WI RESDIENT Hybrid Certified Project Manager

Sundial Software Corporation; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 95.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work schedule

Onsite quarterly in Madison

Zusammenfassung

State of Wisconsin DHS is seeking a Senior Project Manager IV to oversee DHS priority initiatives and manage projects using predictive, adaptive, or hybrid methodologies. The role requires strong business acumen and executive-level collaboration in a large government setting.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in project management, PM certification, and excellent communication. The position is hybrid with onsite quarterly visits in Madison, WI.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 8 years of project management experience with business, vendor, and technology workstreams.
• Experience delivering projects with predictive, adaptive, and hybrid methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet KPIs.
• Experience leading large initiatives with budgets of $1M+ and 18+ months.

Aufgaben

• Help executive leadership develop departmental strategy and define strategic initiatives.
• Communicate effectively with business leaders; demonstrate high EQ.
• Lead business-focused PM efforts for complex technical and non-technical problems.
• Facilitate business group discussions in decision-making environments.
• Track milestones and adjust plans/resources to meet customer needs.
• Develop business cases for enterprise-wide BI solutions.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Change management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

Jobbeschreibung

The State of Wisconsin DHS is looking for: Certified Project Manager IV/Sr.

Top Skills & Years of Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience

• Increasing levels of project management accountability and assignment complexity, demonstrating the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with business, vendor, organizational change management, and technology workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects successfully with adaptive, hybrid, and predictive project management methodologies, including expertise with stage gate governance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and complete projects with measurable success against key performance indicators (KPIs) as defined with the business or program areas at the project outset, demonstrating the project met or surpassed the desired outcomes.
• Successfully led at least two (2), large ($1M budget with a duration of 18 months or longer) projects, in a project manager role, through the entire project management life cycle: initiation through project closeout.

Nice to Have:

• Demonstrated experience using the critical path method in project delivery.
• PMP Certification (Highly Preferred)

Interview Process:

• Two Round interview Process. First Interview will be a phone screen, second round will be a virtual Microsoft Teams Interview. Camera's must be on and AI Assistance is prohibited. Realtime Photo Requirement for interviews.

Onsite or Remote?

• Hybrid work schedule, must be onsite at least once per quarter. 201 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI. Special arrangements can be made to work at one of our facilities in Wisconsin instead of the main office in Madison.
• Candidate must be a Wisconsin resident. No relocation allowed. Out of state candidates will not be considered.

Project Details:

This is a senior project management role responsible for managing and coordinating project management activities related to DHS priority initiatives and projects. The person in this role is expected to apply predictive, adaptive, or hybrid project management methodology and tools to deliver projects. This position also provides advice and assistance to divisional leadership, and to other division administrators and DHS leaders on issues of department-wide importance and/or of priority to specific divisions.

• This is a business focused project manager position and not a technical position.
• Must be able to facilitate business group discussions in a professional manner in a decision-making environment.
• Responsible for assembling and managing working teams that are business focused. Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers.
• Assists and partners with senior management of the business community to identify and prioritize opportunities that achieve the goals of the enterprise.
• This is a senior role that has responsibility for large initiatives with great impact to the enterprise.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is preferred.
• Typically, has more than 10 years of program and project management work experience with various business projects.
• Experience with projects in multiple business functions that required organizational change is preferred.

Description:

As a Project Manager you will "help make it happen" by bringing initiative, imagination, and problem- solving skills to a large organization in Madison, WI. To be successful in this role, an ideal individual typically has 10+ years of project management experience with business acumen and a professional Project Manager certification.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for helping the executive leadership team develop a departmental strategy and then help define strategic initiatives from that strategy
• Exceptional communication skills and a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ) to work with a broad spectrum of business leaders effectively
• This project is a business-focused project manager position and not a technical position.
• Partner with the Executive team, business sponsors, IT Senior Management, and other team leaders to ensure priorities of the project are understood and managed accordingly for complex technical and non-technical problems are solved.
• Must be able to facilitate business group discussions professionally in a decision-making environment
• Responsible for assembling and managing business-focused working teams
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and resources to meet customers' needs.
• Research new technology and develop business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions.
• Additional duties, as needed.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Project Management experience along with a Project Management certification, such as the PMP.
• Successful experience in team building, managing project timelines and budgets, and producing high-quality project artifacts, such as charter, project plans, and more.
• Expert knowledge of business objectives to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure complex problems are solved.
• Capable of managing a project or subset of a project with up to ten (10) staff members.

Ideal candidates for this position will be required to have experience in one or (preferably) more of

the following areas:

• Strategy Development at the Organizational Level
• Development of Strategic Initiatives
• Executive Level Meeting Facilitation
• Business Process Reengineering
• Organizational Change Management
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Program Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced analytics
• Change management experience
• MS Project experience