L&i It Project Management Senior/specialist

Description
Are you an
IT Project Manager
who thrives in utilizing your expert skills and abilities to ensure that both agency and customer requirements are fully met? Do you enjoy collaborating with other IT teams and identifying technical and non-technical project risks and suggesting remedies? If so, please keep reading, as this may be just the job you've been looking for

The Information Technology (IT) Division is an internal service organization responsible for providing information technology-based products and services in support of the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) agency business priorities so that L&I can keep Washington Safe and Working.

The IT Project Management & IT Business Analysis Program are responsible for the effective planning, execution and delivery of IT projects agency-wide.

The Project Management Office (PMO) oversees the development of technology solutions, especially implementation of major new applications, upgrades, and IT changes agency wide. The incumbent in this role reports to the PMO Supervisor and is responsible for the agency's largest and highest priority initiatives; spanning across the entire enterprise, impacting multiple interfacing agencies, and costing multi-millions to implement. This position collaborates with agency-wide leadership, agency business stakeholders, internal and external IT groups, external parties and with others within the Strategic Investments Office (SIO) and the IT division, to provide high value products in support of L&I goals. This position contributes to the mission of the agency by providing solutions that support the Agency's services to citizens and businesses within Washington State.

This position is responsible for all aspects of their assigned IT projects over the entire project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, control and closure) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The IT Project Manager Senior will establish scope and work plans while overseeing work of matrixed or contracted technical staff assigned to the project. They will track and manage risks and issues, report project status to senior management and customer groups while facilitating the identification and definition of business and technical requirements. The IT Project Manager Senior coordinates product and service releases, identifying potential technical gaps, risks and benefits for technical improvements to IT driven products.

Duties
Some Of What You'll Do

• Perform Project Initiation Processes, including:

• Develop the Project Statement

• Establish the Scope for the project
• Define the Project Organization structure
• Describe the Project Approach
• Document Project Assumptions and Constraints
• Define the Performance Measures
• Describe the Project Acceptance process

• Provide technical and organizational guidance

• Perform Project Planning Processes, including:

• Work with IT Division leadership

• Develop the Project Management Plan, which can be made up of a series of subsidiary management plans

• Perform Project Execution, Monitoring, and Controlling Processes, including:

• Direct and manage project work. Provide management in the areas of schedule, scope, budget, issue and risk management

• Perform integrated change control
• Balance competing demands and priorities for resources
• Manage stakeholder engagement
• Acquire, develop, and manage the project team(s)
• Conduct procurements
• Apply quality management techniques to ensure that products meet all customer requirements and expectations

• Identify and participate in development of new agency policies that must be made as a result of systems using new technology

• Perform Project Closure Processes

• Contribute to Organizational Project Management Maturity by working with IT Division leadership and directly with the CIO.

Qualifications
Required

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology or a closely aligned field AND five (5) years of recent (full-time equivalent) of recent professional IT Project Management experience

OR

• An associate's degree or higher in Information Technology or a closely aligned field AND seven (7) years of recent (full-time equivalent) of professional IT Project Management experience

OR

• Nine (9) years of recent (full-time equivalent) of professional IT Project Management experience
• Equivalent experience may substitute education year for year.

Note
:
Required experience above must include a minimum of five (5) years of experience with each of the following:

• Progressive experience at the Enterprise level, providing strategic planning, policy development and technical project management to include implementation of software development projects.
• Project Management experience. Fluent in project management methodology and practices in application development or other areas of IT.

Preferred

• Professional level certification as a Project Manager, or other IT related methodological discipline (example: Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Certification in LEAN and/or Agile methodologies.
• Certification in Change Management.
• One (1) year of experience deploying Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products as technology solutions within an IT division of a comparable size.
• Experience at a professional specialist level performing organizational leadership and technical consultation to design, develop and implement mission critical, agency-wide, complex application or systems.
• Knowledge, experience, training in communication of technical issues to business area(s); meeting facilitation; business systems analysis. Experience working in a team environment of application development.

Required Agency Values And Competencies
L&I Core Values:

• Customer Focus – Understanding our customers to shape how we do business.
• One L&I – Working across divisions, regions, and programs to best serve our customers.
• Respect – Seeing the best in each other, checking our assumptions, and uplifting others.
• Diversity/Equity/Inclusion – Building a diverse workforce where all people have a voice.
• Learning and Growth – Empowering each other to reach our greatest potential.
• Reliability – Doing what we say we'll do, following up and following through.

L&I Core Competencies

• Safety
• Treats others with respect and courtesy
• Customer-centered actions
• Accountability and dependability
• Judgement and Problem Solving

Supplemental Information
Things You Need To Know
To help you maintain a proper work-life balance, teleworking is one of the work schedule options for this position. L&I also offers flexible custom work schedules. We offer hybrid and remote work options.
Remote work from a state outside of WA, requires approval.
State employees who meet the qualifications will become eligible for a generous retirement package at the end of the employee's career. Click on the "Benefits" tab to learn more.

At L&I, your voice matters. In addition, L&I is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington's 3.3 million workers. Take a look at this brief video and learn more about why L&I is an employer of choice.

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Application process
We will contact the top candidates directly to interview for this position. Because we base the selection on information provided by you, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities that address the required and desirable qualifications described in the announcement.

Please include the following documents with your application AND please pay special attention to the wording in #1:

• A cover letter describing specific qualifications. Create a table (Word, Excel, or comparable), listing each requirement in one column and supporting succinct detail in another column, detailing how each requirement is met through your experience and/ or training.
• A current resume detailing applicable experience and education.
• A list of at least three professional references with current telephone numbers. *Please note: we will never call any reference without your written authorization

Please do not attach or place any medical information (vaccination status included) within the application, resume, or cover letter. If you do, we will have to reject your application to safeguard others from receiving your confidential information. You will have to remove the confidential information before you can apply again.

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Background Check Notice
Prior to a placement in this position, a background check, including criminal history record will be conducted. Information from your background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining your eligibility to perform the requirements of the position.

Other Information

• IT position applicants selected to move forward in this hiring process will receive an email skills assessment invitation within 3 weeks of your application being accepted. An applicant may complete the assessment when ready, but the invitation to complete the assessment will expire 5 days after the invitation was sent. Once you start the assessment, you will be required to complete it. You cannot start your assessment and then come back to it later. Please look in your email inbox or spam as these invitations are sent by CodeSignal.
• For positions requiring travel, you must have a valid unrestricted driver's license and have insurance if driving a privately owned vehicle on state business.
• This position is represented bytheWashington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).
• Candidates who are offered a job with L&I must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.
• The Department of Labor & Industries complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal employment eligibility verification form, I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States consistent with the requirements of that form on the first day of employment.
• Please note: L&I may use this announcement to fill multiple permanent and/or non-permanent positions.
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Did You Know?
Washington is America's Top State to live, play, and work, according to U.S. News Join the L&I team and enjoy all the Evergreen State has to offer.

In addition to offering a positive balance between life and work, L&I provides one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We also believe your voice matters. We value our employees and their work-life balance by encouraging flexible schedules. L&I is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington's 3 million workers.

Veterans Preference
Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach to their application a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Please blackout any personally identifiable data such as Social Security numbers. For further information, contact L&I's .

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Employer
L&I employees come from all walks of life. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We believe in the importance of recognizing the value each of us contribute to the success of the agency mission. Having a diverse workforce is this agency's greatest resource of strength and knowledge. It is through the combination of talents and abilities that we can pursue finding effective measures to provide the best customer service. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone and we strongly mean everyone.

The State of Washington is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with a disability who need accommodation in the application process or testing process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, may call TTY users should first call 711 to access the Washington Relay Service.

You are welcome to include the name and pronoun you would like to be referred to in your materials and we will honor this as you interact with our award-winning diverse and inclusive organization.

For more Information
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