metrics against the project plan, providing both verbal and written communications regarding project status, risks, and issues.
Support successful execution of new technology solutions and capabilities in accordance with the defined (SLA) and ensure established objectives and expectations of division/office are met.
Creates project schedules to assign tasks and deadlines, giving the team the tools to collaborate.
Define schedules and accurately estimate the task duration to develop and maintain realistic project schedules.
Obtains and manages the project’s proper funding, keeping the budget allotment.
Interface with executives to define project priorities, implementation, opportunities, challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities.
Monitor compliance with project policies and standards.
Implement established policies, system monitors, and controls to ensure the successful management and reporting of all initiatives in the Program.
Performs risk assessment on projects in collaboration with the Information Security Officer and Quality Control Manager, tracking all risks in a risk register and providing a risk mitigation plan.
Education:
Bachelor's from an accredited college or university
Experience:
Five years of IT and business experience in strategic planning, development, implementation and maintenance of systems, preferably across multiple hardware and software platforms and previous technical project management experience within the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Preferred:
(PMI) Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or current PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

Work arrangement
Yes