Part-time Project Manager
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Part-Time Technical Project Manager

Hybrid: Office in Downtown Denver

6month Contract

Pay: $70-$75/hr

General Description of the Engagement:

Our client is recruiting for a half-time (20 hours per week) technology project manager (PM) to manage the technical work and support required to successfully manage the upgrade of our Fuelforce Multiforce fueling system from on premise servers to the cloud-based SaaS version as well as hardware upgrades at the physical fueling locations.

The PM will work with Technology Services, Agency clients, and vendor(s), serving as the point of contact for any project related issues. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, exciting, and engaged employee culture! The TS PMO is a centralized organization which handles multiple projects throughout the city.

Engagement Start Date & Duration, Weekly Hours

The start date is ASAP. The engagement will be 20 hours per week, reporting to the PMO Manager. The duration of the engagement is expected to be 6 months, which will be established once the contractor has started.

Expected Responsibilities:

• Senior level Project Manager with start-to-finish application and infrastructure implementation experience
• Cloud/SaaS implementation experience is a required
• Expert with building and maintaining relationships with team members, customers, and vendors
• Passion for setting the tone of a project and an inherent ability to maintain said project tone
• Understanding of project planning and scheduling in an environment which has consistently changing deliverables and business policies
• Must be able to identify resources quickly, plan for changes, and ultimately keep resources excited, motivated, and engaged in what could be one of many projects
• Ability to negotiate and work with a variety of vendors, from industry titans to small/start-up.
• Accurately manage project budget
• Provide status reports which are relevant to the project and valued by management and customers
• Expert at risk tracking, preventing escalation to issue level, and ultimately resolving risks just once
• Engaged enough with the team to effortlessly and honestly have productive lessons learned sessions
• Thorough and complete project closure approach, with emphasis on project artifact completion and ensuring operations/support knows what new solutions are coming

The ideal candidate will:

• Pass a criminal background check - required
• Have a ‘preventing mistakes or fix-forward when things happen' approach
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Have relevant, proven background developing project management artifacts, executing standard PMBOK methodology, managing client / stakeholder participation and expectations, and resource allocation and management
• Current professional project management (PMP) certification is preferred but not required

Employment Location: There is a hybrid-workplace policy, which will require on-site work as determined and/or required. The primary work locations are the Wellington Webb Municipal Building, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado and work from home. Work from home requires work to be performed in the State of Colorado only. Updates and changes may occur based on State and Local mandates and recommendations for the foreseeable future. The contractor may also work with Denver team members at various building locations throughout the City and County of Denver as needed and allowed going forward.