Overview
On Site
USD 80.00 - 90.00 per hour
Full Time
Skills
PMO
Acceptance testing
SLA
Standard operating procedure
System administration
Configuration Management
Database administration
Risk management
Technical Support
Process improvement
Communication planning
Problem solving
Resource allocation
Release management
Regression testing
Resource management
Application Support
Tier 1
Help desk
Service level
Business requirements
IT operations
Change management
Relationship building
Software development
People skills
Decision-making
Information systems
IT security
Enterprise architecture
Agile
Database
Leadership
ServiceNow
Optimization
Reporting
KPI
Budget
SAS
Transportation
Operations
Management
Tandem
Communication
Organized
Kanban
Scrum
Business intelligence
Metrics
Regulatory Compliance
Automation
Documentation
Brainstorming
Collaboration
Workflow
Cloud computing
Hosting
Migration
Planning
Adaptability
ITIL
Job Details
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $80.00 USD Hourly - $90.00 USD Hourly
Description:
Role: Project Manager Senior
Duration: 12-month contract position, starting April 1, 2024
Location: The position is remote to start and will change to a hybrid model at John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (JSCEE) in Seattle, WA, in the future. The applicant must live within Western Washington. The work location schedule is negotiable upon hire.
Client seeks a long-term, experienced technical project manager to join our 18-member agile technical team consisting of eight Analysts, eight Developers, and two Database Administrators and partner with the IT Manager in building, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade student software systems' operational and project tasks. This is not your typical Project Manager role; the ideal candidate will lead the day-to-day system operations, including change and configuration management, system and user security, and database administration of a diverse portfolio of complex software applications using ServiceNow. This position includes developing and implementing an optimization plan, ensuring consistent system availability, reducing technical debt, implementing best practices, and collecting and reporting quarterly KPIs. This position does not support typical Project Manager tasks, including budget or risk management.
This position represents the team, and the applicant will work closely with the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), executive sponsors, business and academic leaders, business owners, subject matter experts, vendors, external agencies, and union representatives.
Products supported by our team include external applications (I.E., PowerSchool, Power Teacher/Pro, Schoology, Naviance, Performance Matters, Unified Insights, VersaTrans), as well as internal applications (I.E., Student Assignment System (SAS), Transportation Operations Systems (TOPS), Safety and Security Information Reporting System (SSIRS), and the Truancy Management System).
This position reports to the IT Manager on the Student Systems Support Team. Due to the process improvement work, this position will work closely with the IT Manager to ensure that operations, project work, and process improvements are completed in tandem.
Responsibilities/Duties:
Partner with the IT Manager to develop and manage schedules, resources, scope, and communication plans with appropriate input from the team and business. Participate and provide input into the district, departmental, and team strategies, priorities, and work plans based on current and expected needs and priorities. Excellent organizational and communication skills, problem-solving
Communication
o Create communication plans and processes.
o Organized and efficient service interruptions and change communication within the team and the larger Department of Technology Services (DoTS) team members.
o Clear and concise communication with our executive sponsors, departmental business owners, and subject matter experts with little to no technical skill sets.
- Operational Oversight
o Oversee reoccurring operational tasks.
o Apply Agile, Kanban, and Scrum techniques to implement Operations tasks and optimize resources and efforts as priorities change across competing workstreams.
o Proactively coordinate resources involving operations, projects, and business teams.
o Partner with IT Manager in developing a 3-5-year resource allocation schedule.
o Coordinate and drive operations release management schedules and tasks. I.E., annual operations calendar, bi-weekly release, hotfixes, tri-annual upgrades, start and close of school, summer school, end of year. Environment preparation, regression testing, bug fixes, user acceptance testing, backlog grooming, security, and implementation are included in some cases.
o Conduct daily operational standup meetings using Kanban best practices.
o Schedule and run necessary meetings to ensure successful completion of tasks.
o Coordinate resources with IT Manager to resolve operational or service issues.
o Collect and report operational KPI metrics, including service level agreement compliance.
Process Improvements
o Work with IT Manager to determine areas of improvement.
o Support process improvement efforts while overseeing operational project work.
o Work with IT Manager to drive discussion and outcome of a workload balance effort.
o Work with IT Manager to develop, implement, and train the team in ServiceNow Request, Incidents, and Resource Management functionality.
o Identify and present best practice recommendations to improve operations, including automation.
o Identify and present best practice recommendations for SLAs.
o Develop and refine standard operating procedures for application support and maintenance.
o Develop Tier 1 support processes and documentation to Provide oversight to the Help Desk Lead and support team to resolve user support issues.
o Drive continued out-of-the-box brainstorming sessions.
o Collaboration with executive sponsors and business owners to develop common goals.
Documentation
o Develop IT best practice templates. I.E., service level agreements, business requirements, technical requirements, etc.
Required Qualifications
8+ years leading an IT operations team supporting enterprise-grade software systems.
Systems administration and software applications technical support background.
Change management experience.
Team and relationship building and collaboration.
Understand the needs of a best-practice and high-performing IT team.
Understand the software development life cycle.
Experience using a digital workflow product for incident, request, demand, resource management, automation, and user support requests. I.E., ServiceNow
Leadership and people skills, team engagement (both work and non-work)
Technical debt reduction
Cloud hosting and migration
Detail analysis and documentation.
Planning skills, adaptability, decision making.
Bachelor's Degree
Desired Qualifications
Student Information Systems, preferably PowerSchool
PMO Certification
Experience executing a Kanban operation approach.
ITIL certifications
Agile certification
IT security-related qualifications
IT Information Systems Architecture experience
IT Enterprise Architecture experience
Contact:
This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Please apply with us today!
Salary: $80.00 USD Hourly - $90.00 USD Hourly
Description:
Role: Project Manager Senior
Duration: 12-month contract position, starting April 1, 2024
Location: The position is remote to start and will change to a hybrid model at John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (JSCEE) in Seattle, WA, in the future. The applicant must live within Western Washington. The work location schedule is negotiable upon hire.
Client seeks a long-term, experienced technical project manager to join our 18-member agile technical team consisting of eight Analysts, eight Developers, and two Database Administrators and partner with the IT Manager in building, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade student software systems' operational and project tasks. This is not your typical Project Manager role; the ideal candidate will lead the day-to-day system operations, including change and configuration management, system and user security, and database administration of a diverse portfolio of complex software applications using ServiceNow. This position includes developing and implementing an optimization plan, ensuring consistent system availability, reducing technical debt, implementing best practices, and collecting and reporting quarterly KPIs. This position does not support typical Project Manager tasks, including budget or risk management.
This position represents the team, and the applicant will work closely with the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), executive sponsors, business and academic leaders, business owners, subject matter experts, vendors, external agencies, and union representatives.
Products supported by our team include external applications (I.E., PowerSchool, Power Teacher/Pro, Schoology, Naviance, Performance Matters, Unified Insights, VersaTrans), as well as internal applications (I.E., Student Assignment System (SAS), Transportation Operations Systems (TOPS), Safety and Security Information Reporting System (SSIRS), and the Truancy Management System).
This position reports to the IT Manager on the Student Systems Support Team. Due to the process improvement work, this position will work closely with the IT Manager to ensure that operations, project work, and process improvements are completed in tandem.
Responsibilities/Duties:
Partner with the IT Manager to develop and manage schedules, resources, scope, and communication plans with appropriate input from the team and business. Participate and provide input into the district, departmental, and team strategies, priorities, and work plans based on current and expected needs and priorities. Excellent organizational and communication skills, problem-solving
Communication
o Create communication plans and processes.
o Organized and efficient service interruptions and change communication within the team and the larger Department of Technology Services (DoTS) team members.
o Clear and concise communication with our executive sponsors, departmental business owners, and subject matter experts with little to no technical skill sets.
- Operational Oversight
o Oversee reoccurring operational tasks.
o Apply Agile, Kanban, and Scrum techniques to implement Operations tasks and optimize resources and efforts as priorities change across competing workstreams.
o Proactively coordinate resources involving operations, projects, and business teams.
o Partner with IT Manager in developing a 3-5-year resource allocation schedule.
o Coordinate and drive operations release management schedules and tasks. I.E., annual operations calendar, bi-weekly release, hotfixes, tri-annual upgrades, start and close of school, summer school, end of year. Environment preparation, regression testing, bug fixes, user acceptance testing, backlog grooming, security, and implementation are included in some cases.
o Conduct daily operational standup meetings using Kanban best practices.
o Schedule and run necessary meetings to ensure successful completion of tasks.
o Coordinate resources with IT Manager to resolve operational or service issues.
o Collect and report operational KPI metrics, including service level agreement compliance.
Process Improvements
o Work with IT Manager to determine areas of improvement.
o Support process improvement efforts while overseeing operational project work.
o Work with IT Manager to drive discussion and outcome of a workload balance effort.
o Work with IT Manager to develop, implement, and train the team in ServiceNow Request, Incidents, and Resource Management functionality.
o Identify and present best practice recommendations to improve operations, including automation.
o Identify and present best practice recommendations for SLAs.
o Develop and refine standard operating procedures for application support and maintenance.
o Develop Tier 1 support processes and documentation to Provide oversight to the Help Desk Lead and support team to resolve user support issues.
o Drive continued out-of-the-box brainstorming sessions.
o Collaboration with executive sponsors and business owners to develop common goals.
Documentation
o Develop IT best practice templates. I.E., service level agreements, business requirements, technical requirements, etc.
Required Qualifications
8+ years leading an IT operations team supporting enterprise-grade software systems.
Systems administration and software applications technical support background.
Change management experience.
Team and relationship building and collaboration.
Understand the needs of a best-practice and high-performing IT team.
Understand the software development life cycle.
Experience using a digital workflow product for incident, request, demand, resource management, automation, and user support requests. I.E., ServiceNow
Leadership and people skills, team engagement (both work and non-work)
Technical debt reduction
Cloud hosting and migration
Detail analysis and documentation.
Planning skills, adaptability, decision making.
Bachelor's Degree
Desired Qualifications
Student Information Systems, preferably PowerSchool
PMO Certification
Experience executing a Kanban operation approach.
ITIL certifications
Agile certification
IT security-related qualifications
IT Information Systems Architecture experience
IT Enterprise Architecture experience
Contact:
This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Please apply with us today!