VSP - CARDS Project Manager - ON-SITE
Company: Rapid Technologies LLC
Location: Richmond
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Short Description:
VSP - CARDS Project Manager - ON-SITE
MAX VENDOR RATE ***
ON-SITE - LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
Complete Description:
**Respondents should be prepared for in-person work for this
position**
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A COMMONWEALTH CATEGORY 1 OR 2
PROJECT. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE, DO NOT SUBMIT!!!
Virginia State Police is looking for a Project Manager with 10+
years of experience in the field or related area to assist with the
implementation of a new Computer-Aided Dispatch, Case Management,
and Records Management System.
The successful candidate will assist VSP by managing a large,
complex IT project with policy change management implications for
public safety and law enforcement.
Duties will include the following:
-Ensure the project is delivered within scope, schedule, and budget
acceptance rates
-Serve as the contact point for driving projects to successful
completion by meeting the identified business needs of the
agency.
-Create and maintain the project charter, project schedule,
identify and update risks and issues, provide the project status
report to key stakeholders, assist with other documentation, lead
project team meetings, and conduct project lessons learned meetings
to implement additional best practices.
-Provide project status reporting to the Program Manager and the
Executive Steering Committee on a daily, weekly, monthly basis as
needed.
-Coordinate VSP and *** efforts on the design, development, and
implementation of the system
-Responsible for the identification, analysis, tracking and
recommending appropriate actions to project issues including those
that are technology related.
-Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the
flawless execution of projects
-Work with customers to understand the overall objectives and how
the project or initiative correlates with business goals and
strategies.
-Collaborate with business partners, sponsors, assigned Business
Analyst, and project team members to create the project charter,
work breakdown structure (WBS), project schedule, evaluation and
recommendations documents, communications plans, RACI documents,
and other project artifacts as assigned.
-Assist the Procurement Officer and Program Manager with
coordinating vendor proposal evaluations
-Perform special projects as assignments as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
-Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud
hosted SaaS implementation projects.
-Strong experience leading the business and IT resources through
the discovery and documentation of business and technical
requirements in request for proposal and statement of requirement
formats.
-Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
-Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team
building.
-Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the
demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly
communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
-Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems,
structures, and methods.
-Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality,
scope, schedule, and cost.
-Ability to analyze and document system processes.
-Solid understanding of software development life cycle models.
-Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project
management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to
blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular
project and business environment.
-Knowledge of process engineering and re-engineering techniques and
practices.
-PM has successfully managed a Commonwealth category 1, 2, or 3
project (REQUIRED)
-Extensive knowledge of project management best practice
methodologies
-Extensive knowledge of evaluating and implementing COTS solutions
with experience in project leadership or PM
-Experience overseeing the implementation of a large complex
application by a vendor
-Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
with others, both within VSP and externally
-Excellent interpersonal skills, including active listening skills,
as well as oral and written communication skills.
-Ability to deal with ambiguous situations, complex concepts and
details
-Ability to meet deadlines and to work independently
Qualifications:
-Fluency in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project,
Visio, and Office required.
-Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the
Project Management Institute (PMI) (Required)
-*** Commonwealth Project Management Certification (Required)
(https://www.***.virginia.gov/it-governance/project-management/development-program-pmdp/qualification-testing/).
-Experience with *** s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP)
system and ECOS process is strongly preferred.
-Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes
(RFP, *** Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW) is strongly
preferred.
-Must submit to and pass VSP background check.
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