PeopleSoft Project Manager

Project Manager, PeopleSoft

*Must be local to DMV area and must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a government agency Clearance*

Washington, D.C. (DC Metro area)

Metric5 has a need for a Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in leading mid-size HRIT task orders/projects including at least 5 years of HR/HCM system modernization and operations experience. The ideal Project Manager will excel at communication, organization, team management, customer management, and will have extensive knowledge of HR/HCM Systems, preferably PeopleSoft 9.2.

The Project Manager will have overall performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables for IT-related projects. Activities include hands-on management and applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management of IT-related projects. Responsible for managing all project resources, including subcontractors, and for establishing an effective communication plan with the project team and the customer. Provide day-to-day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.

Responsibilities

Relationship Management

• Maintain strong client relationships with Stakeholders and be viewed as a trusted / strategic partner
• Demonstrate and provide PeopleSoft thought leadership.
• Maintain high client satisfaction ratings
• Maintain subcontractor partnership relationships
• Collaborate with Stakeholders to report status and ensure that the program objectives are being met
• Develop future strategies and roadmaps to assist the client in becoming more efficient and better positioned for long-term success
• Apply subject matter expertise to identify, develop, and implement techniques to improve engagement, productivity, mitigate risks, and resolve issues

Sales

• Identify opportunities for Change Requests as needed

Financial Management

• Provide overall Financial management: Manage invoicing. Manage project financials
• Monitor and ensure the project achieves its financial targets
• Implement corrective actions for potential financial risks/variances early and raise it executive management
• Provide financial management forecast presentations as needed to executive management

Schedule/Deliverable Management

• Create/ Monitor / Track project schedule, milestones and deliverables
• Monitor project schedule for potential schedule slippage
• Implement corrective actions in a timely manner
• Ensure project is delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Provide overall deliverable and work product management and input including but not limited to: Staffing plans, Project Integrated Master Schedule, Project Plans, and other plans such as configuration management plans, deployment plans, testing plans and training plans, status reports, RAID logs, etc).
• Ensure that the work products and deliverables are of the highest caliber to ensure client satisfaction

Personnel Management

• Provide overall management of staff including but not limited to: Manage performance of the staff assigned to the program by providing real-time feedback, holding performance syncs, and addressing performance issues.
• Approve the selection of all project personnel
• Monitor project staff's compliance with rules and legal/regulations
• Mentor staff / retain high performers

Communications

• Execute the project's communication plan
• Deliver and present client status reports
• Lead Project Management status meetings
• Provide internal project executive status reports/meetings

Risk Management

• Manage the Risk log and implement mitigation strategies when required
• Manage the Issue log and work to resolve issues
• Work closely with Executives and Stakeholders to manage Risks/Issues

Scope Management

• Monitor the project for potential scope that is not in the contract
• Assess changes and utilize the project's change control process
• Conduct client negotiations
• Problem solving

Compliance

• Monitor project for compliance legal requirements, security and federal compliance.
• Monitor project for SLA compliance and report performance. Implement corrective action when required.
• Frequently communicate the importance of compliance and establish regular training

Culture

• Lead a positive project culture that includes: High Performance/Hard Working Te