Project Manager

V Group Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

V Group Inc. in Colorado is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to lead the multi-year replacement of the state’s probation case management system.

The project spans requirements, procurement, design, development, data migration, testing, rollout, and decommissioning. The role includes managing scope, schedule, budget, and benefits realization; coordinating with legal, policy, and court staff; engaging probation officers, judges, and partner agencies; and driving change management and user

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; substitutions allowed year-for-year.
• Ten years of progressively responsible PM experience, including complex, multi-vendor tech deployments.
• Experience managing multi-year schedules.
• Enterprise system replacements with data migration and change management.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• Strong PM skills across predictive, Agile, and hybrid methods.
• Clear communication with executives, judicial, frontline, and vendor audiences.
• Discretion handling confidential justice information.
• Experience supporting readiness, communications, training, adoption, and benefits measurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle from requirements and procurement through implementation and decommissioning.
• Maintain the master schedule, budget, scope baseline, and benefits realization plan.
• Translate strategic goals into measurable objectives and success criteria.
• Support vendor solicitation, evaluation, and selection per state procurement rules.
• Manage vendors and internal teams against quality, schedule, and cost commitments.
• Track statutes and directives to reflect requirements in system design.
• Coordinate with legal, policy, and research staff on reporting and risk assessments.
• Engage probation officers, supervisors, judges, court staff, and partner agencies across districts.
• Lead human-centered design activities including field observation and user testing.
• Direct change management, training, communications, and go-live support.
• Ensure client-facing features are accessible with plain language and equity.
• Identify and mitigate risks, escalate decisions, and report to leadership.
• Plan cutover to prevent interruptions to probation supervision.
• Prepare executive materials and facilitate escalations across governance lines.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile & hybrid methods

Data migration

Change management

Procurement

Communication

Governance

Public sector familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

For more details, please connect with Rishabh Pandey at [e-mail] or call 609-371-5400 x 168.

Job Title: Strategic Project Manager

Duration: 13 Months

Interview Type: Webcam/In-person

Scope of Project

Lead the multi-year replacement of the Colorado Judicial Branch’s legacy ICON/JPOD probation case management system. The project spans requirements, procurement, design, development, data migration, testing, statewide rollout, and decommissioning. The new system must support probation operations across all 23 judicial districts and maintain uninterrupted data exchanges with partner agencies through the Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (CICJIS).

The project aims to reduce administrative work for probation officers, improve the reliability of data used for decisions, and support clearer, fairer, and more consistent supervision for justice-involved individuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle, from requirements and procurement through implementation, statewide rollout, and legacy system decommissioning.
• Maintain the master schedule, budget, scope baseline, and benefits realization plan.
• Translate strategic goals into measurable project objectives and success criteria.
• Support vendor solicitation, evaluation, and selection in accordance with state procurement requirements.
• Manage vendors and internal teams against quality, schedule, and cost commitments.
• Track Colorado statutes, Chief Justice Directives, and probation standards, and ensure they are reflected in system requirements.
• Coordinate with legal, policy, and research staff on required reporting, risk and needs assessments, and evidence-based practices.
• Engage probation officers, supervisors, chief probation officers, judges, court staff, and partner agencies across all 23 judicial districts.
• Lead human-centered design activities, including field observation, user testing, and frontline feedback.
• Direct change management, training, communications, and go-live support.
• Ensure client-facing features are accessible, use plain language, and support equitable experiences.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues, escalates decisions promptly, and report status and outcomes to leadership.
• Plan cutover to prevent interruptions to probation supervision.
• Prepare executive decision materials and facilitate escalations across business, technology, and judicial leadership.

Required/Preferred Skills

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, information systems, public administration, criminal justice, business, or a related field. Relevant experience may substitute for education year for year.
• Ten years of progressively responsible project management experience, including at least five years leading large, complex technology implementations involving multiple vendors and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing a multi-year schedule.
• Experience leading enterprise system replacements involving data migration and organizational change management.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• Strong project and program management skills across predictive, Agile, and hybrid methods.
• Ability to communicate clearly with executive, judicial, frontline, and vendor audiences.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder alignment, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to handle confidential criminal justice information and sensitive organizational matters with discretion.
• Experience supporting readiness, communications, training, adoption, and benefits measurement.

Preferred

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification.
• Agile and change management certifications.
• Waterfall project methodology experience, including Waterfall governance and procurement controls alongside Agile delivery.
• Experience implementing case management systems for courts, probation, parole, corrections, or other justice agencies.
• Familiarity with Colorado state government, the Colorado Judicial Branch, or CICJIS data exchanges.
• Experience implementing public sector COTS or configurable SaaS platforms.
• Experience working with geographically distributed users in urban and rural settings.
• Ability to operate within complex governance structures, prepare executive decision materials, facilitate escalations, and support leadership decisions.

V Group Inc. is a NJ-based IT Services and Products Company with its business strategically categorized in various Business Units including Public Sector, Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services, Ecommerce, Projects, and Products. Within Public Sector business unit, we cater IT Professional Services to Federal, State and Local. We have multiple awards/ contracts with 30+ states, including but not limited to NY, CA, FL, GA, MD, MI, NC, OH, OR, CO, CT, TN, PA, TX, VA, NM, VT, and WA.

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