Lead Project Manager

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in three Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com.

Collaborating with our Technology Consulting team, you will help organizations streamline operations and achieve strategic goals to serve the public better. We provide the full spectrum of technology consulting services to help state and local agencies meet operational and program needs that enhance the lives of their user base.

Services:

• Strategy, Architecture, Planning, and Procurement

• Business Enablement

• Business Solutions

• Project Assurance

Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluates programs and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Assesses best practices and provides technical assistance to clients.

• Serves as Lead Project Manager on client engagements, managing projects of varying size and complexity with limited supervision while meeting and exceeding performance expectations.

• Develops and maintains project management plans, including scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, milestones, deliverables, resource, communication, quality, and risk management plans, and applies standard methodologies, governance, tools, and templates to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.

• Manages project schedule, budget, and resources, including forecasting, tracking actuals against plan, monitoring utilization, and supporting invoicing and financial reporting.

• Facilitates client discussions.

• Leads, mentors, and motivates project teams, setting clear expectations, monitoring performance, and fostering collaboration among client, subcontractor, and PCG staff.

• Identifies, tracks, and mitigates project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions, and escalates to client and PCG leadership as appropriate.

• Leads project status meetings, steering committees, and stakeholder briefings, and prepares status reports, dashboards, and executive-level communications.

• Manages contract and scope compliance, including statement of work deliverables, change control, deliverable review and acceptance, and quality assurance.

• Participates in sales motions related to the practice, including developing project approaches, work plans, level-of-effort estimates, staffing plans, and pricing inputs for proposed engagements.

• Leads proposal writing teams, including writing sections, coordinating efforts, and preparing proposal submissions.
• Analyzes and interprets federal and state law and regulation.
• Prepares other written reports and materials for clients.

Required skills

• Ability to understand both the service delivery system for programs which are administered by states and monitored by federal regulators.
• Ability to understand and be an expert in complex federal regulations and requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Office applications skills
• Ability to use sound judgment in completing tasks and to seek guidance when needed.
• Attention to detail and ability to work with large data sets with accurate results.
• Ability to move projects forward within a specific timeline and budget while working at a detailed level.

• Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, scope, budget, risk, issue, and change management, using tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, or Jira.

• Commitment to exceptional client service.
• Creative problem-solving ability and a consultancy mindset.
• Dedication to accomplishing goals and challenges presented by clients and management.
• Ability to interact with various levels of management and with clients.

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to build trust with executive sponsors, align diverse stakeholders, and manage expectations.

• Flexible, self-starter possessing intellectual curiosity.
• Enthusiasm for life-long learning and staying well-informed about current business issues.
• Able to follow, critically evaluate, and improve upon current processes.
• Excellent business writing skills and ability to make presentations to various audiences.
• Ability to recognize issues and identify solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 5 years’ experience required
• 5+ years of relevant work experience

• 3+ years of experience leading complex projects or workstreams, preferably in a state or federal government, health and human services, or technology implementation setting

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or comparable project management certification preferred
• Must be located in the state of Hawaii, preferably on Oahu.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Business Analysts

• Project team members, including consultants and project managers assigned to the engagement

Working Conditions

This position is hybrid with travel/onsite requirements. To be successful at PCG, you must:

• • be available during your set working hours
  • have a safe, private, and distraction-free environment in which to complete your work, and
  • be able to give your full attention to the completion of your PCG job duties

Some travel to the office or elsewhere may be required for team meetings, client meetings, etc. We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis until filled. 

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The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities or skills of personnel so classified.

Compensation:

Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.  As required by applicable law, PCG provides a reasonable range of compensation for this role. In addition, PCG provides a range of benefits for this role, including medical and dental care benefits, 401k, PTO, parental leave, bereavement leave

Range: $70,100 - $125,000

PCG does not sponsor newly hired foreign national workers for work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship.

EEO Statement:

Public Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PCG, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PCG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PCG believes in health, equality, and prosperity for everyone so we can succeed in changing the ways the public sector, including health, education, technology and human services industries, work.