Senior Project Manager

Company: Swift Strategic Solutions Inc
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 22, 2020

Job Description:

A public sector client of ours is looking for Senior Project Manager. This is going to be a fulltime opportunity and contract role based out of Seattle, WA. Required Skills This positionrsquos responsibilities, under general direction, are to lead andor support the implementation of key projects with the Student Systems Team. Working in a lead role or as part of a team, the Project Manager identifies and implements improvements to complex, often cross-departmental, business processes and supporting systems. The position works with customer departments to analyze identified deficiencies or desired changes, prioritize them, and help identify options to improve with related benefits, costs and risks. Position uses industry standard methodologies and best practices in project management and business process improvement as well as strong analytic skills to accomplish work. Position writes detailed descriptions of current business problems and opportunities, ensures documentation of as-is process, facilitates discussions to identify opportunities for change, documents desired end state, performs complex research and data analysis to support findings and recommendations, develops and delivers presentations to communicate issues and recommendations to senior management and leads or acts as team member on projects to implement the identified changes. Serves as a subject matter expert for continuous improvement and project management methodologies. This is a senior position that relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Position is differentiated primarily by depth of experience, sizecomplexity of projects and frequencyscope of leadership role fullfillment. The position reports to Director of Information Systems and Business Intelligence in the Department of Technology Services. This Project Manager position is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of the Student Health Attestation process for K-12 students returning back to school (re-entry date is still TBD). The Project Manager will also provide support for other student systems projects as assigned. The successful candidate will have a solid background using standard project management methodologies to manage complex projects with high public visibility and engagement. This is a senior level role and will need to work collaboratively with a widely varied group of stakeholders including District executive management, central office and school staff, and families. The successful individual should be able to pick things up quickly, be a self-starter, and show a willingness to roll up their sleeves wherever needed. Will work with stakeholders to develop standard project management deliverables to ensure visibility and management of scope, schedule and budget. Anyone with valid work authorization status in the US are welcome to apply for this role. H1B Transfer resources who can join on receipt notice are more than welcome to apply for this role.

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