About Beacon Systems, Inc
Beacon Systems, Inc, delivers Program Management, Science, Engineering, and Technology Solutions to Federal, Commercial, State, and Local Agencies. We are a subsidiary of Radiant Digital Solutions. Our Technology support to many DoD Agencies, NASA, Voice of America, FDA, and State Agencies such as State of FL, RI, MS, ND, VA, and WV extends our delivery of solutions worldwide.
Position: Project Manager (Contract Administration)
Location: Providence, RI
Duration: 6 Months+ 1 Year Extension
Job Description:
This role will be instrumental in driving vendor performance through active and ongoing management and proactively addressing issues when performance standards are not achieved. In addition, this role provides additional project management support to the Enterprise PMO for related continuous process improvement initiatives and other strategic projects. To be successful, the role requires strong vendor management skills, knowledge of IT contracts and general procurement practices, knowledge of software development processes and exceptional leadership and communication skills. Candidates should have versatile project management and strategic procurement skills with the ability to learn quickly and work with limited oversight and supervision.
EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:
Bachelor's degree – preferably related to IT Vendor Management
Master’s degree preferred
Minimum 10+ years of IT Project management experience; Preference for Experience in Managing vendors and being part of Application Implementation(s) and ongoing Maintenance [M&O] Support
Minimum 8-10+ years of Contract management experience including IT vendor and supplier management having done the following:
Statement of Work – facilitating and drafting terms on Scope
RFP / RFI – Drafting RFP to facilitating evaluation
Contract Negotiations – facilitate and complete terms and pricing
Ongoing Contract Management – Part of Project attend vendor performance reviews, review service level management [SLA] jointly with IT as per measurement cycle; Perform ongoing change order renewals
Excellent organization skills
Exceptional written and oral communication skills including executive level communications
Ability to drive vendor performance for IT services, hardware and software through metrics and governance
Managing conflict resolution and leading successfully in a matrix organization
Experience with application development and software development life cycle methodologies
Experience with ITIL practices including incident and problem management
Required knowledge of JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint
Familiarity with integrated eligibility systems and interfacing with Federal Partners a plus
PMP certification a plus
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