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 looking for a Sr. IT Project Manager 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 is ideal for a senior project manager skilled in coordinating complex initiatives involving external vendors, technical teams, and diverse business stakeholders. The role involves utilizing IT standards, software, and tools to deliver strategic initiatives.

Tasks

• Lead and coordinate project activities for the Online Grant Management System initiative, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT standards.
• Maintain and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, communication plans, and tracking tools.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings with the vendor, IT teams, sponsors, and business stakeholders.
• Support and manage User Acceptance Testing, including planning, scheduling, communication, tester coordination, and issue tracking.
• Monitor project progress, dependencies, risks, and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality, security, and compliance expectations.
• Provide clear, timely project status updates to leadership and oversight groups.
• Coordinate activities across teams for data migration, integrations, environment planning, training, and go-live readiness.
• Maintain project documentation, decisions, action items, risks, issues, and change controls.
• Support project closeout, including lessons learned, operational transition, and final reporting.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• 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.
• Highly analytical and self-motivated.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to facilitate alignment across divisions and stakeholder groups.
• Proactive problem-solver who anticipates issues and escalates appropriately.
• Organized, dependable, and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Adaptable and able to guide teams through changing priorities or constraints.

NOTE: Candidate must be CURRENT WI resident. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. Position will be hybrid, 60% remote and 40% in the office in Madison, WI on a weekly basis

Location: Madison, WI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 10 years - Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) and tools
• 10 years - Direct experience managing large-scale IT projects that include vendor coordination, SaaS configuration, integrations, and data migration.
• 10 years - Strong facilitation and coordination skills, with the ability to organize meetings, align stakeholders, drive decisions, and maintain forward momentum
• 10 years - Experience coordinating testing activities, including UAT planning, communication, issue tracking, and tester engagement.
• 10 years - Background with SaaS, CRM, or workflow-based systems
• Strong project management and business analysis
• Bachelor s Degree (Please include on your resume)

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• 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.

*** Rate depends on experience

*** 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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