Project:

• The Metropolitan Council is seeking one full-time Senior Project Manager to manage technical projects primarily within the Infrastructure, Network, and Security teams.

Projects include:

• Keep the Lights On (patching, certifications, lifecycle management, etc.)
• Infrastructure Special Projects (Terraform Infrastructure as Code Project

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop comprehensive project plans using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• Define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties / vendors for execution of projects within baselines.
• Utilize departmental tools for project management, tracking, and reporting.
• Lead project teams and manage / coach junior project managers as appropriate to ensure service delivery.
• Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.
• Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.
• Accountable to lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within assigned projects.
• Ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.
• Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project budgets, per governance requirements.
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.
• Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.
• Transformation & Organizational Change Management
• Lead transformation and change management scope within projects and programs as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.
• Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices. 

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects
• Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.
• PMP or PgMP Certification
• CSM or SAFe Certification
• 2 years' experience with MS Project
• 1 years' experience with Azure DevOps
• 1 years' experience with Jira
• 1 years' experience with GitHub

Desired Qualifications:

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+
• Cisco (CCNP)
• Palo Alto Networks (PCNSE) or CISSP
• Azure Fundamentals – AZ-900

Skills

• Experience with PPM tools
• Cybersecurity: CISSP, CISM
• Networking: CCNA, CCNP
• Infrastructure: ITIL, Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS)