Project Manager

Title: Project Manager

Location: St. Paul, MN

Duration: 6 Months with possible extensions

Positions: 3

Slots: 1

Interview type: In-Person

Description of Project

The Metropolitan Council (Met Council) is seeking up to three (3) full-time resource to serve as Project Managers for multi-year transit program initiatives that are both highly visible and impactful to Twin Cities residents. The ideal candidate has experience as a Project Manager implementing cloud-based software.

At a high level, the resources will provide strategic leadership while managing complex dependencies to deliver projects that have aggressive schedules on behalf of the Met Council.

Project / Program Planning & Management

• Develop comprehensive project plans using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• Define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties / vendors for execution of projects within baselines.
• Utilize departmental tools for project management, tracking, and reporting.

Team Leadership

• Lead project teams and manage / coach junior project managers as appropriate to ensure service delivery.
• Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.
• Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.
• Accountable to lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within assigned projects.
• Ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.

Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.
• Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.

Budget & Resource Management

• Develop and manage project budgets, per governance requirements.
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.
• Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.

Transformation & Organizational Change Management

• Lead transformation and change management scope within projects and programs as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.

Process Improvement

• Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects

• o Note:Highest completed degree in the following majors: Computer Science, Business Management, or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.

• Associates degree counts as two years of experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher counts as four years of experience

• Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.

• PMP Certification

• CSM Certification

• 2 years experience with Microsoft Project

• 1 years experience with Azure DevOps