Project Manager (Lead)

Project Manager (Lead) Position Title: Project Manager (Lead) Labor Category: Consultant/Contractor Duration: 5 years Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland Position Duties: Provides daily management of project activities Identifies issues and risks and develops issue and risk mitigation strategies Facilitator between a State agency and IT contractor Responsible to oversee that work is performed in accordance with the Contract Task Orders (in-scope, satisfies performance, on-time delivery, and within cost ceiling) Manages schedule to include critical paths, task activities, performance dates Oversees testing to meet acceptance criteria Develops solutions for improved efficiency (e.g., cost reduction and improved performance levels) Monitors progress and provides timely status reports Demonstrates excellent writing and oral communications skills Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline Master’s degree or project management professional (PMP) certification is preferred Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing IT related projects and must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget Preferred Skills: Minimum of five (5) years of experience within the past eight (8) years on software development projects for large-scale client/server architectures developed in the Visual Studio .NET software development environment Five (5) years’ experience managing projects using the following technologies: o Microsoft Visual Studio 2010+ using C# .NET, Visual COBOL o Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2010+ o Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 o Microsoft ASP .NET o Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) o Windows Forms o Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) o Microsoft SQL Server 2005 + or IBM DB2 Please send resumes to dnlshearer@shearforcetech.com