Project Manager - IT Security Strategy (part-time/remote)
Job title: Project Manager - IT Security Strategy (part-time/remote) in Augusta, ME at Knowledge Services
Company: Knowledge Services
Job description: Overview:Knowledge Services is seeking a part-time and remote Project Manager - Information Technology Security for a contract through the end of June 2026 (potential for extension) with the State of Maine Office of Technology in Augusta, ME.
- This is a part-time role and will only be working about 10 hours per week
- Applicants may work 100% remotely
- We cannot consider anyone requiring C2C or that requires sponsorship for a work visa
- Deliver results for small to mid-sized project initiatives within established timeframes and quality measures.
- Prepare new or remediate project assets that may be managed by an executing PM.
- Direct resources on assigned projects and ensure clarity of project roles and responsibilities.
- Identify project stakeholders and manage communication with the project stakeholders.
- Consult business leaders to translate a project idea into a defined project with goals, objectives, and scope.
- Identify resources needed, negotiate with managers as required to lead project teams, ensuring clarity of project roles and responsibilities, so that all project plans are completed within defined timeframes, meeting objectives and strategic goals.
- Develop and implement communication and reporting mechanisms to manage issues, risks, and timely delivery of initiative results. Translate project goals/objectives into a defined future state and project success measures that can be understood by project stakeholders, project team and others.
- Ensure business needs and objectives are effectively captured in functional and non-functional business requirements for a system and/or process/workflow.
- Oversee business requirements to meet expected business solutions and trace delivery of requirements through testing and final implementation, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, as needed. General understanding of business requirement management and quality management in order to meet expected business solutions.
- Manage project quality through activities such as conducting appropriate reviews, obtaining approvals, taking corrective action, when necessary, with mentoring by a more experienced project manager, if applicable.
- Ensure that project documentation is complete and current.
- Articulate project management best practices with peer group, as applicable.
- Proactively establishes and maintains cooperative, productive partnerships on current project/deliverables.
- Promote the benefits of change and act as a catalyst for change within the organization, as well as adapt to changes imposed by others.
- Organize and guide the activities of the project team. Prioritize tasks to meet deliverables and commitments on time. Ensures that project member’s time and experience is well utilized. Recommend alternatives/options to minimize any schedule delays.
- Share project experience/knowledge and mentor others to help build project management skills Qualifications:
- Must have at least 5+ years of Senior level Project Manager with extensive experience in information technology and security.
- Must have extensive experience within State Government
- Highly proficient in business process modeling and analysis
- Experience working with multiple teams
- In depth knowledge/understanding of the PM methodology and a broad understanding/awareness of SDLC methodologies.
- Strong understanding of government organization is preferred.
- Strong ability to work effectively in a business and technical environment.
- Effectively uses technical project management tools.
- Strong initiative and ability to set stretch goals.
- Strong ability to negotiate effectively with business and IT partners on business requirements and timeframes on mid-size initiatives.
- Strong ability to rally support among peers and work effectively within challenging situations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to balance the need to gather detail with the need to solve the problem.
- Strong ability to identify and apply different communication mediums based on a content and audience at all levels (both internal and external to Maine gov) to achieve intended goal.
- Advanced PC skills required (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.) Preference given individuals that have experience with managing Vendors