ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGER-SENIOR

Department of Finance and Administration

Nashville, TN

Salary Range: $11,075 - $17,700 Monthly

Closing Date: 3/1/2023

This position is designated as hybrid.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are an what we do:

The Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) division within the Department of Finance & Administration has two (2) vacancies for an Enterprise Project Manager Senior within the Business and Community Development Domain.

The Enterprise Project Manager Senior will be responsible for complete oversight and management of medium-large Business and Community Development Domain application projects and complex change management efforts. Projects will require significant governance responsibilities involving high-visibility, high-dollar projects with strict legislation or schedules tied to them. This person reports to the Business and Community Development (BCD)Project Management Office Director. Duties will include contract management, project management, organizational change management, vendor relationships, recruiting, team building, resource management, and risk/issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contract management, project management, organizational change management, vendor relationships, recruiting, team building, resource management, and risk/issue resolution.

• Provide guidance at a statewide (enterprise) level and will be responsible for oversight and management of medium-large software application development projects, business process re-engineering and complex change management efforts.

• Perform work at the enterprise level and across the departments within the BCD Business Domain.

• Projects will require significant governance responsibilities involving multiple business units.

• Requires an extensive background in managing large, complex projects that cross multiple business units with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

• Demonstrates strong leadership and communication skills in working with all levels in state government and any external stakeholders.

• Experience must include scheduling, establishing level of effort, resource loading and management of the project team, comprised of technical and program staff as well as contractors from one or more firms to complete tasks within estimated time frames and budget.

• Requires a solid background in managing contracts, monitoring vendor performance, and building productive relationships with vendors.

• Utilizes effective project management methodologies demonstrating a strong knowledge of PMBOK and business analysis best practices.

• Effectively manages and monitors issues/risks. Ensures issues/risks are tracked and escalated as needed.

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with all levels of personnel and demonstrate the ability to motivate employees/teams to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems.

• Effectively develops and delivers formal presentations to project sponsors and/or business process owners. Builds consensus and support throughout the project lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or master’s degree in business administration or Information Technology. Relevant professional information technology experience may be substituted for the required degree.
• Must have at least 5+ years Project Management experience on large, complex IT development and implementation projects.
• Experience working in the governmental sector (local, state, or federal).
• Strong IT technical background.
• Experience working with Agile software development methods.
• Experience with Planview IT Project Portfolio Management software.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.