Certified Project Manager - $79 CTC - REMOTE (WI Resident/MUST Relocate to Wisconsin)

Job Description:

CHANDRA TECHNOLOGIES INC is committed to providing some of the most competitive rates in the industry for qualified consultants. For candidates with current or prior experience with the State of Wisconsin experience and all required skills outlined in the job posting, we offer up to 98.5% of the client bill rate on CTC basis, ensuring a very low margin (under $1). Please be advised that client administrative fees will be deducted if applicable. Our payment terms are Net 30, and we guarantee payment within that period of Net 30, regardless of the client's payment status to us.

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Location Requirement: Candidates MUST be WI residents or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting. This position can work 100% remote (within the state of WI).

The Digital Strategy Team, within the Office of Strategic Communication, is seeking a temporary web project manager to help the team build innovative, well-engineered websites while informing the online strategy for the University of Wisconsin Madison. We are a supportive unit that offers continuous learning opportunities and a collaborative environment. Our dynamic team creates websites that serve the entire UW Madison campus. The university's gateway site (, the official UW Wordpress theme, and the campus news site and alumni magazine are a few of the web properties in our portfolio. Our ideal candidate will embrace working with digital and user experience designers, developers, and writers to create and improve UW websites. Our team currently uses a combination of agile and waterfall methodologies to manage multiple concurrent projects, in collaboration with colleagues throughout the university. We are looking for a talented project manager to guide our UW Theme 2.0 project through the finish line. Our team values organization, flexibility and a sense of humor. You will collaborate with a growing team of designers, user experience experts, and developers.

Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Execution: Provide technical and analytical guidance to project teams, managing tasks, budget, scope, and timeline while applying project management methodologies to overcome obstacles and ensure successful project delivery.
• Team Coordination and Prioritization: Collaborate with the Digital Director to set team priorities and roadmap, and ensure effective communication between designers, developers, and writers to maintain focus on project goals and deadlines.
• Client and Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring clear communication throughout the project lifecycle, from initial conception to status reporting.

Required Skills:

• Minimum of two years experience managing website / web application projects.
• Minimum of two years experience setting project goals, scope, and timeline, as well as regularly reporting on project status and forecasting team workload.
• Minimum of two years experience using Asana, GitLab, or similar project management platform.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with both Agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
• Project management certification such as Scrum certification or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.