Senior Project Manager

Office of Technology and Solutions Integration; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI) in California is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and manage data and IT projects across departments. The role focuses on project leadership, lifecycle activities, and collaboration with program and IT functions to build capability and self-sufficiency.

The incumbent will guide project planning, governance, and vendor interactions, ensuring solutions deliver incremental business value, cost efficiency, and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT/data projects across departments.
• Ability to advise on project planning, delivery and governance.
• Familiarity with vendor management activities and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, oversee, support and/or direct data and information technology projects across sponsoring departments.
• Perform Project Management and System Development Lifecycle activities as required by sponsoring organizations.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Vendor management

Job description

Job Description And Duties

Why Join California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (CalHHS OTSI or OTSI)?

Job Description And Duties

Why Join California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (CalHHS OTSI or OTSI)?

At OTSI, your work directly improves the health and well-being of Californians. We exist to be the trusted partner to CalHHS and its 12 state departments to deliver high-impact IT and data solutions that strengthen health and human services programs statewide.

We bring leadership, expertise, and capacity together and work collaboratively with our partners to design, deliver, and support IT and data solutions that accelerate the delivery of health and human service program outcomes and service value. Our culture is grounded in accountability, respect, integrity, and collaboration, and we integrate those values in how we lead, how we work, and how we serve.

If you are interested in applying your knowledge, skills, and experience in supporting critical public services, influencing statewide health and human service outcomes, and working alongside leaders and professionals who take ownership of results – OTSI is where that happens!

About This Role

As a Senior Project Manager within Solution Consulting Services (SCS), and under the direction of PDS leadership and the departments that it serves, the incumbent will lead, oversee, support and/or direct data and information technology projects in accordance with agreements between OTSI and the sponsoring department/s. This will include both project management and business analysis support, working closely with sponsoring departments program and IT functions to not only support the specific effort, but to build overall capabilities and department self-sufficiency.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for Project Management and System Development Lifecycle activities as requested by sponsoring organizations, and will collaborate with other resources within PDS, OTSI and other state organizations accordingly. Their expertise will also inform best practice guides, tools and templates for inclusion into the Center of Excellence, which may include conducting related training to advise project teams in project planning, delivery and vendor management activities that are result in solutions that are fit for purpose, and built in a way that prioritizes incremental release of business value, cost effectiveness, solution performance/resilience, and optimized long term maintainability.

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