IT Project Manager - Project Management & Business Analysis

Startekk Inc; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

StarTekk in Madison, WI seeks an experienced IT Project Manager II to lead strategic IT projects and support organization-wide technology initiatives. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, gather requirements, and ensure delivery on time and within scope.

The role requires strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall, plus excellent communication with technical staff, business stakeholders, and leadership. This hybrid position offers local candidates flexibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT project management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall.
• Experience gathering business requirements and writing specs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project charters, project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and other project documentation.
• Lead large-scale IT projects involving cross-functional teams, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements, workflows, use cases, and user stories.
• Develop technical specifications and system design documentation for custom application development.
• Apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall project management methodologies as appropriate.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, project reviews, and status updates.
• Track project deliverables, milestones, resources, and dependencies to ensure timely completion.
• Perform business analysis, data analysis, process modeling, and comparison analysis to support decision-making.
• Prepare project status reports, dashboards, risk logs, and other management reports.
• Coordinate change management, project transitions, user adoption, and knowledge transfer.
• Manage project closure activities, final reporting, and lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Scrum

Kanban

Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Technical knowledge

Tools

Jira Service Management

Azure DevOps

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

IT Project Manager - Project Management & Business Analysis

• Contract

StarTekk’s adoption of Digital Transformation is to accelerate organizational growth, increase efficiencies and help Star Workforce achieve focused business goals. The Employee will help our organization to identify and bridge the gap that exists in the business by analyzing the data, scale and support digital transformation initiatives.

We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager II to lead strategic IT projects and support agency-wide technology initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management and business analysis experience, strong technical knowledge, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, technical professionals, business stakeholders, and leadership.

The candidate must be skilled in managing complex IT projects, gathering business requirements, developing technical specifications, and ensuring successful project delivery within established timelines and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain project charters, project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and other project documentation.

Lead large-scale IT projects involving cross-functional teams, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.

Gather, analyze, and document business requirements, workflows, use cases, and user stories.

Develop technical specifications and system design documentation for custom application development.

Apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall project management methodologies as appropriate.

Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies.

Facilitate stakeholder meetings, project reviews, and status updates.

Track project deliverables, milestones, resources, and dependencies to ensure timely completion.

Perform business analysis, data analysis, process modeling, and comparison analysis to support decision-making.

Prepare project status reports, dashboards, risk logs, and other management reports.

Coordinate change management, project transitions, user adoption, and knowledge transfer.

Manage project closure activities, final reporting, and lessons learned.

10+ years of experience managing complex IT projects and coordinating technical teams and stakeholders.

10+ years of experience in project management and business analysis, including requirements gathering and technical specification development.

Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall methodologies.

Experience with business analysis techniques, workflows, use cases, user stories, data analysis, and process modeling.

Experience creating technical specifications and system designs for custom application development.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to manage competing priorities, adapt to changing requirements, and meet deadlines.

Experience with project planning, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, and resource coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Jira Service Management, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, and other collaboration tools.

Experience working in government or public-sector IT environments.

Knowledge of business intelligence tools, reporting, and dashboard development.

Location: Madison, WI.(Hybrid) – Local Candidates Only