Project Manager 3
Project Manager (Oklahoma
State Department of Health)
Duration: 12 months with the option to renew
Location & Schedule: This
position will perform 40 hours of work per week. The position will be expected
to perform work onsite for a minimum of 3 days per work week, with an
expectation to work onsite additional days depending on project requirements
for a given week.
Timeline
& Interview Process: 1 round interview over Teams or in person
with most qualified candidates.
Description
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is
seeking a qualified Project Manager to join its Project Management Office (PMO)
located in the agency’s Oklahoma City office. Within the PMO, the Project
Manager will work with the team to leverage resources, drive efficiencies, and
ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet overall
objectives. The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction,
coordination, implementation, execution, control, completion, and closing of
OSDH projects under the guidance and direction of the PMO, ensuring consistency
with the agency’s strategy, mission, commitments, and goals. The Project
Manager will serve as a primary contact for direction of agency resources and
activities as they relate to the life cycle of assigned projects. The Project
Manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination,
implementation, execution, control, completion, and closing of OSDH projects
ensuring consistency with the agency’s strategy, mission, commitments, and
goals. The Project Manager will manage vendor relationships and deliverables
within project scope, removing blockers and escalating issues as needed.
Responsibilities: • Manage medium to extra-large complexity projects through
full project life cycle activities utilizing appropriate methodologies and
tools, planning and communication, and acquire, develop, and manage the project
team. • Perform all standard project management deliverables including scope and
objectives, change management, risk mitigation, budgeting, stakeholder
communication, project and vendor engagement, subject matter expert
utilization, implementation, and project closure. • Develop and manage project
status reports for communicating with project stakeholders and reporting key
metrics for the PMO dashboard. • Implement change management practices in
accordance with agency and PMO guidance. • Forecast, manage, and acquire (as
necessary) resources needed to achieve project objectives. • Ensure project
activities and deliverables adhere to federal, state, or agency documented
guidelines. • Facilitate and manage contract processes from initiation to
closure. • Routinely perform gap analysis, root cause analysis, and offer
recommendations for successful project outcomes. • Demonstrate dynamic ability
to lead group facilitation activities for the agency especially in areas
requiring interaction of an independent party.
Requirements
Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid project
management methodologies. • Strong familiarity with and/or the ability to use
MS Project. • Understanding and experience with the Project Management
Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide and
Standards. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability
to interact professionally with all levels of staff. • Strong analytical,
problem-solving, and decision-making skills and multi-tasking capabilities. •
Well-organized and detail oriented.