Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Deputy Project Manager 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.
Candidate will work as the Deputy Project Manager for the Legacy Systems Replacement Project (LSRP). Candidate will work closely with the LSRP Project Manager and the Manager of the Project Management Office (PMO) to perform complex to advanced project and contract management work.
This includes leading and coordinating cross-functional workstreams across the entire project lifecycle—from facilitating requirements-gathering sessions, through managing system integrations and data migration, to overseeing comprehensive testing cycles and software rollout. Additionally, the candidate will drive the development of project reports and executive dashboards to ensure transparency, while assisting with contractor deliverables and change requests, invoicing, budget tracking, and maintenance and operations (M&O).
**Location of job: Hybrid. Candidates must be local to Austin, TX**
Minimum Requirements: | ||
Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
10 | Required | Full-time experience managing large, complex IT modernization projects throughout all development phases (from inception to Maintenance & Operations), including structured design, project estimation, scope control, risk mitigation, and corrective action p |
10 | Required | Experience leading and coordinating cross-functional project activities, establishing project goals, analyzing complex data, and executing executive-level communication, negotiation, and facilitation. |
8 | Required | Experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating complex business systems, user/stakeholder needs, and executing Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and process mapping to streamline operations. |
5 | Required | Experience utilizing the Texas Project Delivery Framework methodology. |
5 | Required | Experience documenting detailed requirements for enterprise IT solutions and simultaneously consolidating requirements across geographically dispersed program areas with varying business needs. |
5 | Required | Experience leading and orchestrating comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles for large-scale enterprise IT rollouts, including establishing testing entry/exit gate criteria, managing business unit validation schedules, and tracking defect burn- |
5 | Required | Experience designing, scheduling, and orchestrating comprehensive end-user training strategies for enterprise-wide software rollouts, including utilizing the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) methodology to upskill internal business units and regional division staff |
3 | Required | Experience working with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Data Center Services (DCS), specifically including the implementation of cloud-based solutions. |
5 | Preferred | Direct experience managing Salesforce implementation or migration projects within a government or highly regulated licensing environment. |
4 | Preferred | Experience coordinating UAT specifically for Salesforce or major cloud SaaS platform implementations, including managing sandbox testing environments, validating user-story acceptance criteria, and organizing cross-functional end-user testing groups. |
4 | Preferred | Experience managing organizational change readiness and end-user training specifically for Salesforce or modern cloud-based CRM systems, including compiling role-based training artifacts, coordinating sandbox training environments, and tracking user-adopt |
4 | Preferred | Experience working directly with a Texas State Agency as an employee or contractor in a dedicated Project Manager role. |
4 | Preferred | Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification |
3 | Preferred | Experience managing Agile or Hybrid (Waterfall/Agile) project delivery teams, particularly for cloud SaaS implementations. |
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