IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client is looking for a Senior Project Manager. As a Senior Project Manager, you will "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.

Tasks

 ·        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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

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

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.

Location: Madison, WI  

Contract: 1+ years

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

Skills Desired – A plus to have:

·        Demonstrated experience using the critical path method in project delivery.

·        PMP Certification (Highly Preferred)

·        Experience with advanced analytics

·        Change management experience 

·        MS Project Experience

*** Rate depends on experience

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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