Project Manager

Job ID: TX-5482526PL2 Remote/Local TX Govt Project Manager (PMP/15+) with Java/Mainframe (must), UAT, Unemployment Insurance System experience Location: Austin, TX (TWC) Duration: 10 Months Position: 1 Skills: 4-7 - Experience in project management in relevant areas of project assignment, research and/or planning - Provide technical assistance to Project Managers - Lead team of developers, system analysts, business analysts in day to day execution of the project - Monitor the daily progress of projects - Plan meetings and organizing project logistics - Provide detailed updates to project managers or other stakeholders - Coordinate assigned special projects and update project information - Experience with Training and Communications - Ability and desire to work collaboratively to ensure successful project execution - Working knowledge Microsoft Office - Proven ability to generate and deliver reports that provide useful insight into project details - Highly organized and detail-oriented with a passion for ensuring projects proceed efficiently and effectively Preferred: - 1 Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification - 1 State of Texas experience - 1 Unemployment Systems experience - 2 Experience with projects utilizing Mainframe and Java languages Scope/Description of Services The Worker(s) will provide the following services: - Perform project coordination work as a member of the IT Project Management Office, supporting one or more projects concurrently. Work involves coordinating the initiation, planning, scheduling, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of assigned Worker(s) tasks. - Collaborates with all IT staff and business customers to accomplish work. - Responsible for the planning, coordination, project planning, project monitoring, and project status reporting and system implementation of moderate to complex business solutions. - Provide technical assistance to project managers with documenting plans, schedules, status reports, meetings, and/or change requests. - Lead technical team meetings and work with stakeholders to remove impediments. - Work directly with project managers to help implement project goals and ensure timely project execution. - Provide status updates on assigned work to other project managers. - Work with data related to project execution. - Assist with coordination of tasks during project execution. - Assist with test coordination, system testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). - Assist with the planning, development and coordination of communications. - Assist with the planning, development and coordination of training activities. - Schedule and organize meetings. - Facilitate and take notes during meetings, communicating results, action items, and decisions to necessary recipients. - Perform other duties as assigned to maintain operations.