Project Manager — 1 Year Contract — Colorado (Remote)

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Colorado (Remote)

Duration: 1 Year Contract

Responsibilities include:
• Track and report on security audit findings and remediation progress to stakeholders and project teams.
• Responsible for assisting agency executive management, division directors, and information technology (IT) staff and leading project tasks, and resources, including State personnel and deliverables.
• Use appropriate project management tools, reports, templates, mentoring, training, and coaching to IT project teams.
• Work directly with agency staff, as well as vendors in fulfilling and carrying out the requirements of assigned IT projects.
• Utilize project management best practices, including risk management, quality management, change management, change control, and communication.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Manage by providing leadership, collaboration, supervision, training, guidance, and support to project team members on assigned projects.
• Lead the effort to ensure agency compliance with the State’s project management policies and standards.
• Coordinates all related activities for cross-functional teams
• Collaborates to develop and appropriately execute a change strategy, including stakeholder analysis, communication plans, and adoption plans.
• Manages relationships across OIT, customers, and vendors to develop a thorough understanding of core business functions and align projects with overall business objectives.
• Manages issues and proactively escalates critical issues for immediate resolution, effectively demonstrating decision