Senior Project Manager

Title:                             Senior Project Manager

Location:                     Sacramento, CA

Position Type:             Contract

Contract Duration:      3 years with two 1- year optional extensions

Anvaya Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Manager, who will act as a member of the project management staff of the client, responsible for planning, organizing, and leading teams to develop and implement technology solutions which are essential to client.

Candidate shall

• Possess knowledge and experience in all areas of the PMBOK as well as soft skills such as: organization, time management, customer service, decision making, leadership, organizational awareness, problem solving, reasoning, team building, oral and written communication.

• Provide leadership to all project management phases (Waterfall/Agile), to ensure efficient and effective delivery of IT products and services. It also may include updating or refactoring batch processes that use stored procedures, re-architecting the existing application, defect fixing, developing new Application Programming Interface (API), scripts, converting pdf forms to webforms, Data Manipulation Language (DML) scripts and on-demand procedures.

• Perform the work on-site at client’s facilities located in Sacramento, CA.  As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the client has temporarily authorized work from home for contractors. However, work from home days will need to be approved in advance.

Mandatory Qualifications:  The Consultant MUST possess the following minimum qualifications.

1. Minimum of seven (7) years of FTE experience of broad, extensive, and increasingly responsible PM project experience applying project management (PM) principles, methods, techniques, and tools.
2. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been in a Senior Project Manager
3. A Bachelor’s Degree
4. PMI PMP Certification

Desired Qualifications:

1. Up to five (5) additional years, beyond the mandatory seven (7) years of experience providing project management services (Agile or Waterfall)
2. SAFe Agilist certification or experience as an Agile Scrum Master
3. Experience with Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) process

Tasks / Deliverables: 

• Serve as a senior project manager to provide leadership for multiple IT projects of varying size and complexity.
• Plan, develop, and implement technology solutions or services that are essential to Enterprise Technology Services (ETS).
• Work with internal and external stakeholders, technical personnel, and system sponsors to provide leadership for all project management and software development life cycle phases (Waterfall/Agile).
• Determine the appropriate level of stakeholder engagement to define scope and project deliverables.
• Develop all project artifacts and documentation throughout the project life cycle, including but not limited to, concept statements, project charters, work breakdown structures, project schedules, and all facets of cohesive project management plans.
• Establish and implement effective communication strategies.
• Generate executive level project status reports and facilitate sponsor/steering committee meetings; be prepared to discuss all aspects of project status.
• Manage business relationships cross functionally.
• Manage resources and cost where needed.
• Schedule and facilitate project related meetings to drive needed progress.
• Manage risks and issues cross functionally; use interpersonal skills to ensure mitigation plans are established.
• Proactively solve problems to remove barriers inhibiting progress; actively plan engagement of sponsor team members when required.
• Analyze information and trouble-shoot challenging situations, reason logically, and draw valid conclusions.
• Create and maintain a positive, collaborative working environment.
• Ensure project management best practices, processes, and procedures are consistently applied to all information technology projects following the Client’s Project Management Framework.
• Can assist with Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) stage gate documentation.
• Ensure that the reporting requirements of the Department’s control agencies are met.
• Report to the project manager and/or contract manager on a daily/weekly/monthly basis regarding project issues, risks, and status.
• Complete a timesheet monthly to allow client to track hours.
• Perform other project management duties as requested by the contract manager.
• Evaluate all business needs and gather requirements for IT systems managing affiliated data. Understand strategic need and plans for growth while developing and implementing forward-facing solutions.
• Ensure the new solutions operate efficiently and add value to the Department as a whole and to external stakeholders.

Resumes should include:

• Person’s formal name
• Educational credentials, highest grade completed, degrees obtained (if applicable) and when obtained (e.g., month and year)
• Employment history for up to the past five years including employer name, length of employment, position, or functional title, from and to dates, and a very brief description of roles and responsibilities. Employment data should be presented with the most recent employment first and should reflect employment by the Respondent unless the person is serving as a subcontractor. Technical, educational, or industry specific certificates (if applicable such as a Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate and relevant to the service to be performed) and/or licenses and when obtained (e.g., month and year)

NOTE: This role is for a specific client engagement and employment is tied to ongoing client demand.
Anvaya Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, and compensation, are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected characteristic.  We are committed to a merit-based workplace where every individual is treated with respect and has equal access to opportunities based solely on their qualifications and performance.