Use proven Project and Program management methods to plan, execute, and implement large IT initiatives.
Build and sustain Stakeholder Relationships that span organizations within OA OIT, across commonwealth agencies, and commonwealth business partners.
Leverage Agile SDLC frameworks to deliver continuous, incremental value to user base.
Support Process Management with capturing business process on the frontend and supporting operations management on the backend.
Drive good Requirements Management practices through process owners, BAs, and SMEs.
Support leadership team with project governance via business cases, decision making based on trade offs, change management, and issue & risk management.
Present to senior executives and facilitate large meetings as needed.
Mentor team members.
Guides processes for Functional Architects and direct work planning and design activities.
Provides standard, well structured work planning which defines scope, resources, commitments, quality, risk, tasks, and acceptance criteria.
Ensures that overall application designs remain within project scope.
Works with customer business units to understand their business processes.
Works with customer business units and client to identify direction of software.
Ensures business requirements are supported by the software.
Ensures goals for Functional Architects are being met and manage team commitments.
Analyzes, defines, and documents how the applications will support functional and business requirements.
Coordinates these efforts with Functional Architects.
Understands supporting/interfacing system applications.
Approves the determined need for new software/hardware.
Understands prioritization work based on business needs request/releases for work affecting an application.
Manages the accomplishment of delivery metrics, Service Level Agreements and other contractual obligations within areas of responsibility.
Sponsors coordination of the required skills, training, methodologies, and processes to ensure the success of team/project/program goals.
Coordinates and conducts project review meetings with Group Lead Functional Architects and Team Leads.
Communicates and resolves application interface issues with other Lead Functional Architects as needed.
Monitors and measures maintenance and development process effectiveness.
Clearly communicates the program/application goals, operational and organizational philosophies, and policies and procedures to the Functional Architects.
Communicates to team members the relationships between their work and assignments and the organizational and/ or program objectives.
Requirements:
Minimum 10 years of IT project/program management experience
Minimum 10 years of software development leadership experience
Experience with invoicing and payment processing on a large scale
High proficiency in Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office suite
PMP certification
At least one of these agile certifications: PMI ACP, DASSM, SAFe Agilist
Prior experience with Commonwealth of PA initiatives for one or more years highly desirable
4 year college degree in computer science or equivalent experience highly desirable
Required Skills:
IT Project Management experience 10 Years
Software Development Leadership experience 10 Years
Experience with invoicing and large scale payment processing
High proficiency in Microsoft Project, Visio and Office Suite
PMP Certification
One agile certification: PMI ACP, DASSM, SAFe Agilist