Remote Associate Project Manager Jobs in Catskill, NY

Req ID: 373756 

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We are currently seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Project Manager to join our team in Albany, New York (US-NY), United States (US).

Title: Senior Project Manager

Overview of job:

The Senior Project Manager has overall responsibility for the quality assurance function overseeing the client’s contractor with oversight of the Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) project over the life of the contract. Tasks also include managing plans, schedules and control of all QA team activities in collaboration with the client project management office. The Senior Project Manager ensures that appropriate resources are available to accomplish the tasks, deliverables and other activities associated with the project.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Ensuring quality is built into large projects or programs or significant segments of a large complex project or program
• Working with the client and team members to ensure business requirements are fully documented in the business requirements documents (BRD) or similar documents and meet quality standards
• Assessing the quality of contractor submitted project deliverables such as Project Schedules, Status Reports, and Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decision (RAID) logs
• Leading a QA team in providing quality assurance throughout the SDLC, including QA for initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing tasks of a project or program to produce the solution deliverable
• Applying SDLC methodologies and frameworks which may include Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, DevOps, DevSecOps in a Cloud or On-Prem environment
• Anticipating potential quality-related problems and manages risks, issues, escalations, and communication(s).
• As appropriate, challenging the validity of given procedures and processes with a view toward continuous improvement
• Performing reviews to accuracy of various contract deliverables from contractors, such as submitted invoices, SLAs, replacement staff resumes, etc.
• Managing the QA team assignments and sched ules to ensure timely review of submitted artifacts.
• Facilitating information sharing among the entire QA project team to identify risks issues, and opportunities associated with system interoperability
• Accurately reporting status to the client using QA standard operating procedures and templates
• Evaluating contractor-reported burn-rates and budget actuals against planned

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum eight (8) years or more of progressive experience with project management related tasks, including initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling tasks, and preparing and using all PM management plans, as described by Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Minimum five (5) years of experience applying PMI project management practices managing quality assurance projects, activities, and tasks
• Minimum five (5) years of experience working with team size of 10 or more staff
• Minimum three (3) years of experience with MS Project, including baselining, tracking progress, resource usage and reporting progress against planned schedule
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, or similar field
• Willing to be on the client site in Albany New York 50% of the time.

Preferred Skills:

• Current PMI certification, which  may include Professional Project Manag er (PMP), Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Portfolio Management Profession (PfMP), Risk Management Professional (RMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Professional in Business Analysis (PBA), PMO Certified Practitioner (PMO-CP), or PMO Certified Consultant (PMO-CC).
• Two (2) years of experience with project management on a Healthcare Systems Project or Program

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $75,062 - $150,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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