Preferred Local candidate Sample Tasks · Provide leadership and coordination for MNDRIVE projects · Provide strategic vision and thinking with a focus on outcomes. · Create clear and attainable project/program objectives · Create clear and attainable project/program requirements · Manage program/project constraints of cost, time and scope · Form close links with team members and stakeholders · Provide knowledge transfer Minimum Qualifications · Seven years of experience in Program/Project Management role · Two engagements lasting more than six months in Program/Project Manager role. · PMP Certification Desired Skills · Strong leadership experience and skills · State government experience · Ability to direct & manage program/project development from beginning to end · Ability to define program/project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders · Ability to estimate program/project resource requirements and participants needed to achieve goals including changes during where necessary · Ability to identify and manage program/project dependencies and critical path · Ability to establish program/project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables · Ability to manage changes in program/project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans as appropriate · Ability to communicate program/project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely & clear fashion when necessary · Ability to see the big picture while tending to all of the details | 
