Job Title: PMP Certified Project Manager
Location: REMOTE Within Wisconsin + Occasional Onsite Meetings at Madison, WI
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
Rate: $104/hr C2C/1099 OR $97/hr W2
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership
• Develop and maintain an overall modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
• Assess current-state business processes, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and critical decision points requiring executive engagement.
• Recommend phased approaches for procurement, implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
Procurement and Vendor Management
• Lead development of procurement strategies and supporting documentation.
• Draft and coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement materials.
• Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
• Advise agency leadership on vendor selection, contracting approaches, and governance structures.
• Establish performance expectations and accountability measures for future vendors and implementation partners.
Partner Coordination and Governance
• Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
• Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners and stakeholders.
• Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
• Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
Program Development and Readiness
• Identify resource needs and recommend future staffing and contractor support models.
• Develop foundational project artifacts, including charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks.
• Support development of business requirements, process improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models.
• Establish structures necessary for transition from planning into implementation.
Minimal Qualifications:
• Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements.
• Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments.
• Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies.
• Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with human services, child care, public assistance, eligibility, licensing, grants management, or other government program systems.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems.
• Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and agile delivery approaches.
• Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives.
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