Project Manager

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This is Lisa from HSK Technologies, hope you are having a great day. I have found a perfect requirement matching your job profile, please find the job description below and let me know your response.

Role: Project manager

Location: Des Moines, IA(Hybrid)

Duration: Long term

The State of Iowa is seeking an individual that has a hybrid IT Project Manager background and Business Analyst skill set. 

Submit local/regional candidates only.  The contractor is expected to work onsite a minimum of 2 days/week. The client is not interested in relocations.
The State of Iowa is seeking an individual that has a hybrid IT Project Manager background and Business Analyst skill set. This position will be responsible for leading a project to update and integrate teacher and administrator workforce data for the Iowa Department of Education. The successful candidate must have prior project management experience and have demonstrated knowledge and experience managing data system projects. This individual also needs to be adept and working with system owners to extract information and document requirements. In this role, this individual will lead meetings, solve problems, facilitate and coordinate communication between the parties, document project status. This is an opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment supporting Iowa’s teacher workforce data collection and reporting systems.

 Primary Responsibilities:

 Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.

  • Provide guidance to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline awork plan.
  • Work with project sponsor, data system owners, subject matter experts and program consultants to analyze and document business requirements and communicate details to staff.
  • Create a catalog of data from each source system, frequency of availability, and plan to update for reporting purposes.
  • Outline specification for reports that are needed.
  • Work with stakeholders to define data and system design, and coordinate the design, development and testing of technical systems and services.
  • Maintain project management documentation including risk and mitigation activities, keeping aware of the status of the project and the need to employ mitigation measures for compliance with project objectives and timelines.
  • Verify all system documentation is complete and testing is successful before approvals for live implementation are made.
  • Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel and vendor representatives to ensure project goals are accomplished and are in line with business objectives.
  • Monitor project activities to ensure quality and integrity of deliverables. Perform change control.

 Requirements:

 Four or more years of progressively responsible IT project management experience

  • Experience with major project management methodologies, e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid.
  • Demonstrated experience working with diverse teams and managing a variety of IT projects, including data systems, application deployments, or similar services.
  • Adept at extracting and developing requirements documents.
  • Ability to work with data and conduct high level analysis, create reports to be shared with a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major program management approaches (for example, PMI, agile, etc.)
  • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
  • Experience managing projects of a size and complexity similar to the size and complexity of the Department

 Desirable Qualifications:

 Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)

  • Experience working in State government, academic institution, or similar organization

 Required Skills:

 

Skill

Years of Experience

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Four or more years of progressively responsible IT project management experience

 

 

Experience with major project management methodologies, e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid.

 

 

Demonstrated experience working with diverse teams and managing a variety of IT projects, including data systems, application deployments, or similar

 

 

Adept at extracting and developing requirements documents.

 

 

Ability to work with data and conduct high level analysis, create reports to be shared with a wide variety of stakeholders.

 

 

Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major program management approaches (for example, PMI, agile, etc.)

 

 

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

 

 

Experience managing projects of a size and complexity similar to the size and complexity of the Department

 

 

Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)

 

 

Experience working in State government, academic institution, or similar organization

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

 

Lisa

Technical Recruiter || HSK Technologies Inc

 Email:[email protected] 

 

 

 

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