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 seeking a Project Manager to help support project management activities by ensuring projects are executed efficiently and effectively which will require managing schedules, coordinating meetings, tracking project progress, and maintaining key project documentation. The position includes collaboration with internal teams and other Program/Project Managers working on the same initiative providing assistance where needed to keep projects on track and ensure alignment with business goals. At a high level, the Project Manager will oversee the coordination of projects and technology operations readiness efforts in support of its $54MM transformation program.

Tasks

• Implement new commercial/configurable off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to shift the department away from a custom development legacy approach.
• Implement full Data Management capabilities for data ownership, custodianship, stewardship, and governance. This establishes data as a meaningful asset for analytics and data-driven decisions, applied to all facets of the agency.
• Develop, train on and migrate to improved or new IT processes, procedures, and support to ensure the planned Department Mission improvements and value from new products and technologies are realized.
• Manage Agile, Waterfall and/or Iterative projects, especially projects that employ a hybrid approach.
• Complete project planning, scheduling, scope, cost, risk identification and management, status reporting, change management, issues resolution and other project management controls
• Manage software implementation projects including custom, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and related processes to support and enhance foundation infrastructure, services, business systems and enterprise software solutions.
• Manage projects in the project and strategic portfolio management application (software).
• Manage numerous projects, with the ability to prioritize, delegate, and escalate project concerns as needed.
• Communicate with project stakeholders to facilitate group discussions to drive decision-making direction.
• Communicate both verbally and with written messages to facilitate a mutual understanding of involved parties.
• Manage procurement processes.
• Provide knowledge transfer when necessary to provide work/project continuity.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required (Soft Skills):

• Excellent customer service skills
• Possess empathy
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to actively listen
• Ability to establish rapport with others
• Ability to motivate coworkers and customers
• Ability to work collaboratively across business and technology functions

NOTE: The work is expected to be done remotely.

Location: 100% Remote

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of the Project Management industry best practices for service/systems creation and development and generally accepted standards outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) Guide and Agile principles.
• Knowledge of the Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of procurement processes
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall and/or Iterative project management methodologies, especially with projects that employ a hybrid approach.
• Experience with project planning, scheduling, scope, cost, risk identification and management, status reporting, change management, issues resolution and other project management controls and practices.
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience leading/managing large data migration and interface/data exchange efforts
• Strong experience managing software implementation projects including custom, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and related processes to support and enhance foundation infrastructure, services, business systems and enterprise software solutions.
• Proficient in using a project and strategic portfolio management application (e.g. Microsoft Project, Planview, DevOps).

***Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** 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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