Job Description
Job Description:
Our Client seeks a Project Manager for the PASS Modernization Project to lead testing: create plans, develop scripts, organize teams, coordinate execution, document results, and report progress to the PMO for a new cloud-based procurement system.
Responsibilities
Project Planning
- Provide project planning activities including developing, maintaining, and monitoring (status/progress) project schedules.
- Create and maintain project documents.
- Coordinate submissions of workstream weekly status reports.
- Develop PMO status reports and prepare status presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Report status to PMO, project leadership, and organization leadership.
- Organize project artifacts in Microsoft Teams.
Testing Oversight
Ensure development of thorough test scripts.
Ensure testing for all test scripts.
Report all defects, ensure resolution, retesting, and documentation for test results.
Facilitate collaboration between test workstream and other workstreams to resolve defects.
Ensure all testing activities comply with District standards and quality requirements.
Strategic Planning
- Translate project’s test strategic vision into long and short-range plans including:
- Project plans, resource alignments, training, communications, transformation management, change management, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, go-live preparations, and post-go-live support.
Coordination
- Balance multiple priorities while coordinating workstream resources.
- Monitor workstream activities to maintain PMO schedule and update as necessary.
- Coordinate with PMO to mitigate any impact to other workstreams.
Schedule Management
- Leverage prior experience on large projects to:
- Analyze complex project delivery dates to create innovative Microsoft Project schedules or Agile Scrum Roadmap Timebox schedules.
- Align schedules with organizations, stakeholder groups, functional workstreams, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
- Monitor progress to track project milestones and report on progress.
Risk & Change Management
- Oversee analysis, planning, and management activities related to project scope and objectives.
- Manage RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decisions) process, change management process, and communications process.
Documentation & Communication
- Provide quality organization and oversight for all project documents.
- Maintain all project artifacts organized for team access using Microsoft Teams and SharePoint folders.
- Participate in PMO, Steering Committee, or other project meetings and document discussions and decisions.