Project Manager

Leap Here • Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

The Project Manager leads the planning, governance, and delivery of multiple IT projects within a PMO environment. This role is accountable for project scheduling, resourcing, vendor coordination, funding requests, and status reporting, while ensuring adherence to established governance, quality standards, and project deliverables. The Project Manager partners with cross-functional business and technology teams, including senior leadership and state-level committees, to deliver initiatives aligned with departmental and legislative priorities.

Requirements

• Partner with, educate, and drive business, platform, and IT teams across the State, including senior leadership and government committees
• Lead multiple concurrent work efforts with minimal supervision and meet delivery commitments in fast-paced environments
• Gather and define complex business and technical requirements and translate them into sequenced, actionable work plans
• Identify, request, and onboard required project resources
• Coordinate procurement of vendor products and implementation services
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and governance reviews
• Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions clearly across all stakeholder levels
• Manage scope, risks, issues, and dependencies to protect delivery of agreed-upon outcomes
• Provide expertise to improve portfolio, project, and program management processes
• Adjust priorities and deliverables in response to leadership, departmental, and legislative direction
• Perform other duties or tasks as assigned by management

Responsibilities

• Enforce project management governance standards across multiple concurrent projects
• Develop and maintain project schedules, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps
• Deliver projects within approved scope, timelines, funding, and quality standards
• Produce accurate, transparent project status reporting using standardized PMO mechanisms
• Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies
• Oversee vendor procurement, implementation coordination, and required funding requests

Benefits

• Direct W‑2 Contract. Candidates may be engaged as W‑2 employees of Leap Here for the duration of the contract.
• Corp‑to‑Corp (C2C) Engagement. C2C arrangements are permitted only with individuals who are W‑2 employees of an eligible U.S.‑based corporation. Independent contractors and 1099 arrangements are not accepted at this time.
• Additional benefits are not available for this contract engagement at this time.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed