Project Manager (State Consulting), Sikich

• Minimum 5 years of full-time experience serving as a Project Manager (PM) or Scrum Master for software implementation projects
• Minimum 3 years of experience directly managing a team of at least 5 full-time resources
• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting Information Technology (IT) development projects
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or one of the following:
• SAFe Scrum Master
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Bachelor's degree required, or an additional 4 years of qualifying IT development project experience in lieu of the degree, in accordance with contract requirements
• Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical and business stakeholders
• Values driven – You embody and model absolute integrity and servant leadership and you have a bias for action and continuous innovation
• Uncompromising problem solver – You see opportunities in every business challenge and can develop, articulate and implement solutions
• Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units
• Instills trust – You do what you say, without ego, and you follow through on commitments consistently and credibly
• Impact & influence – You are relentlessly focused on making a difference and can gain support for ideas, proposals and solutions. You get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives and objectives

Desirable

• Sikich is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our team
• In this client-facing leadership role, the Project Manager will be responsible for managing project deliverables and serving as the primary point of contact for task completion at the Salesforce Org level
• The ideal candidate has experience leading software implementation projects, managing cross-functional teams, and driving successful project delivery within an Information Technology (IT) environment
• Manage project deliverables throughout the project lifecycle
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and internal project teams
• Lead software implementation projects from planning through execution
• Manage project schedules, resources, and overall delivery timelines
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are achieved
• Drive collaboration between business and technical teams to support successful project outcomes
• Monitor project progress and communicate status updates to stakeholders
• Support the successful delivery of Information Technology (IT) development initiatives
• Ensure projects are completed on time while maintaining high-quality deliverables