Project Manager - HYBRID

Company and Role:

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Harrisburg, PA. We now have an opening for a Project Manager with PMP certification.

Highlights and Benefits:

• Primarily remote with occasional on site work in Harrisburg, PA
• W2 hourly pay rate up to $60hr or salaried equivalent
• Focused, exciting, and collaborative client culture
• Direct W2 hourly or salaried applicants only (no corp-to-corp subcontractors, third parties, or agencies)
• Paid time off and holidays for salaried employees
• 401K, billable bonus, and health, life, vision, dental and short-term disability insurance options for all
• DTS is a proud Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)!
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Job Description:

We are hiring an experienced Project Manager with PMP certification  to work for us as our direct, W2 salaried or hourly employee to join our team.  Our client, a Health and Human Services (HHS) government agency, has implemented the state's Medical Marijuana Program (MMP). The MMP provides access to medical marijuana for patients with a serious medical condition through a safe and effective method of delivery that balances patient need for access to the latest treatments with patient care and safety. The client is engaging a Project Manager (PM) for the Bureau of Medical Marijuana (BMM) systems. You will:

• Manage Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement of a new BMM system and manage the implementation of the new system and transition from the old system to the new system.
• Serve as the BMM PM, representing the interests of OMM in the Enterprise Licensing System (ELS) Implement Project.
• Support the current BMM systems serve as a backup to the other PMs.
• Resolve issues with vendors and client agencies; monitor and enforce contract performance/service level agreements (SLAs); coordinate and evaluate disaster recovery and security compliance.
• Maintain requirements and system documentation; review regulations and program documentation
• Support the client’s System Governance Committee regarding change management
• Coordinate activity with vendors to execute committee decisions.
• Coordinate meetings and tasks in support of the procurement of the existing MM Registry and transition of support services
• Manage the transition from a Salesforce Helpdesk ticketing system to a TBD ticketing system
• Leverage strong experience in project management best practices and the five phases of project management as defined by the Project Management Institute
• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate an enhancement, business process reengineering or development of a high priority, high profile, and commonwealth enterprise – wide information technology project of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with excess delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities for complete life cycle of projects including the planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation of business solutions designed to meet requirements of various departments in the commonwealth.
• Develop estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.
• Work with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates when necessary.
• Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon.
• Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort.
• Gain approval and sign-off of the Project Management Plan with customer representatives, and all affected project stakeholders.
• Delivery of all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Design project plans, which identify needs and define major tasks and milestones, based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project and meet service commitments.
• Manage and track the project progress against the project schedule.
• Monitor project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to ensure the project is on schedule.
• Monitor and track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across the project team.
• Notify team members of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, target dates, and approved executable work packages.
• Schedule or monitor status reviews, project management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Capture and report required project management metrics.
• Analyze and distribute reports on project metrics associated with work items related to improvement measures.
• Ensure all changes to scope follow processes outlined in the Change Management Plan and are documented.
• Create, review, and obtain approval of the Communication Plan and Deliverables Matrix to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and management.
• Prepare status reports on a periodic basis for the project team, sponsor, and stakeholders. Provide weekly personal status reporting by COB Friday submitted on SharePoint.
• Follow HHS DC IT PMO methodology to ensure consistency/,
• Provide input and support for continual improvement within the HHS DC IT PMO
• Mentor less experienced project management project staff
• Work closely with HHS DC IT Application, Data Warehouse, Informatics, Solution Management, Networking, Security and Service Management teams, as required, identifying tasks for the project schedule.
• Facilitate discussions between IT areas and vendors with focus on solution(s)
• Anticipate issues and proactively address them. Identify, track, and manage project risk and issues, through the use of a RAID Log. Develop risk mitigation strategies tracking to closure. Proactively engage management
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related issues and the resolution of issues.
• Communicate effectively with customers and software and hardware suppliers
• Lead final project management evaluation review with stakeholders.
• Manage and track the project status against the project schedule.
• Follow the client's Daptiv guidelines, provide weekly project updates.
• Coordinate system testing with appropriate staff resources.
• Deliver presentations, as necessary.
• Ensure project compliance with HHS DC standards and procedures.
• Develop and facilitate the achievement of project service commitments.
• Ensure that tasks provide value and support the strategic direction of the project.
• Balance workload with project members' capacity. Engaging management in a proactive manner.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct training and orientation sessions.
• Accountable for peer reviews with the appropriate project team resources.
• Coordinate and present proposals as necessary.
• Identify and manage project risk, and develop risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.
• Plan project specific training and orientation needs.
• Following the guidelines of the HHS DC PMO set-up a project SharePoint site and utilize Microsoft Teams for key documentation.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Very experienced in the five phases of project management and input, output, and deliverables identified by the Project Management Institute
• Strong experience in all phases of the project lifecycle, from inception to delivery and maintenance.
• Strong interpersonal skills in order to consult with the program area and T teams to define requirements and to analyze and resolve problems, ensuring collaboration and agreement with recommended solutions.
• Seven (7) to nine (9) years of relevant experience directly managing complex technical initiatives with a large complement of project team members throughout the various IT areas, technical complexity, and vendor involvement.
• Highh degree of skill and experience in budgeting, communication (verbal and written), leadership, negotiation and influencing, organizational, problem-solving, teambuilding, human resource, and soft interpersonal skills.
• Ability to ramp up quickly and perform independently is essential.
• Project management professional (PMP) certification
• A four (4) year college degree or equivalent technical study.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity and experience with programs and issues relative to Health and Human Services (HHS) and Medical Marijuana programs.
• Procurement project expeirence

Those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer