Project Manager-Level III

NTT DATA, Inc., a top 10 global IT services company, has an immediate need for a Project Manager to support our State Government client in Albany, NY 12207ROLE Project ManagerINDUSTRY State Government DURATION 36+ month Contract LOCATION Albany, NY 12207 2 days onsite and 3 days remoteRESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing key components of the project scope, schedule and budget. This includes, but is not limited to, managing variances, overseeing staffing plans, and implementing alternatives to mitigate project risk related to scope, schedule and budget.
• Managing risks, issues, communications, actions, and project interdependencies for assigned key components of the project scope.
• Managing project team members, in a matrixed environment, so that the team members tasks are delivered with a high degree of quality and contribute the expected value to the project. In particular, there is a focus on the deliverables related to mainframe system rules extraction and system analysis.
• Facilitating detailed task planning with technical resources that includes managing resources, in a matrix management organization, and collaborating with management on resource allocations based on project priorities.
• Proactively identifying and assessing project risks and mitigation strategies along with managing associated mitigation plans with the project stakeholder community.
• Identifying and persistently pursuing issue resolution with team project members and the project stakeholder community.
• Facilitating project meetings to clarify business needs and promote decision making. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing agendas in advance of meetings and preparing meeting minutes and action items.
• Collaborating with project team members and project stakeholders to ensure project objectives are understood and that roles and responsibilities are well defined.
• Overseeing and coordinating vendors that support rules extraction and use case documentation, including scope adherence, methodology adherence, resource management, deliverable review, deliverable approval, and progress reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Level III- 7 years (84 months) experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Project Manager
• Minimum of (3) projects as the project manager accountable for end to end software development lifecycle management in which each project had defined phases for initiation, requirements, development, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Minimum of (1) project as the project manager accountable for technical and business resources (in a matrix model) as well as defined deliverables for extracting business rules and documenting associated use cases from legacy systems.

• Minimum of (1) completed project as a project manager implementing an integrated eligibility system program, integrating the service offerings of Public Assistance (TANF and state equivalents), SNAP, HEAP, and Child Care into a single integrated eligibility system inclusive of eligibility, case management and financial management functionality.
• Minimum of (1) completed project as a project manager which is federally funded requiring project management activities to conform to federal requirements prior to project implementation (e.g., testing, deployment, pilot, and other federal program specific requirements).
• Minimum of (2) projects where the budget for each project was at least $5 million and the project manager was responsible for managing the budget.
• Minimum of (10) years of experience implementing projects utilizing industry project management methodologies.
• Minimum of (5) years of experience in active management of resource loaded project schedules and resource assignments using Microsoft Project.
• Minimum of (3) years of experience managing deliverable-based vendors on projects.
• Current project management certification (PMP).
• Bachelor s or Masters degree with coursework in Information Technology, Business or Public Administration, Project Management and/or Communications.