IT Help Wanted: [itroundtable] Project Manager -- Trenton, NJ

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

[itroundtable] Project Manager -- Trenton, NJ

I represent Xoriant Corporation www.xoriant.com. Xoriant Corporation is a 30 MILLION DOLLAR Company, with offices in SUNNYVALE CA and Iselin NJ; we were earlier called as TEKEDGE. Xoriant is a SEI CMM LEVEL 4 Certified Company. The Xoriant"s offerings currently includes services like, Offshore Development Services, Sustaining Engineering Services and Staffing Services in the US, Europe and Indian Markets

Location: Trenton, NJ
Duration: 6+ Months
Job Title: Project Manager

Required skills/knowledge

· Manage, and track the program progress against the program plan.

· Serve as the primary point of contact for all program-related issues and resolution of issues.

· Develop the detailed program plan for the enhancement or development effort through the creation of Vision and Scope and requirements documentation.

· Responsible for the development of estimates for the enhancement or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation.

· Coordinate and present proposals to agencies and executive management as necessary.

· Participate in the review of COTS applications as they apply to departments internal applications

· Identify and manage program risk and develops risk mitigation strategies, track to closure.

· Responsible for project compliance with standards and procedures.

· Communicate to team members how their work assignments relate to and help achieve program objectives.

· Prepares status reports on a periodic basis for program team, team leads, group leads, and program manager and appropriate stakeholders.

· Communicate and work with users and client as necessary.

· Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across application teams.

· Help plan program specific training and orientation needs for program user staff

· Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across divisions and other state agency

Project Management Experience	Required	6 Years
Software Development Life Cycle	Required	6 Years
PM Experience with Integrated Projects	Required	3 Years
MS Project Plan and MS Visio	Highly desired	3 Years
Knowledge of NJ state and DHS policy	Highly desired	3 Years
Prior experience with DHS	Highly desired
Strong communication skills	Required