Program Manager
Gravity IT Resources
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Job Title: Program Manager
Job Type: Contract (Through 6/30/2025)
Job Location: Tallahassee, FL (On-Site)
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage resource-loaded and leveled projects
- Maintain project metrics in accordance with established standards
- Establish resource performance metrics
- Serve as a liaison with users
- Provide hands-on leadership for complex projects
- Provide project progress reports to internal and external stakeholders as well as executive leadership
- Manage project spend plans
- Manage resources for associated projects
- Maintain all project artifacts in accordance with Program Management Office (PMO) standards and other documentation as necessary
- Lead or assist in business requirement gathering sessions for Joint Application Development (JADs)
- Work closely with customers, stakeholders, and IT software developers to document business requirements
- Coordinate and develop As-Is, To-Be, and other required business analysis documentation;
- Lead and develop the implementation of business process improvement recommendations
- Follow a set of standard practices that ensure the integrity and quality of project artifacts;
- Manage expectations of diverse stakeholders and provide regular briefings to executives;
- Develop Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) templates
- Work independently as part of a larger cross-functional team.
Job Requirements:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related fields. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable
- A Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification
- Eight (8) or more years setting up and managing a project management office
- Five (5) or more years managing successful, large-scale projects that include multiple diverse teams
- Five (5) or more years utilizing project software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, Jira, etc. to track and maintain projects
- Five (5) or more years developing and maintaining detailed project plans and schedules based on work breakdown structures
- Five (5) or more years of experience with PMO methodologies and documentation
- Five (5) or more years of experience with meeting facilitation and documentation
- Five (5) or more years creating and presenting internal and external status reports
- Five (5) or more years with risk and issue management
- Experience with completing project deliverables within the scope, schedule, costs, and quality constraints
- Ability to coordinate numerous project teams and effectively conduct the initiative to meet overall objectives
- Ability to provide effective communication and collaborative skills
- Experience in creating presentations and presenting to stakeholders
- Experience providing excellent leadership and negotiation skills.
Nice to Haves:
- Certification in Agile or Scrum-based Project Management
- IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Management Foundations Certified
- Experience managing projects with a large, distributed user base
- Experience managing waterfall projects
- Experience with state government projects
- Experience managing and reporting projects in compliance with Rule 60GG-1, F.A.C.
- Experience working with technical programming teams
- Ability to demonstrate a take-charge, can-do attitude with the initiative to solve complex problems
- Strong communication skills to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders
- Skills in negotiation, mediation, facilitation, and team building
- Knowledge of IT standards in a criminal justice environment
- Experience managing vendors and vendor projects
- Knowledge in other IT areas such as programming, data analytics, etc
- A team player attitude with a high-energy level and diligent work ethic
- Ability to meet or exceed deadlines, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and to organize and prioritize activities.