Project Manager (Onsite interviews - Hybrid)

Description

• The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is seeking a qualified Project Manager to join its Project Management
• Office (PMO) located in the agency's Oklahoma City office. Within the PMO, the Project Manager will work with the team to
• leverage resources, drive efficiencies, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet overall objectives.
• The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control,
• completion, and closing of OSDH projects under the guidance and direction of the PMO, ensuring consistency with the
• agency's strategy, mission, commitments, and goals. The Project Manager will serve as a primary contact for direction of agency resources and activities as they relate to the life cycle of assigned projects.
• The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control,
• completion, and closing of OSDH projects ensuring consistency with the agency's strategy, mission, commitments, and
• goals. The Project Manager will manage vendor relationships and deliverables within project scope, removing blockers and
• escalating issues as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Manage medium to extra-large complexity projects through full project life cycle activities utilizing appropriate
• methodologies and tools, planning and communication, and acquire, develop, and manage the project team.
• Perform all standard project management deliverables including scope and objectives, change management, risk
• mitigation, budgeting, stakeholder communication, project and vendor engagement, subject matter expert utilization,
• implementation, and project closure.
• Develop and manage project status reports for communicating with project stakeholders and reporting key metrics
• for the PMO dashboard.
• Implement change management practices in accordance with agency and PMO guidance.
• Forecast, manage, and acquire (as necessary) resources needed to achieve project objectives.
• Ensure project activities and deliverables adhere to federal, state, or agency documented guidelines.
• Facilitate and manage contract processes from initiation to closure.
• Routinely perform gap analysis, root cause analysis, and offer recommendations for successful project outcomes.
• Demonstrate dynamic ability to lead group facilitation activities for the agency especially in areas requiring
• interaction of an independent party.

Requirements

• Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid project management methodologies.
• Strong familiarity with and/or the ability to use MS Project.
• Understanding and experience with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of
• Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide and Standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of staff.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills and multi-tasking capabilities.
• Well-organized and detail oriented.

Location & Schedule:

• This position will perform 40 hours of work per week typically accrued anytime between the agency's standard working hours
• of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday. Overtime will not be approved. The position will be expected to perform work onsite for a
• minimum of 3 days per work week, with an expectation to work onsite additional days depending on project requirements for
• a given week.

Timeline & Interview Process:

• 1 round interview over Teams or in person with most qualified candidates.