IT Project Manager
- NextGen Solutions Corp
3 Hours Ago
60-70 per Hourly
W2, C2C, Yearly, 1099
Baltimore-MD, Aldie-VA, Ashburn-VA, Fairfax-VA, Herndon-VA, Washington-VA
15-20 Years
Required Skills: PMP, CSM, POWERBI
Job Description
The client's Business Intelligence Group is seeking an IT Project Manager to provide comprehensive project management services supporting the planning, execution, and delivery of technology-related projects. This position will oversee the implementation of enterprise applications, infrastructure upgrades, cloud solutions, and digital transformation initiatives. A successful applicant will be an excellent project manager, creative, results-oriented, able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with variable deadlines, and have excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and success criteria.
- Develop detailed project plans, including schedules, milestones, resource allocation, and dependencies.
- Manage day-to-day project activities to ensure alignment with scope, schedule, and budget.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including internal staff, vendors, and external partners.
- Oversee implementation of enterprise applications, infrastructure upgrades, cloud solutions, and/or digital transformation initiatives.
- Ensure adherence to agency IT standards, security requirements, and compliance obligations.
- Support system integration, testing, deployment, and change management processes.
- Provide regular status reports, dashboards, and executive briefings, and facilitate meetings.
- Monitor project performance metrics, conduct post-implementation reviews, and promote the adoption of best practices in Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- At least 3 years of project management experience with an active PMP or CSM certification.
- Proven experience with budget management and implementing software.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Proven experience using PM related tools - i.e. Microsoft 365 (Teams, Planner, Loop, List), Jira, Power BI.
- Ability to handle project level risk management and potential conflict resolutions.
- Experience using hybrid frameworks (Agile and Waterfall) is preferred.
- Advanced knowledge and experience utilizing AI is a plus.
- Maintain high ethical standards of integrity and quality.
Required/Desired Skills
Candidates must have ALL the “Required” skills in order to be considered for the position. “Desired” or “Highly Desired” skills are a PLUS but may NOT be required. Skill Matrix (Please fill the last two columns of this matrix)
| Experience with Business workflow processes | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience | Years of Experience | Last Used |
| Project management experience (Must hold PMP or CSM) | Required | 3 | Years | ||
| Proven experience with budget management and implementing software | Required | 3 | Years | ||
| Proven experience using PM tools (M365, Jira, Power BI) | Required | 3 | Years | ||
| Excellent communication, problem-solving and leadership skills | Required | 3 | Years | ||
| experience implementing Business Intelligence (BI) projects | Highly Desired | 5 | Years | ||
| Experience using hybrid frameworks (Agile and Waterfall) | Desired | 2 | Years | ||
| Advanced knowledge and experience utilizing AI | Desired | 1 | Years |
