Job Posting Title: Certified Project Manager -IV/Sr. Typically has 15 or more years of IT work experience
Duration:10 months - potential to extend for 12 months
Location: Madison, Wisconsin– relocation accepted, within 2weeks of the Offer made
Project management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is required.
Top Required Skills:
· Development of Project Artifacts (plan, charter, status reports, etc.) (15+ years)
· Written and Verbal Communication
· Critical Thinking
· Procurement Planning (10+ years)
· Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
· Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements.
· Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments.
· Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership
- Develop and maintain an overall modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
- Assess current-state business processes, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and critical decision points requiring executive engagement.
- Recommend phased approaches for procurement, implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
Procurement and Vendor Management
- Lead development of procurement strategies and supporting documentation.
- Draft and coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement materials.
- Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
- Advise agency leadership on vendor selection, contracting approaches, and governance structures.
- Establish performance expectations and accountability measures for future vendors and implementation partners.
Partner Coordination and Governance
- Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
- Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners and stakeholders.
- Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
- Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
Program Development and Readiness
- Identify resource needs and recommend future staffing and contractor support models.
- Develop foundational project artifacts, including charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks.
- Support development of business requirements, process improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models.
- Establish structures necessary for transition from planning into implementation.
Minimal Qualifications
· Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
· Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements.
· Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments.
· Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies.
· Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with human services, childcare, public assistance, eligibility, licensing, grants management, or other government program systems.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems.
- Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and agile delivery approaches.
- Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives.
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