SMX is currently recruiting for a Project Manager to support our State and Local Government customers. The Project Manager will be responsible for leading a team of IT professionals in completing projects by a set deadline to uphold business initiatives. The Project Manager will be expected to run more than one project and share time between multiple clients. This role will be supporting a Boston, MA based team working remotely with occasional travel. SMX seeks to advance the critical missions of the Commonwealth through advanced software development, operation and maintenance of multiple 24x7 complex environments leveraging a wide variety of process methodologies and technologies. You will join a team of highly driven, supportive, and skilled professionals engaged in delivering solutions for our most critical state and local challenges. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

•    Work cooperatively with the Program Manager and other Project Managers to create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
•    Hold your team accountable for assigned work.
•    Serve as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
•    Communicate with executives and key stakeholders to keep the project aligned with their goals
•    Ensure all products released have gone through quality control in accordance with the expected standards.
•    Manage all Financial aspects of the project (ex: Resource Burn, Client and Vendor Invoicing, Status Reporting to Execs)
•    Manage Scope and POP, create change orders as required
•    Make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project
•    Report on statuses including technical concerns, schedule progress and impacts, and risk assessment and remediation.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Practical project management experience in a State and Local environment
• Understanding of project management principles to effectively manage cost, schedule, and scope; Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Ability to handle shifting priorities and possess excellent time management skills to complete tasks within required timeframes with little to no supervision
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with stakeholders
• Ability to manage project budgets, identify financial issues, and develop Rough Order of Magnitudes (ROMs)
• Strong organization skills to take initiative and manage multiple tasks and work independently in a demanding, dynamic environment.
• Ability to hold their project team accountable and consistently meet deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in technical or business-related discipline
• 7+ years of experience in project coordination implementing multiple projects with competing priorities
• 7+ years of experience and knowledge of project management practices and techniques, including plan development, scope and change control management, work breakdown structure.
• 7+ years of experience managing the financial aspects of a project (Burn reporting & Forecasting)
• Strong technical experience in Microsoft Project, PowerBI, SharePoint, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, and Jira.
• Must possess a very strong knowledge of IT infrastructure.
• Strong experience and knowledge of Cloud Migration project management practices and techniques
• Knowledge of process improvement techniques and ability to direct improvement initiatives
• Consulting experience a plus
• AWS Practioner or Associate certification 

Application deadline: 12-20-2024

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