Certified Project Manager III

Role: Certified Project Manager III

Location: Remote – Madison, WI

Duration: 3 Months w/ Extension

Interview: MS-Teams/WebEx/Video

Job Description:

·      Posting is for wisconsin based candidates only (or those willing to relocate to wisconsin within 30 days of the start date).  candidates that are not located in wisconsin or not willing to relocate within that timeframe will not be considered and should not be submitted.

·      PMP (or similar industry standard) certification required at time of submission

Detailed Job Description: 

The Agency is looking for a result oriented and adaptable individual with a ‘can do attitude’ to lead business intelligence projects, legacy, and modernized software/application development projects for our business partners. This project manager will lead multiple projects from small to multi-million-dollar development efforts. The person in this role will lead the business intelligence and software/ application development team members to complete projects and work closely with our business partners to ensure its success.

The Project Manager III Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project charter and work plan, and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Project Manager capabilities with 12 or more years of experience. Capable of managing a project with up to ten (10) or more staff and/or a project with multiple subprojects. Experience with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.

The individual in this position will:

·      Be responsible for technical and overall project management on enterprise-wide business intelligence, software/application development, and infrastructure/ architecture projects.

·      Works closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks.  Solves complex technical problems. Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives in support of enterprise-wide business intelligence.

·      Builds an effective team and directs the work of the project team to meet project milestones. Develops standards, policies and procedures for the form, structure and attributes of the business intelligence documentation, tools, and systems. Develops data/information quality metrics.

·      Develop and maintain project charters, plans, deliverables, and other project artifacts.

·      Work closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks, solve complex technical problems, understand business objectives and problems, identify alternative solutions, and perform feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis.

·      Research new technology and develops business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions. Participate in special projects as required.

·      Have 12+ years of project management experience with leading large and complex database management systems, business intelligence tools and systems.

·      Selected candidate must provide copies of any/all certifications as part of the hiring process.

Qualifications & Years of Experience:

Qualification  Must Have/Nice to Have       Experience

·      Change management - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Project management - Must Have - 12+ years

·      In depth knowledge of System development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development - Must Have - 12+ years

·      Demonstrated competence in promoting understanding and cooperation within and between organizations - Must Have - 12+years

·      Group facilitation - Must Have - 12+ years

·      Experience in technical writing and documentation - Must Have - 10+ years

·      Analytical/problem solving skills - Must Have - 10+ years

·      Excellent oral and written communication skills - Must Have - 10+ years

·      Excel (MS) - Must Have - 10+ years

·      Outlook  - Must Have - 10+ years

·      MS Office Products - Must Have - 10+ years

·      MS Project - Nice to Have - 3+ years

·      Expertise in implementation of large complicated models and processes - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Excellent organization, analytical and communication skills - Must Have  10 years

·      Strong verbal communications skills with ability to clearly present information and ideas to groups - Must Have  - 12+ years

·      User test, system test and user acceptance test plans - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Data analysis - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Informatica - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Data Warehouse – experience in data warehouse design and development - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Data Warehouse - Experience in requirements gathering for data warehouse - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Knowledge of Kimball data warehouse design principals - Nice to Have - 5+ years

·      In-depth knowledge of system development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Requirements analysis - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Requirements gathering - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Scope & Risk Management - Must Have - 12+ years

·      Business Objects or other BI tools - Must Have - 5+ years

·      Demonstrated experience in the design and utilization of performance measures and reports - Nice to Have - 3+ years

·      State of Wisconsin Privacy Regulations - Nice to Have - Previous experience

·      Work with customers to solve problems and support their needs       - Must Have - 10+ years

Top Skills:

·      Thorough understanding of industry standard project management methodologies and reporting (12+years) including PMP (or similar industry standard) Certification

·      Strong customer service and relationship management experience

·      Experience managing multiple in-flight business intelligence/data warehousing and application development projects simultaneously.

·      Project documentation skills and experience to support project chartering, scoping, and other project deliverable

Interview Notes:

Please Note:

·      A real-time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to candidate's bid upon confirming the interview. Please see "Agency Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.

·      Interviews will be set up shortly after the posting close date.

·      MUST provide three (3) business references for the interview. (One reference must be a supervisory level.)

Interview Process:

·      Via Zoom/Teams

Important Notes:

·      Candidate MUST be physically located in the United States.  International candidates/phone numbers will not be accepted.

·      Candidate must follow ALL Agency work rules

·      Candidate must be available to perform all work during the Central Standard Time (CST) business hours 9:00 am – 3 pm  (or CST hours as defined by the hiring manager)

·      Candidate will be required to provide their own equipment for this position (See job description for required specifications.)

Contract Duration:

·      6/30/2026, with the potential to extend for an additional term(s)

Onsite, Hybrid or Remote:

·      Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense.

·      Local candidates preferred.

·      This position is currently remote.  However, position status is subject to change. (90% remote 10% onsite as needed)

·      Onsite work is not likely, but candidate should be prepared to come onsite if required.

Will this position have access to FTI (Federal Tax Information)?

·      Yes

On Call hours required? 

·      No

Will the position require any weekend coverage?  (IE: weekend maintenance)

·      No

Is this position Remote, Hybrid**, or In Person? 

·      Remote; (90% remote and 10% onsite).

Security Required:

·      Yes

Other Notes:

1.   Selected candidate will be required to provide personal equipment for remote work. Technical specifications of hardware are:  

Home Internet Service:  Minimum 20 Mbit down and 5 Mbit up.  Capability to plug in network (cat 5a or better) cable to the computer.

Windows Computers

·       Operating System:  Any currently supported version of Windows 11

·       Memory:  Minimum 8 GB,  Preferred 16 GB+

·       Processor (CPU): 64-bit

·       Graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 Video

·       Installation of the latest Omnissa Horizon Client

Apple Computers

·       Operating System:  MacOS: Any currently supported version of MacOS 13 or higher

·       Memory:  Minimum 8 GB, preferred 16 GB+

·       Processor (CPU):  Any 64-bit Intel-based Mac or ARM M-based Mac

·       Installation of the latest Omnissa Horizon Client

It is required to have full audio/video conferencing capabilities (camera and headset).

It is expected that you will update and maintain your hardware to always be compatible with the most current version of the Omnissa Horizon Client

2.   ALL candidates must be located within the United States.  ALL contact information must also be domestic. Absolutely no work outside of the US is allowed.

3.   Selected candidate will not be assigned specific work-space however, may be required to report in person as needed with minimal notice.

4.   An in-person interview may be required before a final hire is made.  The hiring manager has discretion to allow phone or video interviews at any point during the process.

5.   Please provide three (3) business references for the interview.

6.   The selected candidate will be required to sign all onboarding documents as part of the onboarding process. Candidate will also be required to complete any security training as directed by the division, department, or agency.

7.   The selected candidate will be required to complete a criminal background check and any fingerprinting as required by the position.

8.   This position is budgeted for 1960 hours annually.  Hours will be prorated the first year based on start date.

9.   Agency does not sponsor work visas, either at the time of hire or at any later date

10.        Suppliers must disclose any/all levels of sub-contracting and their respective supplier name(s).

11.        Selected candidate must provide copies of any/all certifications as part of the hiring process.