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Job Title: Sr. Project Manager
Job Type: Contract (Through 6/30/25 with Likelihood of Extension)
Job Location: Tallahassee, FL (On-Site)
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead organizational change initiatives, ensuring alignment with project goals and stakeholder expectations
- Develop and execute change management strategies, plans, and activities
- Facilitate change readiness assessments, stakeholder engagement, and communication plans
- Manage resistance and build commitment to change through engagement and training strategies
- Develop and manage resource-loaded and leveled projects
- Maintain project metrics and performance metrics by established Department standards
- Provide hands-on leadership for complex projects, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
- Serve as a liaison with users and stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution
- Provide progress reports and presentations to internal and external stakeholders and executive leadership
- Manage and coordinate multi-project teams and initiatives to meet overall objectives; •
- Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective communication
- Facilitate joint application development (JAD) sessions and gather business requirements
- Provide effective communication to manage stakeholder expectations
- Maintain all project artifacts by Project Management Office (PMO) standards
- Ensure compliance with Rule 60GG-1, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.)
- Document As-Is and To-Be processes as part of business analysis and process improvement initiatives
- Identify and manage risks and issues that may impact project success
- Develop risk mitigation and contingency plans
- Provide issue-tracking and resolution strategies to keep the project on track
- Manage project spending plans and allocate resources accordingly
- Track project expenses and ensure alignment with the allocated budget.
Required Qualifications:
- Possess a certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP®)
- Five (5) or more years managing successful, large-scale projects with multiple diverse teams
- Five (5) or more years of experience in change management methodologies, strategies, and implementation
- Five (5) or more years utilizing project management software (Microsoft Project, Primavera, Jira) to track and maintain projects
- Five (5) or more years of experience with project management methodologies and documentation (PMO)
- Five (5) or more years of experience in risk and issue management
- Five (5) or more years of experience facilitating meetings and developing clear documentation
- Experience in creating and presenting status reports to internal and external stakeholders; • Ability to manage and coordinate project teams, lead complex projects, and meet objectives
- Demonstrated leadership and negotiation skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, to engage stakeholders at all levels; and
- Proficiency with ServiceNow and DocuSign is preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Change Management Certification (e.g., Prosci) is highly preferred
- Certification in Agile or Scrum-based Project Management
- IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Management Foundations certification
- Experience managing projects with a large, distributed user base
- Experience managing state government projects and knowledge of Rule 60GG-1, F.A.C
- Experience managing vendor projects and working with technical programming teams
- Ability to take initiative to solve complex problems
- Knowledge of IT standards in a criminal justice environment
- Skills in negotiation, mediation, facilitation, and team building
- Team player attitude with a high-energy level and diligent work ethic.
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