Sr. Project Manager -Onsite

We are looking for a Sr. Project Manager to support our client based in Tallahassee, FL.

US BASED CANDIDATES ONLY.  

This is a Onsite position.

*no third parties and no sponsorship*

Who we are

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in beautiful Miami, FL, TECKpert is a tech consulting and staff augmentation firm. At TECKpert, we offer a contingent workforce built for any size digital transformation project. Experts in design, development, IT, analytics and marketing, provide innovative digital solutions to achieve success in our new economy. Our leaders identify the technical talent best suited to bolster our client’s capabilities, across all industries, including, healthcare, government, finance, legal, real estate, and startups.

TECKpert seeks to hire a Sr. Project Manager to support our client, a government agency based in Tallahassee, FL. 

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

1. Position Overview:
This position is responsible for analysis and business solution definition, project execution in support of the Department’s technical initiatives and strategies, and technical recommendation and testing.

2. Key Areas of Responsibility:
A. Analysis and Business Solution Definition

• Elicits requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, as well as task and workflow analysis.
• Serves as the liaison between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts effectively, transforms high-level information into details, abstracts up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Develops requirements and specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Identifies the implementation team’s strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement.
• Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and provides the following documentation deliverables as needed: Functional requirements, Business Requirements, Use Cases, and Interface designs.
• Evaluates underlying assumptions for the implementation plan and challenges business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
• Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Plans projects in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.
   

B. Project Execution

• Efficiently and competently responds to project issues.
• Successfully engages in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Works independently with users to define concepts.
• Enforces project deadlines and schedules.
• Communicates and applies project standards.
• Manages resources in accordance with project schedule.
• Understands the components of running a fiscally successful project.
• Ensures requirements, functionality and resource allocations meet project deliverables based on the nature and scope of the project.
• Manages/schedules tasks, deadlines and milestones for all stakeholders and resources.
• Identifies and manages overall project dependencies and ensures project deliverables stay on time, on-target, and on-budget.

C. Technical Recommendation and Testing

• Leads testing efforts.
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Works with client personnel to identify required changes.
• Communicates needed changes to development team.

This opportunity is for a full-time, one year contract position with possible extensions of up to 2 years. Pay varies with experience up to $55/hour or $114,400 per year. Medical, dental, vision and life insurance available after 30 days of hire. 

Candidates are expected to work remote. 

A successful Sr. Project Manager possesses or provides the following:

• At least ten (10) years of documented experience managing enterprise-level IT projects.

Preference will be given to candidates who have strength in the following areas:

• Experience in analysis and compilation of diverse sets of information from diverse sources (e.g. software applications, hard copy, electronic files) into structured and documented information solutions mapped to newly formed business requirements
• Experience in serving in business process design and data analyst roles for implementing enterprise-level custom applications and COTS systems of large scale
• An active Project Management Professional or Agile Certification

Additional Skills 

• Communication
• Technical Understanding
• Problem Solving
• Leadership
• Teamwork

Working with TECKpert means more options. As new opportunities arise, you tell us what you think is a good fit for you. What industries interest you most? Do you prefer an on-location, 9-5? Or would you want a flexible schedule and remote work? We proudly offer a wide variety of roles. Many of our TECKperts enjoy coworking and skills training coupled with the stability of full-time employment. We believe TECKpert gives today's digital professionals an agile path to start and advance their career. All of our opportunities require at least 20 hours per week and can be one to twelve months in length. Choose the opportunity that matches your interest and desired cadence. 

Thank you for applying. If you are selected, we will reach out for a skills assessment and to schedule a short prescreen video call to get to know you better. We will also be in touch for any future roles your profile will match with.

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TECKpert provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.