Senior IT Project Manager

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 33 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to be a key resource on a technical services team.

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law.  Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check

Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.

**Location of job: Onsite, candidate must be local to Austin, TX**

8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Project managers are the people in charge of a specific project or projects within a company. As the project manager, your job is to plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the specific project you are working on. Project managers might work by themselves or be in charge of a team to get the job done.

The Project Manager position is an Information Technology (IT) position and will be a part of the Performance Management & Analytics System (PMAS) team supporting several PMAS projects under the Office of Chief Data Architect in client’s IT domain to expand competencies in Data Integration under DIR’s Texas Data Management Framework. 

The Project Manager position oversees resource allocations, work plans and schedules for some of the PMAS team's initiatives in the following areas:

• Collaborating seamlessly and smoothly with the Office of the Chief Data Architect and the Office of Data Analytics & Performance on initiatives related to PMAS Cloud Analytics for Access & Eligibility Services Reporting.
• Development and publication of project management documents and deliverables in compliance with DIR Project Delivery Framework directives.
• Creation of RFPs that clearly define the services and deliverables required of a single vendor to design and implement data management solutions. 
• Obtainment of matching federal funds for this initiative through the development of federally approved IAPD(s);
• Overseeing expanding client's data integrations with departments across company.

The Program Manager position will involve management of all aspects of the project and will report to the IT Data Analytics Support Director.

High-level responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring constant communication with the Office of Data Analytics & Reporting to function as a blended, partnered team with IT
• Working seamlessly and smoothly with various IT and business stakeholder areas to ensure that project deliverables are compliant with state, federal, and other applicable agency standards.
• Establishing a strategic roadmap for projects in coordination with the TSS vendor and all divisions of client and federal stakeholders.
• Conducting procurement exercises as necessary to acquire vendor services for assessment or to outsource the effort to a long-term vendor
• Establishing timeline and resource requirements for successful execution of the project. Coordination with key stakeholders and sponsors to obtain approval of resources and timeline.
• Creation of project management deliverables necessary for this project.
• Management of the day-to-day operations and scrums of various projects, and oversight and coordination team established for this initiative.
• Risk identification and coordination of resolution with project leadership.
• All other duties as assigned.

Certification required in Project Management (PMP) by a recognized project management organization or Scrum Master a plus.

**Must provide PMP certificate number in resume packet.**