Project Management Specialist

Ellington Solutions is seeking out qualified candidates that will:

• Design, implement, evaluate, and audit project management processes and templates.
• Compile metrics on IT project success, attributes, and productivity.
• Guide project managers and leaders in applying and improving project management processes.
• Provide administrative support and maintain project-related documentation and templates.
• Ensure effective communication between project managers and assigned staff.
• Gather and document business strategy objectives, translating them into application and infrastructure requirements.
• Act as a liaison between Application Services and other business units.
• Analyze technical challenges in relation to current and future business environments and recommend integration strategies.
• Identify and improve processes, documenting gaps, designing new workflows, and establishing performance measures.
• Conduct continuous reviews to ensure processes align with changing business conditions.
• Monitor and maintain quality assurance processes and compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.
• Support business process redesign for remediation, modernization, and migration efforts.
• Assist with feasibility studies, business case documentation, and requirements prioritization.
• Translate high-level business needs into detailed functional specifications.
• Coordinate project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation.
• Present insights to management, business users, and technical teams.
• Support User Acceptance Testing by drafting and executing test cases, then documenting results.
• Evaluate critical data, synthesizing executive-level summaries and detailed analyses.
• Develop standardized desk procedures with clear workflows and narratives.
• Establish and oversee knowledge transfer activities.

The qualified candidate will have:

• U.S. Citizenship (Required)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or financial-related field
• Five (5) years of professional work experience.
• Familiarity with project management tools, methodologies, and best practices, including those outlined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Understanding of quality assurance and control principles, techniques, and tools, along with the capability to implement them effectively.
• Awareness of transportation technology operations.
• Proficiency in project management, process management, and defining business systems requirements.
• Capable of generating clear and comprehensive functional documentation that thoroughly reflects business processes and the associated inputs and outputs of applications.
• Skilled in analyzing and accurately defining processes and workflows to create efficient information solutions, identifying any missing or redundant functionalities in current applications.
• Adept at planning, organizing, coordinating, and prioritizing work assignments for oneself as well as for junior team members.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Knowledgeable about project management methodologies and agile practices.
• Familiarity with Rules 60GG-1 through 5, F.A.C.