Strategic Project Manager- Candidate must be local to Colorado

CANDIDATE MUST BE LOCAL

Senior IT Project Manager Criminal Justice Systems Implementation

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Public Administration, Criminal Justice, Business, or a related field. Additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree on a year-for-year basis.

• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible project management experience, including at least five (5) years leading large, complex technology implementations involving multiple vendors and stakeholder groups.

• Demonstrated experience managing multi-year project schedules.

• Experience leading enterprise system replacement initiatives involving data migration and organizational change management.

• Ability to successfully pass a criminal background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or equivalent certification.

• Agile and change management certifications.

• Experience with Waterfall project management methodology.

• Experience applying Waterfall governance and procurement controls alongside Agile solution delivery.

• Experience implementing case management systems for courts, probation, parole, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies.

• Familiarity with Colorado state government, the Colorado Judicial Branch, or CICJIS data exchanges.

• Experience implementing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or configurable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms in the public sector.

• Experience working with geographically distributed users across urban and rural communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-year technology implementation projects from planning through implementation and transition.

• Manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple vendors and stakeholder groups.

• Oversee enterprise system replacement initiatives, including data migration, organizational change management, and user adoption.

• Apply appropriate project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches.

• Support project governance, procurement controls, executive decision-making, and escalation management.

• Facilitate collaboration and build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.

• Coordinate organizational readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and change management activities.

• Evaluate project data, assess trade-offs, manage uncertainty, and support informed decision-making.

• Ensure confidential criminal justice information and sensitive organizational matters are handled with integrity and discretion.

• Support the measurement of business outcomes, system adoption, and value realization.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Project and Program Management: Strong command of predictive, Agile, and hybrid methodologies, with the ability to select the appropriate approach based on project needs.

• Systems Thinking: Ability to understand the relationships among technology, policy, operations, and people and anticipate downstream impacts of design decisions.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information in plain language to executives, judges, legislators, frontline personnel, and vendors.

• Facilitation and Stakeholder Management: Ability to build consensus, influence decisions, and manage competing stakeholder priorities without direct authority.

• User-Centered Approach: Understanding of the needs and experiences of probation officers, clients, and other system users.

• Analytical and Decision-Making Skills: Ability to interpret data, evaluate alternatives, assess risks, and make sound decisions under uncertainty.

• Integrity and Discretion: Ability to manage confidential criminal justice information and sensitive organizational matters responsibly.

• Leadership and Resilience: Ability to lead effectively through ambiguity, setbacks, and the demands of high-visibility public-sector projects.

• Benefits and Value Realization: Understanding of business outcomes and the ability to support adoption measurement and value realization objectives.

• Governance and Executive Engagement: Experience working within complex governance structures, preparing executive decision materials, facilitating escalations, and supporting leadership decisions across organizational levels.

• Change Management: Ability to support organizational readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and user adoption.