Project Manager (remote)

Knowledge Services is seeking a remote Project Manager for a multi-year project through June 2027 (potential for extension) in support of the State of North Dakota.  Position may work 100% remotely.

• Role is open to remote applicants however applicants MUST HAVE prior experience within State government Public Health systems.

Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Play a leadership role in managing project/projects that are a part of the Public Health Systems Modernization Program.

• Serve as a Project Manager and implementation lead to directly manage one or more components or projects of a multi-year program, and to ensure project success.

• As a part of the NDIT’s project management office (PMO), work for this role involves the application of project management principles, methodologies, standards, and best practices in leading and managing all phases of information technology projects.

• Role is responsible for performing project management duties on large, complex projects for State of ND clients using established best practices, tools and guidelines. Duties include project planning, executing, monitoring, reporting; and the coordination of people, processes and technologies as needed to deliver on-time and on-budget project results.

• Projects may range in structure from traditional/waterfall, to various agile/hybrid frameworks.

• Effective communication skills and ability to build and maintain solid working relationships with staff, agency executives, legislators, consultants, and other stakeholders is essential for project success.

• Providing leadership to project teams
• Facilitating meetings (e.g., status update, planning, brainstorming, requirements gathering)
• Developing, updating, and publishing project plans (e.g., communication plan, risk plan, project governance plan)
• Developing, updating, and publishing project schedules (using MS Project and MS Project Online system)
• Maintaining and utilizing team and document collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint, MS Teams)

• Assisting in the development of project goals, objectives, milestones, and functional/feature requirements of technology solutions
• Creating cost and time estimates with the help of the project team members
• Facilitating project procurements
• Contract negotiations
• Identifying and obtaining resources for the project
• Identifying and resolving project conflicts
• Conducting project risk analysis activities
• Identifying and managing project issues
• Owning the project change management process
• Assuring appropriate project documentation is utilized
• Ensuring project deliverables are defined, and delivered
• Monitoring deadlines and costs of projects
• Communicating status of the project to stakeholders and immediate supervisors
• Arranging meetings for the project team
• Coordinating the efforts of internal project staff, customers and vendors
• Participating in initiatives to improve processes

Project Manager Required Skills:

• 6+ years of Project Management experience that involved business process analysis, project plan development, group facilitation, and management of staff/resources

• 6+ years of experience using Microsoft Project 

• 6+ years of experience managing large and complex project sizes of $1 million or greater

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Effective communication skills and ability to build and maintain solid working relationships 

Preferred:

• Preference is given to candidates that hold the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Background and experience to include managing projects in the government sector.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.