Enterprise IT Project Manager - ONSITE (W2 ONLY)

Job Description:

***Only W2 resumes are accepted

The primary objectives of this engagement are:

•        Deliver project outcomes on time, within scope, and within budget.

•        Provide expert-level project management to guide planning, scheduling, execution, risk mitigation, and reporting.

•        Provide business analysis expertise to define and document requirements, assess impacts, and ensure solutions meet business needs.

•        Improve project transparency through accurate documentation, dashboards, and communication to leadership and stakeholders.

•        The Contractor will report to the Director of Admin IT or designated project executive. Regular updates will be required through established reporting mechanisms and recurring meetings.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management Responsibilities

•        Lead end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, communication, and resource coordination

•        Develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, communication plans, status reports, and executive updates

•        Manage cross-functional teams including internal IT, vendors, SMEs, and agency partners.

•        Facilitate work sessions to validate scope, requirements, and deliverables; maintain alignment with sponsors and stakeholders

•        Identify risks and issues; recommend and implement mitigation strategies

•        Support procurement processes as needed (RFPs, SOWs, vendor oversight) consistent with state and Admin procurement standard

•        Ensure compliance with agency policies, security requirements, records management standards, and project governance frameworks

Business Analysis Responsibilities

•        Lead structured requirements elicitation including interviews, workshops, journey mapping, process modeling, and data analysis

•        Document clear, testable requirements: business, functional, nonfunctional, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

•        Define current-state and future-state processes, workflows, and data flows; quantify KPIs and business value.

•        Translate requirements into solution designs in collaboration with architecture, security, data, and infrastructure teams.

•        Evaluate build-vs-buy options and support creation of diagrams, models, and integration patterns when required.

Change Management & Adoption

•        Develop change management and communication plans.

•        Coordinate UAT, cutover activities, readiness planning, and post-launch support.

•        Support adoption using metrics, user feedback, and continuous improvement loops

Documentation Deliverables

Deliverables may include but are not limited to:

•        Project Charter

•        Requirements Documents / User Stories

•        Process Diagrams & Data Flows

•        Project Schedule & Work Breakdown Structure

•        RAID Logs & Decision Logs

•        Status Reports & Dashboards

•        Communication Plans

•        Procurement-related documentation (as applicable)

Required Skills

•        Minimum 7 years project management experience with moderate to high complexity.

•        Demonstrated experience in business analysis and process redesign.

•        Minimum 5 years experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives.

•        Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred Skills

•        Simultaneously manage multiple work efforts

•        Strong schedule management and resource planning skills

•        Ability to identify, map, and re-engineer business processes.

•        Integrated Master Schedule skills

•        PowerBI and/or data dashboard skills

•        PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification preferred

Additional skills & duties: 

•        Ability to work independently with limited supervision and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

•        Ability to work with diverse technical and business teams and maintain confidentiality.

•        Ability to work at a high-volume and fast pace