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Job description:

Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project initial PO for 1 year, expect to go for 4+ years *** Remote during covid then onsite

Job Description:

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced program manager. This lead management role will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, project teams, divisions, departments and vendors to strategize, implement, and maintain initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives. This position will interact with all levels of staff in the DHHS including executive staff. This position will ultimately be responsible for ensuring that projects in the DHHS serve to advance and enhance the departmental IT roadmap and goals.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work closely with project sponsor, Project Portfolio Managers (PPMs), to identify and prioritize initiatives at a division level 
• Collaborate with Project Portfolio Management and other staff to develop and manage divisional roadmaps
• Work with business and cross functional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program
• Manage and obtain various DHHS and state approvals for initiating projects within the program
• Participates in the construction of Statements of Work in collaboration with the business and other agency teams for projects within the program
• Manage multiple Vendor onboarding
• Establish and implement governance model for the program  
• Identify key requirements needed from cross functional teams and Vendors
• Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department
• Manage budget and funding channels for maximum productivity
• Tracks, maintains and present program details, progress, status, risk and other relevant topics to senior and executive management
• Work with Project Portfolio Managers and Project Managers within the program to maintain clear, effective and transparent communications
• Manage resource allocations and expectations for program
• Collaborate with the State DIT to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State security requirements
• Presents program status to various committee and executive meetings

Skills:

• The selected candidate must be a results oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Experience in the management of a portfolio of multiple projects that may be in significantly different stages of development or have differing timelines and priorities   
• Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored the audience and their needs
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills 
• Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel
• Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes and quality for a program
• Experience in proposing and leading strategic initiatives
• Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems
• Demonstrated ability to provide advice, assistance and leadership in improving the quality of IT projects, by focusing on program definition, management, repeatability and measurement 
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results

Management prefers applicants with the following: 

• Candidate with PMP/PgMP Certification 
• Candidate with Agile (PMI ACP) Certification
• Experience managing or supervising programs involving legacy system replacement projects
• Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
• •Experience in complex, cross functional team environments

Required skills:

• Program Management experience managing multiple large complex projects 7 Years
• Experience creating roadmaps for the portfolio 7 Years
• Proven track record of delivering IT projects within budget, scope and schedule. 7 Years
• Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability 5 Years
• Hands on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications. 7 Years
• Strong supervision, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills. 5 Years
• Demonstrated presentation, training skills, oral and written communication skills.  
• Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) 7 Years
• Experience with MS Office(Word, Excel and Power point) 7 Years
• Strong organization and analytical thinking skills with experience preparing Project plan for complex business needs. 7 Years
• Experience in business planning, human services program management, project management, and experience in multi-platform environments. 5 Years
• Ability to communicate effectively at all job levels, use excellent evaluation skills, and ability to relay information in legible reports as required 5 Years

Highly desired skills:

• Experience with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Experience with Cloud technologies & SaaS applications running on Cloud
• Strong experience with Cloud migrations/DevSecOps and implementations.
• Experience in Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using cloud infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
• AWS Cloud Certified
• Experience with implementing one or more RPA technologies.
• PMI certification Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Experience collaborating with Federal, State and Local Government
• Experience managing implementation of a statewide IT project
• Experience in establishing and implementing governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts across programs

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Hima Teja(Shaji Team)
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 6290353
His/her contact email is teja@msysinc.com

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