VDOT Center of Excellence Program Manager - InfoPeople

We are seeking a highly experienced Program Manager to lead a Center of Excellence. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project management, team leadership, and organizational change management.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years' experience leading and managing direct reports. Set direction and strategy for the assigned team.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
• Knowledge of project management tools, methods, and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to program and create custom reports using IT application standard tools.
• PMP certification.
• VITA Project Manager Certification (can be obtained within 120 days of hire) is a plus but not required.
• Advanced skills using Microsoft Project Professional.
• 15 years of combined experience with scrum, Agile, SAFe, Product Line, and Waterfall methodologies.
• 15 years experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change.
• Must be able to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities, embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance.
• Experience creating and managing knowledge bases, job aids, and training programs.
• Strong functional understanding of MS Project, Project Server, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, and Power BI.
• Ability to assess project risks and issues and determine mitigation required to contain or resolve them.
• Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio and lifecycle management processes.
• Demonstrated understanding of governance processes, procedures, and policies for project management.
• Demonstrated understanding of organizational change.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to manage the project critical path.
• Demonstrated strong facilitation and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated skills in developing new processes that incorporate best practices and address stakeholder needs.
• Demonstrated ability to create clear and concise written procedural documentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of procurement and vendor management.
• Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.
• Ideal candidates would be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.

Skills

• Experience managing and leading direct reports - Required: 10 Years
• Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams - Required: 10 Years
• Project Management experience - Required: 20 Years
• Experience providing training to project managers and project teams - Required: 10 Years
• Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server), Microsoft Project/POL experience - Required: 10 Years
• Experience working in a PMO office - Required: 15 Years
• Experience working in a remote and local team environment - Required: 5 Years
• Experience reporting metrics - Required: 8 Years
• Business process improvement experience - Required: 5 Years
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change - Required: 15 Years