Offer summary

Qualifications:

5 years of experience in project management and task tracking., 5 years of experience in scheduling and facilitation., Strong communication skills with 3 years of experience collaborating with various stakeholders., Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira and Microsoft Office Suite. .

Key responsibilities:

Participate in the project management lifecycle to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.

Schedule and facilitate reviews of project artifacts and track their timely delivery.

Collaborate with SAS project managers to define project tracking dashboards and reports.

Lead meetings and communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and clarity.

Job description

Job Title: IT Project Manager (Remote)
Location: Raleigh, NC
Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:
The client’s partnership with SAS relies heavily on a SAS Program Manager and a team of SAS project managers who perform standard program and project managements functions, including coordination with a team of subcontracted J2 developers.

Therefore, in collaboration with SAS project managers, the primary purpose of client project managers is to participate in the project management lifecycle as follows to help ensure projects move forward within the schedule, budget, scope, and resources allocated:

Schedule and facilitate the review and approval of the following project artifacts provided by SAS:

Abstracts
Statements of work (SOWs)
Project plans
Risk logs and remediation plans
Requirements
Design documentation
QA test plans

Track the timely delivery of the above artifacts against contractual requirements.2 Track the timely response or updates to project artifacts when additional refinement is required.
As needed, collaborate with SAS project managers to define high-level project tracking and status reporting dashboards or reports.

Participate in SAS project and operational meetings and:

Track the completion of tasks by client, SAS, and J2 resource against established deadlines.
Track the delivery of meeting minutes against contractual requirements3 and review meetings minutes for clarity and alignment.
As needed, schedule, lead, facilitate meetings, and communicate effectively with SAS, client, J2, and external stakeholders.
As needed, provide collaborative support for standard operating procedures (SOPs) including documentation, diagrams, KPIs, and continuous improvement.
Utilize project and task management applications such as MS Project, Jira, ServiceNow, MS Planner, and Asana.
Work closely with the client Program Manager to understand the broader context of projects and their intended impact in meeting program goals.
Maintain an awareness and understanding of the agency’s strategic business vision, mission, objectives, priorities, relevant legislation, governance, and funding sources & deadlines.

In addition to the duties described above, the client may have internal projects with low-to-medium complexity in which client project managers perform the following:

Full project management lifecycle support and documentation, including scoping, requirements, and scheduling; and adoption of agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies as apprpriate.
Regular high-level or detailed project status reporting and presentations.
Support for internal standard operating procedures (SOPs) including documentation, diagrams, KPIs, and continuous improvement.

Skills:

Skill	Required/Desired	Amount	of Experience
Project Management and Task Tracking	Required	5	Years
Scheduling and Facilitation	Required	5	Years
Experience in creating and maintaining SOPs and process diagrams, project plans, budgets, reports, presentations, and meeting minutes required	Required	5	Years
Strong Communication Skills: constant collaboration with various stakeholders	Required	3	Years
Experience in Healthcare IT	Desired	3	Years
Jira, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Project, Visio), SharePoint, and Confluence usage	Required	3	Years