Project Manager

Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government's most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.?



*This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience*



Overview:

Location: Hybrid – Albany, NY

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000


We are seeking a Project Manager who will support our NYS client. This role will be responsible for overseeing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and team coordination to support successful delivery of project goals. The ideal candidate is an organized and collaborative leader with government project experience, strong communication skills, and experience managing technical projects using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.



Duties:

• Managing key components of the project scope, schedule and budget. This includes, but is not limited to, managing variances, overseeing staffing plans, and implementing alternatives to mitigate project risk related to scope, schedule and budget.
• Managing risks, issues, communications, actions, and project interdependencies for assigned key components of the project scope.
• Managing project team members, in a matrixed environment, so that the team members’ tasks are delivered with a high degree of quality and contribute the expected value to the project.
• Facilitating detailed task planning with technical resources that includes managing resources, in a matrix management organization, and collaborating with management on resource allocations based on project priorities.
• Proactively identifying and assessing project risks and mitigation strategies along with managing associated mitigation plans with the project stakeholder community.
• Identifying and persistently pursuing issue resolution with team project members and the project stakeholder community.
• Facilitating project meetings to clarify business needs and promote decision making. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing agendas in advance of meetings and preparing meeting minutes and action items.
• Collaborating with project team members and project stakeholders to ensure project objectives are understood and that roles and responsibilities are well defined.
• Overseeing and coordinating vendors that support rules extraction and use case documentation, including scope adherence, methodology adherence, resource management, deliverable review, deliverable approval, and progress reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in information technology, Business or Public Administration, Project Management and/or Communications
• 4 – 7 years of experience as a Project Manager
• 2+ years of experience working on State or Federal government projects as a project manager.
• 3 – 5 years of experience working on Agile and Waterfall or a hybrid development and technical project manager.
• Current PMP or PBMMP certification from the Project Management Institute
• Certified Scrum Master.

Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race,?color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.



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