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Job Description:
***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted
Location Requirement: Onsite or Remote? Candidate must be CURRENT WI resident. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. Hybrid, on a weekly basis--DNR is currently 60% remote and 40% in the office. Madison, WI. Hybrid requirement is weekly not monthly.
The Department of Natural Resources Information Technology (DNR IT) executive program is seeking qualified applicants for an IT Project Manager position to coordinate development and implementation of the agency s new Online Grant Management System This project is a significant interdisciplinary agency initiative grounded in a Salesforce-based platform. This position requires a full-time commitment (40 hours/week) and is ideal for a senior project manager skilled in coordinating complex initiatives involving external vendors, technical teams, and diverse business stakeholders.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience delivering complex IT projects, preferably involving SaaS platforms such as Salesforce, CRM systems, modular applications, or grant/financial workflow systems. Strong project management, business analysis, and communication skills are essential.
Required Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) and tools.
- Direct experience managing large-scale IT projects that include vendor coordination, SaaS configuration, integrations, and data migration.
- Strong facilitation and coordination skills, with the ability to organize meetings, align stakeholders, drive decisions, and maintain forward momentum.
- Experience coordinating testing activities, including UAT planning, communication, issue tracking, and tester engagement.
- Background with SaaS, CRM, or workflow-based systems; Salesforce experience is a plus.
- Ability to work with technical teams on system design, API integrations, security considerations, and platform constraints.
- Excellent communication skills for engaging users, sponsors, vendors, and technical staff.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, maintain scope, and drive projects to completion.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to support decision-making and issue resolution.
- Experience training new system users and developing training materials for users who have a broad range of technical expertise.
Desired Skills:
- Direct experience with Salesforce implementations, grant management systems, or other low-code/no-code application ecosystems.
- Experience with government or public-sector IT environments.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, integration patterns, and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and/or Salesforce sandboxes.