Project Manager III

Job Opportunity

Candidates MUST be WI residents or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting. This position can work 100% remotely (within the state of WI).

Job Description:

Under the general direction of the Data Warehouse and Decision Support (DWDS) Director, this position provides project management, scrum master and leadership services for the DWDS team. Technologies the team currently uses or planned to use include SQL Server, Power BI, and Fabric solutions. These solutions serve a vast scope of IT-based, cross-division and agency-wide projects. This position is also responsible for tracking budget and timelines as needed, business analysis and engagement services in the planning, development, testing and implementation phases of related projects. Experience in building out processes and procedures in Asana is preferred.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate, manage and lead DWDS IT projects, develop and maintain project plans and implementation schedules, identify project resources, establish proper project controls and ensure project schedules are maintained, manage overall release and individual iteration planning efforts.

• Serve as DWDS project manager and Scrum Master which entails facilitating project/scrum ceremonies and meetings, creating project artifacts and documentation, providing subject matter expertise when needed and performing project planning/management tasks.
• Develop project work plans, including estimates, to support the agency’s strategic IT plans and meet strategic objectives.
• Negotiate estimates for costs, timelines and resources.
• Ensure project implementation plans include appropriate resource estimates along with estimates versus actual expenditures and target dates.
• Leverage performance metrics to monitor the progress of assigned projects against plans.
• Initiate appropriate actions to assure that project deadlines and schedules are met and that project costs are controlled, including resource leveling across multiple projects, along with other agency project managers.
• Communicate status of projects to IT leadership and senior leadership. Inform product owners and management of any variance from plans.
• Prepare formal status reports and presentations to keep agency customers and IT and senior leadership informed of project progress, milestones and issues.
• Establish project vision and objectives along with evaluate alternative approaches.
• As needed, support the integration of vendor solutions into the business processes and technologies in place.
• Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across DWDS projects and programs in the portfolio and resolve or escalate conflicts.
• Maintain roadmap of project/initiative delivery.
• Manage prioritization, resourcing and scheduling of requests working with business and IT managers.
• Assist business line with IT facilitation of strategy.
• Drive vendor evaluation and selection for new solutions.
• Work with project teams to manage/oversee the full range of the project life cycle (initiate, planning, execute, close-out) for projects covering a portfolio of projects which focus on the business needs of a specific business line(s) or strategy.
• Deliver projects according to agreed-upon timeline, budget, and scope.
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and formulate complex project/program plans and schedules.
• Assist with the definition of requirements and the preparation of bid documents for the acquisition of applications and assist with the evaluation of responses.
• Discover, analyze, organize and document application functional and data requirements.
• Develop and evaluate solution alternatives that solve the needs of the business area or agency.
• Facilitate application requirements gathering sessions.

Knowledge /Skills/Ability (KSA):

• Advanced skill in using computers, software applications, databases and automated systems.
• Advanced knowledge and skill in the use of agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of PMI framework and methodologies. Advanced knowledge of business analysis processes.
• Significant knowledge of business engagement and business relationship management practices.
• Considerable knowledge of application design and development tools and processes.
• Knowledge of RFP/RFI development and processes.
• Significant ability to apply project management techniques including creating project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures.
• Advanced ability to prioritize and simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of various sizes.
• Ability to lead and coordinate project teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Ability to develop and comply with project schedules and reach projected milestones to ensure customer satisfaction and deliverables are successful.
• Ability to provide and deliver training, knowledge transfer and informational sessions.
• Strong ability to communicate, in both verbal and written formats, in an effective and efficient manner to staff, customers and vendors of varying levels of IT knowledge.
• Advanced ability to analyze complex application development and delivery problems, develop and identify alternative solutions, project consequences or proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of customer’s needs.
• Significant ability to work independently as well as a contributing member of a team.
• Strong organizational skills with significant attention to detail. Ability to prepare and administer a project and/or operational budget.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive workplace environment.
• Proven ability to collaborate with a wide range of individuals with varying backgrounds to work together for a common purpose to achieve business goals.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong experience being a Scrum Master for a diverse scrum team with a broad set of skills.
• Significant ability to apply project management techniques including creating project charters, project phases, status reports and work breakdown structures and creating work requests in the form of user stories. Ability to communicate project status to relevant and various stakeholders.
• Advanced ability to prioritize and simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of various sizes.
• Experience in data warehousing and reporting projects, including dashboard tools, reporting tools and other analytical tools, especially using the Microsoft stack (SQL Server, SSIS, Power BI, Fabric, Azure).
• Experience gathering requirements for data visualizations, dashboards and reports, including translating business needs to technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with K-12 education data sector
• Experience running a user group/focus group.
• Experience with Asana

Required Skills : Scrum Master,Data Warehouse,Project Management,SQL

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills : Project Manager,Data Warehouse Engineer

This is a high PRIORITY requisition.