Project Manager

Summary

Capio Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a full-time remote position. The role involves managing IT projects, assessing business needs, facilitating organizational change management activities, and more. The salary range is $120,000 - $135,000.

Requirements

• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of five (5) years of increasingly responsible project management experience managing large scale enterprise information technology (IT) projects
• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of three (3) years of experience working on projects involving organizational change management and business process improvement/re-engineering initiatives (experience with requirements elicitation)
• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience managing large-scale projects using Agile project management methodology
• Must possess a current and valid Scrum Master Certification (CSM or PSM). A copy of the certification must be provided upon request

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the Project Sponsor and stakeholders on complex enterprise IT projects to establish objectives, roadmaps, roles/responsibilities, and visual task backlogs that can be managed through all phases of implementation
• Ensure that projects support the organization's strategic and operational goals through agile, cost-effective, innovative, reliable, and secure technologies
• Review business needs, assess impact to operations, recommend policy changes to executives, and implement changes necessary to ensure regulatory compliance and enforcement
• Provide management of the entire IT project and system development lifecycles by managing projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and the project closure process
• Detail business needs and outcomes by assessing and documenting the current environment, including stakeholders, business processes, systems/tools, and data utilized/needed
• Solve complex business problems by providing technical advice and project solution alternatives
• Plan and implement organizational change management activities to transition staff from their current state to the desired future state
• Work with stakeholders to facilitate the improvement/re-engineering of business processes to align with technology needs
• Facilitate the elicitation of requirements/use cases/user stories with subject matter experts and manage through the requirements lifecycle
• Create all needed project management documents needed for the support of the client project(s) and to meet any project oversight requirements
• In coordination with the Project Sponsor, manage the effort of procuring any new products and services required for the execution of the project
• In coordination with client’s staff, manage complex vendor contracts to ensure schedule, budget, quality, performance, and products are consistent with contract deliverables
• Lead the project team through all phases of system development, including analysis, design, build, test, training, and product roll-out
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and develop project management and system development deliverables in a timely manner based on established client standards
• Create and present reports to provide project information to executives and other stakeholders, including governance committees established for the project, program staff, administrative staff, and oversight entities
• Actively/proactively identify and manage risks and issues to minimize impacts to scope, schedule, and costs and provide detailed analysis
• Support the planning and facilitation of portfolio management activities and processes
• Ensure the development and maintenance of the program roadmap and business process model by formulating strategies, plans, and policies pertaining to the system project planning, management, and solution delivery processes
• Perform these activities in accordance with client’s management plans and be responsive to the approved schedule during the agreement period
• Leverage project management best practices in accordance with the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards, the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodology, Agile/Scrum methodology, client’s Best Practices, and any other applicable standards
• Facilitate the Scrum Process: Act as the Scrum Master in implementing Scrum principles including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Coaching and mentoring: Provide guidance and support to the Scrum team, help the team to understand and implement Scrum principles/practices effectively
• Ensure a productive working environment for the team by maintaining focus on the sprint goal, removing/escalating roadblocks, fostering multi-disciplined team collaboration, and promoting transparency

Preferred Qualifications

• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience working in a Higher Education environment
• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience on projects related to cloud migrations, Oracle Student Financial Aid (OSFA) platform and/or Oracle Cloud Migration
• Possess a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification issued by the Project Management Institute
• Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience leveraging tools like Microsoft Teams Planner and/or ServiceNow for the purposes of Project Management