Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 33 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Project Lead to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.
At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:
Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.
Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
**Location of job: Remote**
The Worker(s) will provide the following services: Perform project coordination work as a member of the IT Project Management Office, supporting one or more projects concurrently. Work involves coordinating the initiation, planning, scheduling, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of assigned Worker(s) tasks. Collaborates with all IT staff and business customers to accomplish work. Responsible for the planning, coordination, project planning, project monitoring, and project status reporting and system implementation of moderate to complex business solutions. Provide technical assistance to project managers with documenting plans, schedules, status reports, meetings, and/or change requests. Lead technical team meetings and work with stakeholders to remove impediments. Work directly with project managers to help implement project goals and ensure timely project execution. Provide status updates on assigned work to other project managers. Work with data related to project execution. Assist with coordination of tasks during project execution. Assist with test coordination, system testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Assist with the planning, development and coordination of communications. Assist with the planning, development and coordination of training activities. Schedule and organize meetings. Facilitate and take notes during meetings, communicating results, action items, and decisions to necessary recipients. Perform other duties as assigned to maintain operations.
Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements(skills/experience) will not be considered for this opportunity. | |||
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| 4-7 | Experience in project management in relevant areas of project assignment, research and/or planning |
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| 4-7 | Provide technical assistance to Project Managers |
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| 4-7 | Lead team of developers, system analysts, business analysts in day to day execution of the project |
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| 4-7 | Monitor the daily progress of projects |
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| 4-7 | Plan meetings and organizing project logistics |
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| 4-7 | Provide detailed updates to project managers or other stakeholders |
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| 4-7 | Coordinate assigned special projects and update project information |
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| 4-7 | Experience with Training and Communications |
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| 4-7 | Ability and desire to work collaboratively to ensure successful project execution |
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| 4-7 | Working knowledge Microsoft Office |
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| 4-7 | Proven ability to generate and deliver reports that provide useful insight into project details |
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| 4-7 | Highly organized and detail-oriented with a passion for ensuring projects proceed efficiently and effectively |
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Preferred:
| Years | Skills/Experience |
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| 1 | Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification |
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| 1 | State of Texas experience |
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| 1 | Unemployment Systems experience |
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| 2 | Experience with projects utilizing Mainframe and Java languages |
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