Project Manager

Job ID : 11607049 & 11607020

Position : Project Manager

Client : State of CO - OIT

Location : 100% remote

Duration : 12+ Months

Experience : 5-7 years minimum of progressive IT Project Management experience.

Certification : Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred.

Process Expertise : Deep working knowledge of formal Project Management Life Cycles (PMLC), stage-gate governance, and project estimation principles.

Technical Acumen : Strong understanding of IT domains (e.g., ERP, Cloud / Security, Legacy Modernization).

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities

The contractor will serve as the central project owner, executing all tasks necessary to ensure alignment with approved scope, budget, and schedule.

Project Governance & Planning (Schedule Phase)

• Own the Project Record : Establish and manage the complete project record, including creating the initial detailed project schedule, and ensuring the approved budget and budgeted level of effort (LOE) are correctly entered.
• Estimation & Control : Validate project effort assumptions, reconcile capacity against approved budget / LOE from the Solution Proposal, and maintain accurate cost tracking via SH timesheets.
• Requirements to Scope : Lead Details Gathering Workshops to capture comprehensive business and technical requirements, feeding directly into the detailed project schedule.
• Security & DR Alignment : Coordinate with the OIT Disaster Recovery and Security teams to confirm the requirements and scope.
• Governance & Approval : Build and present the finalized Project Plan.

Execute & Deploy Phases

Execution & Closure (Close Phase)

Process Improvement : Participate in Process Review Meetings throughout the project lifecycle to capture documented lessons and process improvement actions