Senior IT Project Manager - Irvine, CA - Georgia IT Inc.
Irvine, CA
About the Job
Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager
Location: Irvine, CA
Position Type: Contract to Hire
Work Status: US Citizen/Green Card
Rate: DOE (W2 Only)
Overall Job Responsibilities
Candidates should demonstrate success in the following Project Management functional competencies:
Manage Project Budget
Manage Project Quality
Manage Project Relationships and Communications
Requirements
Assets
Location: Irvine, CA
Position Type: Contract to Hire
Work Status: US Citizen/Green Card
Rate: DOE (W2 Only)
Overall Job Responsibilities
- Hands on project manager capable of fulfilling a Cross Application Project Manager or Application Project Manager role
- A Cross-Application PM can be assigned to lead a project across multiple applications and/or domain areas as well as lead a project with a single application impacted. A XApp PM is expected to drive dependency mapping and manage dependencies throughout the life of the project. Work plans are expected to be at the milestone and task level.
- An Application Project Manager is assigned one or multiple applications. He/She will lead all development related tasks in coordination with the cross-application project manager and release manager. An App PM is expected to be more technical and able to work in partnership with development leads to plan out and oversee development activities. Work plans are expected to be at a detailed task level.
- Both Project Managers are responsible for leading (driving) multiple IT capital projects simultaneously
- Project Managers are expected to be collaborators and leaders driving the team to work through complex issues
Candidates should demonstrate success in the following Project Management functional competencies:
- Manage Project Scope
- Ensure alignment of program/project scope and objectives with the organization's strategic objectives.
- Monitor scope requirements and identifies scope-related gaps and issues.
- Manage Project Time and Resources
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including resource assignments and dependencies.
- Ensure that resources are acquired to meet project requirements, escalating for assistance where gaps exist.
- Monitor and report progress throughout the project life cycle using appropriate project planning and scheduling tools.
- Identify and forecast variances and trends throughout the project lifecycle to ensure that project schedules and resource requirements are met.
- Managing cross-functional interdependencies.
Manage Project Budget
- Collect, analyze and maintain financial forecast information (e.g., labor, hardware, software), using input from applicable sources (e.g., resource managers, project managers, application planners, system architects).
- Develop project budgets and forecasts, and obtain approvals from applicable stakeholders.
- Monitor/analyze/approve invoices and actuals against established project plans and budgets to identify variances and their causes, and communicate to applicable stakeholders as appropriate.
- Identify/approve adjustments to project/program forecasts and budgets, and ensure proper implementation.
Manage Project Quality
- Ensure that all project deliverables are in compliance with applicable standards and regulations (e.g., SOX, security, HIPAA).
- Monitor and document project milestones and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards, using appropriate tools (e.g., Playbooks, Quality Operating System).
- Ensure that all project deliverables are on track throughout the project lifecycle (e.g., 5 ON's), and take appropriate action when needed.
- Identify root causes of substandard project outcomes and recommend appropriate resolutions.
- Manage Project Risks/Issues
- Identify/prioritize potential risks/issues throughout the project life cycle, and develop appropriate contingency plans.
- Develop/monitor/maintain applicable risk/issue logs (e.g., IRAAD).
- Identify, manage and communicate project risk/issue events, responses and results to applicable stakeholders (e.g., project team, leadership, business partners).
Manage Project Relationships and Communications
- Project communications management ensures the timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and disposition of project information via formal structures and processes to aid the achievement of project objectives.
- Demonstrates influence without authority.
- Establishes credibility with key stakeholders.
- Establishes strong working relationships with matrix project teams.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of IT Project Management experience
- 5+ years of working hands-on with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle
- 3+ years of data gathering/analysis and writing system requirements
- Experience working with test plans and test cases
- Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
- Proficiency with MS Project
- Demonstrated ability to learn new processes and methodologies quickly
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams when processes are not 100% clear
- Healthcare insurance industry experience, pharmacy insurance experience is best
Assets
- Familiarity with any of the following technologies:
- RPG/AS400
- ERP / Oracle EBS
- Pega PRPC
- Web Portal technologies:
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery
- J2EE
- Hibernate and Spring Frameworks
- Websphere Application Server (WAS)
- Oracle 11G,
- Web services, SOAP/RESTful
- Enterprise Content Management (Vignette, CQ5)
- Linux
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Big 4 or Professional Services experience
- Proficiency with MS Visio
- Proficiency with Clarity
- Ability to fill a Program Manager role. A Program Manager is responsible for managing a portfolio of projects; realization of business value, initiation of projects, and providing ongoing oversight to ensure projects are on time, on quality and on budget.
Source : Georgia IT Inc.
