W2 - Porject Manager III (Agile/Scrum, TFS/ADO/Jira, government, claim processing) - Remote/Local

This is a repost due to a candidate falling off during onboarding. Please do NOT submit the same candidates. This is a true new need for 1 total position.

The client is looking for a Project Manager III.

Will close to submissions on 9/22/2025 at 4:00PM CST.

- 12+ years of project management experience
- 6 years of Agile/Scrum experience
- 6 years of TFS/AzureDevOps/Jira experience
- At least 1 year of previous work in government and claim processing

- Microsoft Azure Cloud experience
- Application development experience

Interview Process: Interviews will be ONSITE. Please ensure your candidate can come onsite to interview in Madison. PLEASE NOTE:
A real-time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to the interview page in order to accept an interview request. Please see "DWD Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.

Duration of the Contract: 6/30/2026 with potential for extension

Onsite or Remote: Candidates must be CURRENT WI residents. No relocation is allowed. DWD is currently allowing remote work from within the state of Wisconsin. The contractor must be available online, be present to meet all workload requirements, and must attend all scheduled meetings during DWD standard working hours of 7.45 am 4.30 pm Central Time. DWD can make changes or modifications to this arrangement with a reasonable advance notice.

NOTE: DWD prefers that the selected hire resides in the greater Madison area. The contractor must be available to work onsite in DWD Madison WI headquarters GEF-1 location at DWD's request, including consecutive weekdays or extended periods, without reimbursement for travel, lodging, or parking expenses.

Project details: This need is part of the new modernization project at DWD. The PM will be leading the staff in the development, maintenance and support of critical applications for the division of Unemployment Insurance.

This is a position needed as a project manager to lead staff in the development, maintenance and
support of critical priority applications supported by BITS-UI for division of Unemployment Insurance.
Candidates will play an integral role on self directed work teams in support of high priority development
projects. Project work will include application architecture design and development, integration with 3rd
party software, data conversion, new development and modifications to existing code. Successful
candidates will have demonstrated success in leading projects which include designing, creating, and
maintaining web services, system integration, web development.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates with familiarity of State of Wisconsin application systems,
procedures, and development standards and agile scrum development methodology.
DWD is currently allowing remote work from home.

The contractor will be required to be available online, be present to meet all workload requirements, and
must be available to attend all scheduled meetings during DWD standard working hours of 7:45 am -
4:30 pm Central Time. DWD can make changes or modifications to this arrangement with a reasonable
advance notice.

Hardware/Software Environment

Full job description attached.

Additional details: The successful candidate will be highly technically competent, a consistently high producer, a good communicator, and an overall team player.
All candidates submitted with inconsistencies or falsifications in their credentials will be disqualified and DOA purchasing will be notified.