Technical Project Lead

Job Description:

• Implement IT strategy consistent with individual business unit goals and IT team direction.
• Participate in the creation of technical project teams.
• Provide learning and development opportunities by sharing Subject Matter Expertise.
• Anticipate, assess, and mitigate issues, coordinating across teams as a single point of contact as necessary and escalate when necessary.
• Define, organize, guide, coordinate, monitor and execute the work effort to deliver new products, services and methods to business customers within defined constraints for time, cost, quality/scope.
• Accurately forecast time, resource needs and work estimates for required work.
• Effectively collaborate across IT teams and Domains to mitigate risks and solve problems in order to meet business commitments.
• Regularly update leadership on progress and status of assigned projects and ensure production goals are successfully met.
• Oversee and manage the assignment and completion of staff projects, task, and duties.
• Apply project management skills to perform ongoing review of program status; identify risks along with mitigation plans.
• Document program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, and successes to maintain program course.
• Communicate effectively in writing and through verbal communications, face to face and through collaborative communication tools.
• Be able to communicate effectively to a wide range of people (including presentations/meetings), including effective and timely escalation when necessary.
• Identify and flag changes that need to be addressed. Changes may be internal to IT or broader outside of IT.
• Identify appropriate change owner/group and effectively communicate the change to the responsible individual or group.
• Monitor customer satisfaction and project fulfillment while maintaining budget.
• Close the project, evaluate project success, document lessons learned and release project resources.
• Support UAT and OT.
• Adhere to ethical standards and comply with the laws and regulations applicable to your job function.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or bachelor's degree with extensive coursework in Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
• PMP certification desirable but not required.
• Must be able to obtain DoE Security Clearance and fulfil obligations to maintain that Clearance such as attending all IES OCIO workshops

• 5 years of progressively responsible project management experience preferably utilizing a variety of application/system development methodologies.
• Proven track record in managing large-scale matrixed projects or concurrent mid-scale projects required
• 2 or more years of experience in managing vendor or outsourced development teams is desirable

• Functional/Technical Acumen:
  • Understand relevant technologies and IT-related processes and be able to influence the work being done in the IT organization (e.g. team, group, vendor).
  • Keep up with current technology trend and best practices and be able to introduce innovations.
  • Know enough about technology to be able to challenge the work being done in the project.
  • Understand technology solutions and the teams' work. Effective management of the work and budget as appropriate for the role.
  • Lead, motivate, and set a vision for the project teams.
  • Proactively manage the project and the people as it relates to the project so that it meets the desired outcome.
• Demonstrate domain expertise.
• Demonstrates expertise in Project Management principles.
• Negotiate cross-team and stakeholder resolutions made in their teams.
• Strong Vendor Management and Project Management skills are desirable.
• Ability to translate business needs into technology development requirements.
• Strong experience with project financial management and vendor contract & service level management.
• Strong influencing, problem solving, consensus building, and negotiation skills.
• Consistent delivery and responsiveness.
• Ability to build and maintain strong and trusted business partner relationships.