Project Manager

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DP Professionals Inc
Des Moines, IA, United States (Remote)
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  • FlexTime
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DPP is seeking a Project Manager for an opportunity in Des Moines, Iowa.

Work arrangement:

  • Hybrid: Onsite 2/3 days/week.
  • W2 position; 7 months
  • Limited to local/regional candidates who can work onsite as needed.

Position summary:

  • The Project Manager will be responsible for adhering project management governance on multiple current and future projects.
  • Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required.
  • The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each within a common project reporting mechanism.
  • The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas across the state, potentially including upper-level state government committees.
  • The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
  • The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control.
  • The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders.
  • Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.

Responsibilities:

  • Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
  • Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
  • Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision.
  • Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
  • Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios.
  • Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately.
  • Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product.
  • Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills.
  • Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts.
  • Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
  • Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management.
  • Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

  • Direct management of system integration projects (10 years).
  • Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities (10 years).
  • Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) (10 years).
  • Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects (10 years).
  • Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures (10 years).
  • Strong process and gap analysis skills (10 years).
  • Excellent project management skills, w/ the ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment (10 years).
  • Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document business requirements (8 years).
  • Demonstrate ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines (8 years).

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Harrison at to learn more about this position (#25-00646 ).

Authorized US Worker – Those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D

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