Senior Project Manager

Company Bio

Liberum is first and foremost a team. A team that does what it takes to deliver extraordinary results while living our values. We are passionate about client success because we know that we’re making a positive change for that person, others and the whole organization.

We believe extraordinary results are built on relationships. How we interact, share, guide and mentor make it possible to guide people through difficult change and leave our clients with lasting sustainability even after an engagement has ended.

We are the best at what we do, not because one individual is perfect...but because we leverage our team and lean on each other’s strengths. True collaboration and teamwork are fundamental to the Liberum approach and provide the client with not just the value of a talented individual, but an extraordinary team.

Liberum’s tailored approach to project management, organizational change management and organizational development has delivered success for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies alike. This is accomplished by expert planning, execution and a specific focus on managing change for all people impacted. We know that adoption and total engagement equals success, and that success can only be achieved by tailoring the approach to the specific initiative and organization.

Role

This is a full-time remote position with potential for future onsite visits in Olympia, WA. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for comprehensive project management planning throughout the full project life cycle, from initiation to deployment. This role involves managing system implementations, major upgrades, and software integrations. Multiple projects are possible with parallel activities.

Minimum Project Management responsibilities include:

Overall Project Management:

• Work remotely (onsite as needed in Olympia, WA) with client management team, project team, steering committees and stakeholders
• Develop project charters to include definition of overall project scope and governance
• Develop and maintain project schedules
• Create and execute communication plans to ensure clear and effective messaging throughout project implementation
• Establish, manage and continuously improve work plan management processes and controls to ensure the work plan is current
• Develop and manage resource plans
• Risk Management Plan development, monitoring and ongoing assessment
• Issue Management Plan development, monitoring and resolution on a timely basis
• Quality assurance/Quality control
• Direct and oversee both direct-report and matrixed team members, managing daily assignments and duties to ensure high-quality work and on-time results
• Oversight of vendor performance
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Project budget and spending plan development, monitoring and controls
• Routine and ad hoc status reports for client and leadership teams
• Develop resource plans for implementation of any necessary tools to achieve goals 

Project Plan and Schedules:

• Address key project planning areas and supporting processes
• Use PMI best practices
• Use existing templates and processes of the client where applicable and possible
• Project plan should address and include the following at a minimum:
• Issue Management
• Risk Management
• Communications
• Budget Management
• Schedule Management
• Resource Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Monitor activities to ensure they are occurring as planned and deliverables are being met
• Scope, schedule, and budget baselines.
• Ensure ongoing effectiveness of plan

• Project work plan (schedule) should ensure at a minimum:
• Tasks are documented with sufficient detail
• Resources are assigned to each task
• Deliverables are clearly identified
• Task durations are documented and realistic
• Task dependencies are documented
• The documented work plan is achievable with a high degree of certainty
• Ensure ongoing effectiveness of plan

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or comparable experience
• Project Management Certification (PMP) through PMI
• Willing to work remote with onsite as needed in Olympia, WA
• 5 years or more experience managing technology projects
• 5 years or more Project Management experience

Desired Skills

• Over 5 years of experience managing large, highly complex, visible projects
• Experience working with Washington State Agencies to deliver projects
• Experience leading the application of Agile methodologies
• State, public or Federal Government IT Project Management experience; Washington State government experience will have priority
• Experience in procurement and contract management (development, evaluation, administration and closeout)

Benefits

• Liberum offers a comprehensive benefits package with full medical, dental, life, short term disability coverage and 401k (4% matching, no vested period).
• Salary range varies between $150-165k annually based on experience/level of hire.
• PTO and Sick Leave are provided to all full-time employees. Liberum also offers 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid vacation time of regular full-time employees will be earned and accrued on each pay date. At the end of the calendar year, unused vacation will roll over into the next calendar year.
• As a WA state employer, we follow all WA state ordinances. Employees accrue sick leave at a rate of 1hr per 40 hours worked.
• We also offer a Bonus Leave program for employees interested in participating.