Project Manager - Child Services

JSM Consulting Inc.; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JSM Consulting Inc. is recruiting a qualified Project Manager to oversee the design, development, and implementation of state government IT transformation initiatives for the Division of Child Support. The role requires coordinating with product owners, SMEs, and scrum teams to ensure timely and within-budget delivery.

Candidates should bring experience in child support programs, system modernization, and proven IT project governance. Remote work with occasional travel to Pierre, SD is expected.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of child support policies, procedures, and business practices.
• Experience on child support system modernization projects.
• Experience delivering information technology solutions.
• PMP certification or equivalent working experience.
• Knowledge of agile, waterfall, DevOps, and related methodologies.
• Experience applying project management and governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of information system transformation projects.
• Provide strategic direction to the agency.
• Define strategic direction of enterprise level IT implementations.
• Define requirements with product owner, SMEs, and scrum teams.
• Provide PM for highly complex large-scale and smaller projects.
• Lead coordination of development teams and vendors for successful implementations.
• Ensure project governance and monitoring controls are in place.
• Ensure design, development, and implementation stay on time and budget.
• Mentor state personnel in project management and train resources as needed.

Skills

Policy knowledge

Child support modernization

IT project mgmt

PMP or equivalent

Software methodologies

PM governance

Job description

Scope of Work

DSS Is Seeking a Qualified Individual To Provide Project Management For The Division Of Child Support. Activities Include But Are Not Limited To

• " Leading the design, development, and implementation of various information system transformation projects."
• " Providing strategic direction to the agency."
• " Assisting with defining strategic direction of enterprise level IT implementations."
• " Defining business and technological requirements by consulting with product owner, subject matter experts, and scrum teams to define business needs and objectives."
• " Providing project management of highly complex large scale enterprise projects and smaller scale projects."
• " Leading and coordinating efforts of development teams and vendors to ensure solutions are implemented successfully."
• " Ensuring project governance and monitoring controls are in place."
• " Ensuring project design, development, and implementation are on time and budget."
• " Mentoring state personnel in project management and over time potentially train state resources to take over this function."

Qualified Candidates Should Have The Following Skills And Experience

• " Knowledge of child support program policies, procedures, and business practices."
• " Experience on child support system modernization projects."
• " Successful experience managing information technology solutions."
• " PMP certification or equivalent working experience."
• " Knowledge of various software development methodologies (agile, waterfall, DevOps, etc.)."
• " Experience in successfully applying project management and project governance principles."

Project Location: This position will be a remote position, but the successful candidate will be available to travel to Pierre on an as-need basis