Project Management Advisor - EHRA
About The Position
The Project Management Advisor (PMA) facilitates required state-level coordination for review and approval processes and is responsible for identifying, managing, and resolving enterprise-level risks and issues. The PMA regularly analyzes, assesses, and reports on IT projects and programs in an assigned portfolio, applying the Enterprise Project Management Office’s Quality Management System and industry best practices to ensure work follows standards established by the State Chief Information Officer. Working with agency PMOs, portfolio managers, and IT project and program managers, the PMA promotes consistency and transparency in managing project risks and changes to scope, schedule, or budget. The role also supports statewide IT procurement, enterprise architecture and security requirements, project management practices, and the establishment of IT projects and programs that meet quality assurance standards. The Enterprise Project Management Office provides oversight and governance, helps resolve project issues, risks, and roadblocks, and provides early warnings when projects may fail. It also trains, coaches, advises, and mentors agency IT program and project managers, and assists agencies with IT portfolio management for programs, projects, investments, plans, and budgets. The position is designated Statutory Exempt (EHRA) and is exempt from the State Human Resources Act. It may be eligible for hybrid remote work under state and agency policy, but requires weekly onsite work. Telework arrangements may be ended at the employer’s discretion. Applicants are limited to current North Carolina state government or UNC System employees, and former employees with unexpired RIF priority re-employment rights; current temporary employees in those systems will also be considered.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related IT field, Business Administration, Project Management, or a closely related field from an appropriately accredited institution, and four years of experience in IT project management or technical project management-related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice To Haves
- PMI PMP, PMI PgMP, PMI ACP, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, Six Sigma, or ISO 9001 certification or training.
- Experience using Agile tools such as Jira, Asana, Trello, or Azure DevOps.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching, training, and teaching project or program managers about project management industry best practices.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, collaboration, communication, inter-agency coordination, and management for a broad range of large and complex IT projects and programs.
- Provide portfolio, program, and IT project management, emphasizing quality management systems and industry best practices.
- Provide project financial management and oversight, including developing business cases, reporting and analyzing scope, cost, and schedule from project initiation through completion, and conducting close-out procedures.
- Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks related to IT projects, procurement processes, security and architecture requirements, and issue, risk, and change management.
- Manage and provide project oversight and governance using Microsoft project and collaboration tools, Microsoft 365 applications, and Excel spreadsheets for planning and analysis.
- Analyze, assess, and report on IT projects and programs in the assigned portfolio.
- Coordinate state-level review and approval processes and manage enterprise-level risks and issues.
- Work with agency PMOs, portfolio managers, and IT project and program managers to promote consistent, transparent practices.
- Train, coach, advise, and mentor agency IT program and project managers.
- Assist agencies with IT portfolio management for programs, projects, investments, plans, and budgets.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
