State of Oklahoma Careers

Project Manager

Oklahoma County Full time

Job Posting Title

Project Manager

Agency

677 SUPREME COURT

Supervisory Organization

Supreme Court [JM]

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

*** All interviews are in-person. ***

Travel expenses will not be provided for in-person interviews.

This position is in-person/in-office only.

Eligibility to work in the United States is required. The employer will not sponsor a work visa (H-1B, etc.) to fill this position.

Salary: $75,000 - $86,550 Commensurate on education and experience.

Job Description

*** All interviews are in-person. ***

Travel expenses will not be provided for in-person interviews.

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is seeking a self-motivated person to assume the responsibilities of Project Manager. Reporting to the Project Management Office (PMO) Manager, the Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning, development, execution, and completion of assigned projects.

Position Description: The Project Manager leads and develops project teams driving program execution in a collaborative environment. The Project Manager must ensure projects are organized and executed in a consistent manner utilizing Project Management Institute (PMI) and Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) processes as established by the Oklahoma Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

FLSA Exemption: Exempt.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions will include (but not be limited to) the following:

  • Manages, monitors, and forecasts project execution across all 9 knowledge areas as defined within the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge: Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, Communications Management, Risk Management and Procurement Management
  • Plan, schedule, and track projects, with related cost estimation and scope control responsibilities.
  • Continually identify, prioritize, and mitigate project risks.
  • Support the project-chartering process and setup.
  • Manage the project staff, driving motivation, collaboration, and performance.
  • Implement "rightsized" project management processes (especially supporting quality assurance)
  • Track short-term project metrics (for example, schedule variances and customer satisfaction)
  • Provide oversight and control of any external resources contracted to the project.
  • Review the project's medium-term benefits (for example, to support court-case process improvement)
  • Adept at engaging with an array of Court Users, such as the projects' Court sponsors, Court process analysts, Information Technology (IT) enterprise architects, resource managers, contractor project managers and program managers.
  • Be confident and politically attuned to build relationships and encourage collaboration between individual court users and court staffing departments.
  • Ability to achieve a high level of satisfaction from court users through developed working relationships with all users involved in the projects they manage.
  • Be able to provide executive level status briefings as required.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Requirements:

  • Knowledge of the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge and ability to teach each area to project team members.
  • Knowledge of multiple project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
  • Leadership and general management skills, including excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communications skills.
  • Stakeholder management capabilities including strong skills in communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, problem solving, persuasion and cost accounting.
  • Must be motivated and a self-starter.
  • Consistent professional behavior in all activities.

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a MIS field, Project Management, Engineering, or related industry.
  • PMP certified by the Project Management Institute, preferred.
  • Scrum Certification preferred.
  • Azure experience preferred.
  • Proven record of delivering successful projects for the most recent 5 years.
  • Experience with project management software, SharePoint, TFS/Azure DevOps and M365 products.
  • Significant work experience involving technical consulting, solution design, project activities and software development for large enterprise projects.

Travel: All AOC positions have the potential to and expectation of requiring employees to travel for normal duties in support of the Judiciary, including and not limited to state Judicial events and national industry conferences.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers, and smartphones.

All AOC positions are designated as “In-Person” at one of the authorized work locations. AOC offices are officially open for business from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

MIS employees have the expectation of being assigned on-call as defined in 26 CFR 553.221 (d) in support of judicial operations.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, comprehend, observe, and evaluate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, operate standard office and computer equipment, and bend or stand on a step stool as necessary.

Responsibilities and skills listed above are essential to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

Eligibility: Eligibility to work in the United States is required. The employer will not sponsor a work visa (H-1B, etc.) to fill this position.

The State of Oklahoma has an excellent benefits package including 3 weeks of vacation, employee retirement and health benefit plans. Position open until filled. Criminal background check required. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma Administrative Office of the Courts 2100 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 3 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. http://www.oscn.net.

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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