Project Manager

Location: Oklahoma City, OK (Hybrid) | Duration: 12 months

About the role

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is seeking a qualified Project Manager to join its Project Management Office (PMO) in the agency’s Oklahoma City office. The Project Manager will work with the PMO team to leverage resources, drive efficiencies, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet overall objectives. This role is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, completion, and closing of OSDH projects under the guidance of the PMO, ensuring consistency with the agency’s strategy, mission, commitments, and goals. The Project Manager will serve as the primary contact for agency resources and activities throughout the project life cycle and will manage vendor relationships and deliverables, removing blockers and escalating issues as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to extra‑large complexity projects through full project life‑cycle activities using appropriate methodologies and tools, planning, and communication, and acquire, develop, and manage the project team.
• Perform all standard project management deliverables, including scope and objectives, change management, risk mitigation, budgeting, stakeholder communication, project and vendor engagement, subject‑matter‑expert utilization, implementation, and project closure.
• Develop and manage project status reports for communicating with stakeholders and reporting key metrics for the PMO dashboard.
• Implement change management practices in accordance with agency and PMO guidance.
• Forecast, manage, and acquire (as necessary) resources needed to achieve project objectives.
• Ensure project activities and deliverables adhere to federal, state, or agency documented guidelines.
• Facilitate and manage contract processes from initiation to closure.
• Routinely perform gap analysis, root‑cause analysis, and offer recommendations for successful project outcomes.
• Lead group facilitation activities for the agency, especially when interaction with an independent party is required.

Requirements

• Experience with Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management methodologies.
• Strong familiarity with, and/or ability to use, Microsoft Project.
• Understanding and experience with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide and standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of staff.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills and multi‑tasking capabilities.
• Well‑organized and detail‑oriented.