Role: Project Manager - Must be a current Wisconsin resident. No Relocation Allowed.
Location: Madison, WI
Interview Process: Two Round Virtual Interview Process via Microsoft Teams. Use of AI Assistance is prohibited. A real time photo is required to be uploaded for interviews.
Duration of the Contract: 6/30/2027 with possibility of extension
Onsite or Remote? This position will be 100% remote. Candidates should be prepared to report onsite for Day 1. WI Resident candidates only. In state travel 10%-20%.
Security Comments:
Candidates should be prepared to provide references.
Top Required Skills & Years of Experience: 10+ Years for all skills
1. Software implementation and rollout management, including deployment planning, readiness, testing, and transition to operations.
2. Strong project controls, including integrated planning, dependency management, risk and issue resolution, and clear status reporting.
3. Stakeholder communication and coordination, including communicating impacts, decisions, and progress to both leadership and affected groups.
4. Cross-functional leadership, with the ability to align internal teams, vendors, and subject matter experts and move decisions forward.
Nice to Have Skills:
1. Experience with organizational change management, including communications planning, training coordination, and adoption readiness.
2. Experience managing vendor-delivered software or large public-sector implementations.
3. PMP certification or equivalent project management training.
4. A bachelor’s degree in project management, business, information technology, public administration, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent education and substantial experience leading complex software implementations should also be considered.
Additional details: This person leads large public-health technology projects, coordinates teams, manages schedules and budgets, helps implement software systems, and ensures that data and technology improvements are delivered successfully and safely for the State of Wisconsin. Light Travel within the state10%-20%.
Responsibilities include:
• Managing the complete project and product delivery life cycle, from evaluation and initiation through implementation, operational transition, and closure.
• Establishing and maintaining governance, delivery controls, escalation pathways, decision-making processes, and performance measures.
• Developing estimates and tracking scope, schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, risks, dependencies, quality, and outcomes.
• Preparing and presenting clear status reports, recommendations, decision materials, implementation plans, and executive-level communications.
• Identifying opportunities to improve organizational processes, systems, data practices, reporting capabilities, and service delivery.
• Developing, implementing, evaluating, and continuously improving standards, policies, procedures, templates, tools, and practices.
• Coordinating internal staff, vendors, contractors, and external partners to ensure accountability and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Training, coaching, and mentoring staff to strengthen project management, product management, data management, business analysis, change management, and delivery capabilities.
• Supporting the safe, confidential, effective, and strategic collection and use of public health information.
