Project Manager

Summary

Join Capio Group, a California-based IT consulting firm, as a Project Manager! This full-time, remote position offers a salary between $120,000 and $135,000. You will oversee all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for a client's modernization project, ensuring compliance with project management standards. Responsibilities include maintaining project documentation, developing schedules, managing risks, leading meetings, preparing reports, and overseeing legislative impacts. Capio Group offers a flexible workplace and a great work-life balance, in addition to competitive salary and benefits.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s-level degree from a recognized college or university. Alternatively, qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. A copy of the degree must be provided upon request
• Possess a current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience. A copy of the certification must be provided upon request
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess a minimum of five (5) years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least three (3) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity of one or more large or complex IT projects
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess a minimum of three (3) years of experience with SDLC projects, performing project management tasks in support of IT projects involving the development and integration of multiple systems and system interfaces
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess a minimum of three (3) years of experience leading cross-functional project teams
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess a minimum of two (2) years of experience with managing State of California projects using IT concepts, practices and principles to provide a foundation for technology related work with emphasis on the SDLC including design, development, implementation, post implementation monitoring, and project close out
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess a minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience coordinating and gathering analysis information, researching methodologies, technical writing, legislative report writing, and planning the enhancement of a system
• Provide one client reference (manager/supervisor level) from previous engagements performed within the last ten (10) years, providing services that are similar in nature and scope, and type of service

Responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date project documentation, tasks/deliverables, and artifacts
• Develop and oversee the project schedule using approved scheduling tools, ensuring alignment with the baseline timeline. By tracking progress and analyzing variances, the project Manager will recommend strategies to keep the project on schedule and meet milestones
• Log and address risks, action items, issues, decisions, change requests, lessons learned, and related project elements
• Schedule and lead critical meetings on topics such as schedule management, change control, project status, risk resolution, contracts, and budget reconciliation. Meeting minutes will be documented and distributed promptly, with follow-ups on action items
• Prepare and submit reports, including Project Steering Committee (PSC) presentations, weekly and monthly status reports, and any required reports. They will support the Project Management Office (PMO) in tracking and managing project tasks/deliverables, ensuring proper documentation and accessibility
• Oversee the impact of legislative mandates on the project, maintaining Project Management Plans, and developing closeout and assessment reports for each project phase

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess a Master’s degree or doctorate from a recognized college or university
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess seven (7) or more years of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible experience applying PM principles, methods, techniques, and tools. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity of one or more large or complex IT projects
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess five (5) or more years of experience with SDLC projects, performing project management tasks in support of IT projects involving the development and integration of multiple systems and system interfaces
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess four (4) or more years of experience leading cross-functional project teams, team building, knowledge transfer, and/or mentoring experience
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess three (3) or more years of experience with managing State of California projects, using IT concepts, practices and principles to provide a foundation for technology related work with emphasis on the SDLC including design, development, implementation, post implementation monitoring, and project close out
• Within the last ten (10) years, possess four (4) or more years of demonstrated experience coordinating and gathering analysis information, researching methodologies, technical writing, legislative report writing, and planning the enhancement of a system

Benefits

• Salary: $120,000 - $135,000
• Full-time employee - Remote
• Flexible workplace and a great work-life balance