Project Manager

Project Manager7 MonthsDenver, Colorado 80203 (REMOTE)*Candidate Must Be Local* ( Candidate must reside in Colorado )Experience Required:

• Experience: 5-7 years minimum of progressive IT Project Management experience.
• Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred.
• Process Expertise: Deep working knowledge of formal Project Management Life Cycles (PMLC), stage-gate governance, and project estimation principles.
• Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of IT domains (e.g., ERP, Cloud/Security, Legacy Modernization).

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities:

• The contractor will serve as the central project owner, executing all tasks necessary to ensure alignment with approved scope, budget, and schedule.

Project Governance & Planning (Schedule Phase)

• Own the Project Record: Establish and manage the complete project record, including creating the initial detailed project schedule, and ensuring the approved budget and budgeted level of effort (LOE) are correctly entered.
• Estimation & Control: Validate project effort assumptions, reconcile capacity against approved budget/LOE from the Solution Proposal, and maintain accurate cost tracking via SH timesheets.
• Requirements to Scope: Lead Details Gathering Workshops to capture comprehensive business and technical requirements, feeding directly into the detailed project schedule.
• Security & DR Alignment: Coordinate with the OIT Disaster Recovery and Security teams to confirm the requirements and scope.
• Governance & Approval: Build and present the finalized Project Plan.

Execute & Deploy Phases

• Kickoff & Cadence: Plan and lead the Working Group Project Kickoff and establish the recurring Project Meeting and Stakeholder Meeting cadence to proactively manage risks and issues (RAID).
• Execution Monitoring: Proactively monitor execution against the schedule, track project health, and own overall project communications.
• Milestone Management: Drive progress toward critical milestones.
• Change Management: Ensure the Lead Technical SME submits the necessary CAB (Change Advisory Board) Request for production approval.
• Transition to Operations: Manage the final deliverables and completing all steps outlined in the Transition to Operations.

Execution & Closure (Close Phase)

• Final Acceptance
• Administrative & Reporting: Finalize the project record and ensure all project tasks and RAID entries are completed, and distribute the Final Status Report.
• Process Improvement: Participate in Process Review Meetings throughout the project lifecycle to capture documented lessons and process improvement actions.