WI-Senior Project Manager

AiQualTest LLC; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) in Madison, WI, seeks a Senior Project Manager to drive initiatives with initiative, imagination, and problem-solving skills across a large state organization.

The role manages project activities, applying predictive, adaptive, or hybrid methodologies, and advises divisional leadership on priority issues. Strong communication and executive-level facilitation are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience with a PMP or similar certification.
• 8+ years managing multiple concurrent projects with varied workstreams including business, vendor and organizational change management.
• 8+ years delivering projects using adaptive, hybrid, and predictive methodologies with stage gate governance.
• 8+ years leading projects with measurable KPIs defined with the business.
• Led at least two large projects ($1M+ budget, 18+ months) through initiation to closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate priority initiatives across the organization.
• Facilitate executive-level meetings and decision-making with a broad range of leaders.
• Partner with executives, sponsors, IT leadership to align priorities and solve complex problems.
• Facilitate business discussions in a professional, decisive environment.
• Assemble and manage cross-functional business-focused teams and track milestones.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Change management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Madison, United States | Posted on 11/04/2026

Client Name Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS)

Requisition 167642

Location Madison, WI

Duration 1+ years

Due Date 11/10/2026

C2C Possible Yes. Rate depends on experience

Interview Method 1st Phone; 2nd MS Teams

NOTE: Candidate must be a current Wisconsin resident. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. Hybrid work schedule, must be onsite at least once per quarter at your own expense. We can accept H1b, H4, TN and other valid work visas for IT. However we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

Description

Our client is looking for a Senior Project Manager to help make it happen by bringing initiative, imagination, and problem-solving skills to a large organization in Madison, WI. This role is responsible for managing and coordinating project management activities related to 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 leaders on issues of department-wide importance and/or of priority to specific divisions.

• 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

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

Skills Required

• 10+ years - Project Management experience along with a Project Management certification, such as the PMP
• 8+ years - 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
• 8+ years - Demonstrated experience delivering projects successfully with adaptive, hybrid, and predictive project management methodologies, including expertise with stage gate governance
• 8+ years - 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.
• 8+ years - 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
• Capable of managing a project or subset of a project with up to ten (10) staff members
• Bachelor's Degree

• Demonstrated experience using the critical path method in project delivery.
• PMP Certification (Highly Preferred)
• Experience with advanced analytics
• Change management experience
• MS Project Experience