Certified Project Manager IV

Planet Group; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 96,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Group in Wisconsin is seeking a Certified Project Manager IV to lead modernization initiatives and coordinate cross-functional teams in a mostly remote environment. You will drive strategic planning, procurement, and governance across multiple vendors to ensure successful SaaS-based transformations.

The role requires strong PM leadership, stakeholder engagement, and exceptional communication skills to manage complex procurements and executive-level decision-making within a 7-month

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives with a SaaS vendor.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements.
• Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments.
• Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies.
• Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
• Assess current-state business needs, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and executive decision points requiring engagement.
• Recommend phased approaches for implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
• Collaborate in procurement strategy development and supporting documentation.
• Draft and coordinate RFIs, RFPs, SOWs, and related procurement materials.
• Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
• Advise leadership on vendor selection and governance structures.
• Establish performance expectations and accountability for future vendors and partners.
• Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
• Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners.
• Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, and escalation protocols.
• Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Identify resource needs and staffing/contractor models.
• Develop project artifacts like charters, workplans, risk logs, and implementation frameworks.
• Support development of business requirements and future-state operating models.
• Establish structures to transition from planning to implementation.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Executive engagement

Organizational change management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Job description

Job Title: Certified Project Manager IV

Location: 90% remote within Wisconsin

Contract length: 7 months

Schedule: 40 hrs; 8a to 5p

Pay: $70/hr to $76/hr, DOE

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership
  • Coordinate with the Strategic Consultant to develop and maintain an overall modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
  • Assess current-state business needs, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
  • Identify risks, dependencies, and critical decision points requiring executive engagement.
  • Recommend phased approaches for implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
• Procurement and Vendor Management
  • Collaborate in the development of procurement strategies and supporting documentation.
  • Draft and coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement materials.
  • Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
  • Advise agency leadership on vendor selection, contracting approaches, and governance structures.
  • Establish performance expectations and accountability measures for future vendors and implementation partners.
• Partner Coordination and Governance
  • Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
  • Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners and stakeholders.
  • Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
  • Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Program Development and Readiness
  • Identify resource needs and recommend future staffing and contractor support models.
  • Develop foundational project artifacts, including charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks.
  • Support development of business requirements, process improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models.
  • Establish structures necessary for transition from planning into implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives with a SaaS vendor
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements
• Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments
• Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies
• Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with government program systems
• Experience modernizing legacy systems to a SaaS platform
• Solid understanding of cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and agile delivery approaches
• Experience coordinating between internal teams and SaaS vendors
• Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives