Project Manager

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is seeking a qualified
Project Manager to join its Project Management
Office (PMO) located in the agency’s Oklahoma City office. Within the
PMO, the Project Manager will work with the team to
leverage resources, drive efficiencies, and ensure projects are delivered
on time, within budget, and meet overall objectives.
The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction,
coordination, implementation, execution, control,
completion, and closing of OSDH projects under the guidance and
direction of the PMO, ensuring consistency with the
agency’s strategy, mission, commitments, and goals. The Project
Manager will serve as a primary contact for direction of agency resources
and activities as they relate to the life cycle of assigned projects.
The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction,
coordination, implementation, execution, control,
completion, and closing of OSDH projects ensuring consistency with the
agency’s strategy, mission, commitments, and
goals. The Project Manager will manage vendor relationships and
deliverables within project scope, removing blockers and
escalating issues as needed.
Responsibilities:
• Manage medium to extra-large complexity projects through full project
life cycle activities utilizing appropriate
methodologies and tools, planning and communication, and acquire,
develop, and manage the project team.
• Perform all standard project management deliverables including scope
and objectives, change management, risk
mitigation, budgeting, stakeholder communication, project and vendor
engagement, subject matter expert utilization,
implementation, and project closure.
• Develop and manage project status reports for communicating with
project stakeholders and reporting key metrics
for the PMO dashboard.
• Implement change management practices in accordance with agency
and PMO guidance.
• Forecast, manage, and acquire (as necessary) resources needed to
achieve project objectives.
• Ensure project activities and deliverables adhere to federal, state, or
agency documented guidelines.
• Facilitate and manage contract processes from initiation to closure.
• Routinely perform gap analysis, root cause analysis, and offer
recommendations for successful project outcomes.
• Demonstrate dynamic ability to lead group facilitation activities for the
agency especially in areas requiring
interaction of an independent party.
Requirements
Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid project management
methodologies.
• Strong familiarity with and/or the ability to use MS Project.
• Understanding and experience with the Project Management Institute's
(PMI) Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide and Standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to
interact professionally with all levels of staff.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills and
multi-tasking capabilities.
• Well-organized and detail oriented.