PMP Certified Project Manager (Must be local to MS)

Client: State of MS

Job Id: 154773

Job Title: Project Manager - PM - MS - MDEK12

Job Location: Jackson, MS

Projected Start Date: 03/01/2026

Projected End Date/Duration: At least 5 Years from projected start date

100% Remote

Scoring Method - Must equal 100%

• Cost - 30
• Required Skills/Experience - 25
• Preferred Skills/Experience - 10
• Candidate Interview - 35

Position Description and Job Skill Set

• This position will require a qualified Project Manager to take the lead in the following tasks:
• Manage IT Projects to include defining projects, tracking progress and status reporting
• Establish and maintain Project Managements Standards
• Develop a comprehensive project repository to improve the ability to estimate resources for future IT projects
• Establish and maintain an Enterprise Project Portfolio containing multiple projects
• Requirements Management: gathering, analysis, organization and reporting
• Documentation of new development (User Guide, Systems Guide, other)
• Coordinate activities across different organizational functions

Required Skills/Experience

• Must be able to effectively communicate (verbal and written) requirements with stakeholders as well as development team
• Must be able to collaborate with Senior Management and other Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, QA Team, and developers to ensure requirements are communicated, accepted, and meet expectations
• Knowledge of PMI standards and Processes, and success in managing IT projects
• Use of project management and work management tools such as Azure DevOps and Git Experience with Information Technology Project Management and K-12 Education is a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Must be familiar with software and database development concepts to include test cases, quality assurance, creation of diagrams, flowcharts and work flows of business processes and data flow
• Must be able to translate and simplify requirements from stakeholders into written requirement documents for development team. Documents include Formal Requirements Document, Functional Design Document, Technical Design Document, Technical Use Cases, User stories, Business Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test cases.
• Provide hands-on project management of enterprise-wide projects including all phases of project life cycle and/or software development life cycle as well as support a project management team
• Strong experience in mapping business processes into technical documentation
• Strong experience in developing Business Cases, Benefit Analysis, and identifying Risks

Preferred/Not Required

• Project Management Certification Scrum
• Agile

Cleo Consulting is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled)