Senior Project Manager

Location: Tallahassee
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Date Posted: 06/11/2025 Hiring Organization: Rose International Position Number: 484018 Industry: Government Job Title: Senior Project Manager Job Location: Tallahassee, FL, USA, 32399 Work Model: Onsite Shift: Onsite Employment Type: Temporary FT/PT: Full-Time Estimated Duration (In months): 13 Min Hourly Rate ($): 80.00 Max Hourly Rate ($): 85.00 Must Have Skills/Attributes: PMI Methodology, PMP, Project Management, Project Plans, SharePoint, VISIO Experience Desired: ExpDe::Experience with APD Client Management data and administrative data system (Yrexp::0 yrs); ExpDe::Experience with APD Client Management data and administrative data system (Yrexp::0 yrs) Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required Certifications/Licenses: Project Management Professional (PMP) Preferred Certifications/Licenses: Active Toastmasters Job Description Only qualified Senior Project Manager candidates located near the commutable Tallahassee, FL area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence Required Education: • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, management information systems or other engineering or technical discipline. Required Certification: • Project Management Institute (PMI) certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Preferred Associations: • Active Toastmasters Project Manager Minimum Required Skills: • Five (5) or more years of successfully managing projects COTS. • Five (5) or more years developing project artifacts/documents based on Project Management Institute (PMI) standards to meet project, delivery, oversight, and compliance requirements. • Experience with oversight and compliance entities (Florida Legislative staff, OPB, and Division of State Technology [DST]) providing required project status reports and facilitating progress review meetings. • Experience collaborating with senior and executive management, including the Agency/Department Head, and Business Unit Directors. • Experience managing cross-functional (matrix) project teams with varying functional backgrounds (operational, technical, managerial, programmatic, etc.). • State of Florida accounting systems (FLAIR) and/or PALM. • Experience calculating earned value, cost performance index and scope performance index. • Office Automation/Productivity tools: proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint, Visio, and Word. • Communication: team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Experience developing project artifacts as required by the state legislature as part of the budget process (Schedule IV-B). Project Manager Preferred Skills: • Experience with APD Client Management data and administrative data systems to include ABC, iBudget, iConnect, and the APD data warehouses. Project Manager Responsibilities: • The Senior Project Manager will provide direction and leadership to the project team members for the Planning, Accounting Ledger Management System (PALM) project as assigned by the Agency. The PALM project is a highly cross-matrixed and medium to high complexity project. The Senior Project Manager will need to work across multiple IT groups and with multiple business teams to accomplish project objectives and help deliver the project on time and within budget. Lead and manage all phases in the project management lifecycle, from project initiation to project completion. • Establish and manage project scope to ensure project executes and completes according to project quality standards on time and within budget. • Consult, advise, and direct cross-functional teams that align to the defined project structure. • Manage project activities through the entire project lifecycle toward ensuring all programmatic, technical, security, regulatory, financial, and time requirements are met or exceeded. • Develop project artifacts/documents based on OMI standards to meet project oversight, and compliance requirements (DST, OPB, and Legislature) • Communicate consistently and effectively with the project team, Executive Steering Committee (ESC) and stakeholders on project status via status reports, status meetings, emails and other channels as defined in the project communication plan. • Create, manage, track and report project schedule (using Microsoft Project), including dependencies, milestones, deadlines, and other information that may affect delivery or quality of the project. • Identify, track, and manage issues and risks; provide mitigation strategies and contingency plans; makes decisions and suggest alternative solutions based on available resources, options, and best practices. • Calculating and reporting project earned value, cost performance index, and scope performance index. • Review deliverables for accuracy and completeness working with the vendor project team to address deficiencies. • Effectively engage with the project team to address inter-department dependencies and bring to resolution conflicts of priority. • Effectively manage operational constraints and project product deployments across multiple and progressive rollouts. • Collaborate with internal APD resources, including in-house Deputy Director of Budget and Planning, Contract Manager, Information Security Manager and Inspector General to ensure completion of project within applicable regulatory, legal, and security requirements. • Identify business objectives to develop benefits realization table to measure project success. • Guide and manage operational teams post project-product deployment, beginning with the first roll-out. Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered. Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements. Benefits: For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website. California Pay Equity: For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here.

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