GDOT Project Manager

Under broad supervision, manages projects through full life cycle from project definition through implementation of project deliverables. Creates collaborative partnership with all internal and external team members to accomplish the deliverables.

The GDOT IT Project Manager (PM) will assist in the management of multiple internal and external end to end technical projects, documentation, and processes while reinforcing defined infrastructure and software best practices. The PM will assist with implementing process improvement, documentation management, organization, and project guidelines to ensure project follow through, timeliness, and accuracy. Able to run large projects with minimal oversight.

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Hybrid Work Schedule : 2-3 days onsite

Core Competencies

Communication to collaborate often and follow-up with and support engineering management

Attention to Detail to review incoming emails, timelines, resources, and process alignment

Organization of daily project elements garnered in meetings that need to be planned and organized

Flexibility to adapt to changing program demands

Data Visualization Creation and Analysis that comes in the form of dashboards and data to help understand team velocity and / or milestone progress

Responsibilities

Collaborate with other project managers, clients, vendors, and engineering teams on various projects, presentations, and meetings ensuring follow-up and adequate communication for continuous alignment.

Understand Agile practices and use them in a hybrid organization to facilitate Waterfall project tracking in a traditional project schedule and use Kanban and Scrum practices with development and engineering teams.

Provide attention to detail to internal and external email communications to analyze in order to produce relevant and valuable responses to maintain organizational relationships and project visibility.

Identify relevant audiences for meetings, ensuring thorough meeting preparation and creating project charter and kick off presentations that provide information such as business driver, targeted audience, communications plan, scope, project phases, and next steps for planning project schedule activities with technical teams.

Conduct meeting analysis that results in facilitation of routine meetings / ceremonies to track projects and maintain project boards and dashboards using Jira and ServiceNow.

Understand when and how to escalate to other groups when necessary.

Consistently maintain project status, update project roadmaps, and adhere to defined project structure standards with the integrated tool

stack provided.

Ability to draft process and 'how to' documentation.

Assist with identifying project constraints, risks, inefficiencies, and areas where processes can be improved and / or reinforced.

Reinforce agreed upon priorities, policies, and team best practices.

Utilize project management software i.e., SharePoint Project Template, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Project Online, etc.

Maintain, update, and archive project documentation.

Familiar with all functions of Outlook including alert functions and the ability to schedule meetings utilizing the Scheduling Assistant.

Generate and archive notes from project meetings that add value to management decision-making

Ensure communication channels are made available for all projects to enable adequate communication and escalation process among project team members.

Hybrid with the expectation to come onsite to the Atlanta (Midtown) office as needed.

Experience

3 to 5 years of project management in technology

Some college experience or applicable certifications (preferred) or college degree (preferred)

Highly proficient in writing and editing

Experience extracting scope from contractual documentation

While the intent may be a long-term tenure, this position is subject to annual budget restrictions. The initial contract is through the end of this fiscal year and is anticipated to be renewed July 1, 2026.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

3 to 5 years of project management in an IT enterprise environment

Required

Years

Some college experience or applicable certifications (preferred) or college degree (preferred)

Nice to have

Years

Questions

No.

Question

Question1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question2

What is your candidate's email address?

Question3

If selected for engagement, your candidate's hourly Pay Rate must be at least BR. Your candidate can be paid more; however, the hourly SRP Rate cannot exceed BR. Do you agree to these requirements?

Question4

The maximum mark-up for this engagement s SRP rate is 35%. To be competitive on pricing, a mark-up below the 35% threshold is suggested. Do you agree to propose a mark-up at or below 35%?

Question5

This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question6

If selected for engagement, your candidate will be expected to start no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) after the client's selection date? Do you agree to this requirement?

Question7

This position is Hybrid (Remote and Onsite). The candidate first day is onsite and onsite on demand basis. Preference will be given to candidate local to Atlanta Metro area / State of Georgia. Indicate if candidate has full-time residency within the Atlanta Metro area, within the State of Georgia, or if candidate resides outside of the State of Georgia. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question8

Preference will be given for candidates who are US Citizens, Permanent Residence Card (aka "Green Card") or have Employment Authorization Document (EAD). Indicate if candidate citizenship or visa status is a US Citizen, Permanent Residence Card, EAD, H1B, or Other. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question9

This position is in Atlanta, GA. Your consultant is required to travel to Atlanta for their first day for onboarding. Travel will be at no expense to GDOT in order to obtain your candidate's computing equipment and ID / Security badge. Do you accept this requirement?

Question10

While the intent may be a long-term tenure, this position is subject to annual budget restrictions. The initial contract is through the end of this fiscal year and is anticipated to be renewed July 1st. Do you accept this requirement?