Senior Consultant Senior IT Project Manager [1000A01]

ProSidian Seeks a Senior Consultant Senior IT Project Manager (SCA Code: N/A) in CONUS - Olympia, WA to support an engagement for a State Dept. of Transportation’s Enterprise Services Division.  The State DOT is the steward of a multimodal transportation system and responsible for ensuring that people and goods move safely and efficiently. The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to provide an internet-based lifecycle grants management system (hereinafter referred to as System, Grants Management System, or GMS).  The State DOT will use the System to administer Subrecipient grants, awarded to local jurisdictions and other organizations, by the Public Transportation Division.  The Engagement Team shall be responsible for installation, customization, configuration, data migration, maintenance, internet hosting, customer support for both The State DOT and Subrecipients, and ongoing technical support for the Grants Management System.  The Project is funded, in part, by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds.

Required System capabilities can be organized into four broad categories. In order of importance, the key Grants Management Systems (GMS) project categories are 3.1.1 Management of Grants, 3.1.2 Contracts (non- grants), 3.1.3 Inventory, and 3.1.4 Asset Management.

• 3.1.1 Grants Management: System to manage Subrecipient grants through the lifecycle from application submission, review and approval.
• 3.1.2 Contracts Management:  System must record and recall individual Subrecipient contracts.
• 3.1.3 Inventory Management: System to record and track Subrecipient inventory (e.g. mainly vehicles, but may include other items).
• 3.1.4 Asset Management: System will track the documentation and value preservation of publicly-owned assets.

The State DOT's public transportation grants help provide access, mobility, independence and improved transportation options to state residents. These grants provide transit services within and between communities and/or Tribal lands; create transit-oriented infrastructure; purchase new buses, vanpool vehicles and other capital equipment; provide public transportation service for seniors, people with disabilities and other special needs populations; support transportation demand management and commute trip reduction activities; and improve public transportation in rural areas.  Inputs: Federal Grant Programs | State Grant Programs | Foundation Grant Programs

This is a Key Personnel addition to the project.  Senior Consultant Senior IT Project Manager  Candidates shall work to support requirements for Program Support and provide Project Management and organizational Change Management services to our internal team as well as expert analysis and risk and recommendation strategies to our clients. The Consultant will work with project team to provide overall leadership, change management, and task coordination as well as direct responsibility for the deliverables and work products produced by the team. These deliverables and work products will be completed in accordance with our overall strategy, approach, and methodology.

• Collaborate with the project’s Communication Manager to enhance communication efforts
• Conduct Agile Project Management and Organizational Change Management workshops
• Develop, manage, and update Project Plan and other project documents (e.g., Communication Plan, Risk Plan, Stakeholder Register, Resource Plan)
• Develop, manage, and update the execution of the Project Schedule to ensure project scope and applicable milestones are met
• Establish a response and track the response to project recommendations (e.g., Quality Assurance (QA) vendor recommendations)
• Facilitate change order process
• Identifies, tracks, and manages project issues; including coordination for issue resolution
• Manage scope, schedule, budget and resources for the completion of various IT related projects.
• Oversees development of all deliverables, status reports and other work products
• Plan and oversee all project work and develop/manage any potential organizational change management strategies or processes that might be needed
• Provide management oversight of project budget to provide project status
• Provides project management and technical expertise on large-scale IT projects
• Review project and related operational processes and provide input for improvement by implementing relevant lean or agile strategies