Required Skills

Project Manager

Work Authorization

  • Us Citizen

  • Green Card

Preferred Employment

  • Corp-Corp

Employment Type

  • Consulting/Contract

education qualification

  • UG :- - Not Required

  • PG :- - Not Required

Other Information

  • No of position :- ( 1 )

  • Post :- 27th Mar 2021

JOB DETAIL

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that numerous deliverables are provided successfully during the following project phases:

1.    Phase 1 – Website Assessment and Discovery

·        Finalize and submit an SOW to vendors to get an estimate for vendor(s) to:

o   Conduct a discovery process to determine DSHS’s communication and technology requirements.

o   Perform an analysis of DSHS’s current websites, and WCMS to determine where gaps exist in meeting DSHS’s discovered communication and technology requirements.

o   Conduct an analysis of DSHS’s COVID-19 website response and identify issues that occurred and provide strategies for future response efforts.

o   Conduct a usability analysis to determine user-experience issues, customer needs, and barriers to their success.

o   Deliver a Website and WCMS Development and Implementation Plan that incorporates DSHS’s communication and technology requirements, user-experience enhancements, and business needs.

o   Develop a Request for Offer (RFO) to implement and configure a new WCMS based on the findings above.

o   Develop a Request for Offer (RFO) to redesign, develop, and implement new websites for DSHS based on the Website and WCMS Development and Implementation Plan delivered above.

 

2.    Phase 2 – Manage the Vendor Offers to Procure and Implement New Web Content Management System and the selection of the new Vendor (WCMS)

3.    Phase 3 – Procure and Implement New Web Content Management System (WCMS)

·        Finalize the selection process of the new vendor to:

o   Implement and configure a new WCMS application based on vendor recommendations in the Website and WCMS Development and Implementation Plan.

o   Perform final security testing and verification.

o   Perform final accessibility testing and verification.

o   Perform training for DSHS staff to administer and manage the WCMS.

o   Provide application stabilization for a determined time period after launch.

o   Provide customer support that includes WCMS and website support, maintenance, licensing, ongoing training, and yearly analysis and review.

 

4.    Phase 4 – Website Design, Development, and Implementation

·        Develop and submit an SOW to vendors to:

o   Design, develop, and implement new DSHS websites based on the Website and WCMS Development and Implementation Plan delivered during Phase 1.

o   Perform testing during key phases of the project to ensure websites meet communication, technology, user-experience, and business requirements.

o   Perform testing during key phases of the project to ensure websites meet accessibility requirements.

o   Perform training for DSHS staff to administer and manage the new DSHS websites.

o   Provide website stabilization for a determined time period after launch.

o   Provide customer support that includes website support, maintenance, ongoing training, and yearly analysis and review.

 

Project Manager Position Requirements:

·        Owns responsibility for project's actions and communications to Project Sponsors and IT governance committee(s) for accomplishment of project’s objectives. 

·        Completes project and its deliverables within the defined constraints of time, cost and quality. 

·        Ensures project operates within the Texas Department of Information Resources Texas Project Delivery Framework.

·        Applies project management principles to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and closeout report.

·        Serves as the primary point of contact for project communications and status reporting.

·        Leads Integrated Project Team and Change Control Board meetings and activities.

·        Ensures resources are available for project assignments to facilitate timely completion of project tasks.

·        Confers with DSHS and HHS IT management, staff, and vendors to discuss project issues, risks, and resolutions.

·        Ensure necessary approvals are obtained in a timely fashion.

·        Provide written reports to all necessary stakeholders including for communications, IT, accessibility, security, privacy, as well as for any other state and federal requirements on a regular basis.

·        Provides technical and non-technical audits, risk analyses, and documents compliance on a regular basis.

·        Communicate effectively with program staff to assess needs and ensure timely feedback.

 

II.  CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

7

Required

Experience successfully managing enterprise-level website assessment and redesign projects.

7

Required

Experience managing communication and branding-related business projects.

7

Required

Experience successfully implementing and migrating enterprise-level web content management system (WCMS) solutions.

7

Required

Skilled in user-experience for websites including conducting and reporting on usability performance using expert assessment, user tests, analytics, and validation tools.

7

Required

Skilled in web analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and other web analytics tools for tracking and reporting on the success of web projects and campaigns.

7

Required

Skilled in accessibility for websites including reporting and remediation using expert assessment and validation tools.

7

Required

Skilled in managing projects with multiple, competing priorities and deadlines.

7

Required

Experience producing assessments for workable solutions for business needs.

7

Required

Experience in information security either on IT Projects or as staff for a state agency or private sector employer

7

Required

Experience in information technology which includes direct responsibility for service delivery; systems or network configuration; service management and/or risk management; policy and compliance; procedures and standards; best practices; training,

7

Required

Incident management in a variety of settings, including the State of Texas Datacenter, AWS, Azure, etc..

5

Required

Experience in technical project methodologies including Agile methodologies.

5

Required

Experience establishing project organization and defining roles and responsibilities.

5

Required

Experience working with a state of Texas or Federal agency on public health projects.

5

Required

Experience producing documents for executive-level leadership.

5

Required

Experience managing projects using Key Performance Indicators, Earned Value Management, Schedule Performance Index, Cost Performance Index, Critical Path Analysis, and development of Work Breakdown Structures.

5

Required

Experience monitoring the work of and setting priorities for program/business and technical subject matter experts.

5

Preferred

Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Project Management Professional (PMP).

5

Preferred

Experience overseeing market research and usability studies to support web redesign projects.

2

Preferred

Experience with bilingual website buildouts.

2

Preferred

Experience with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within public health organizations.

2

Preferred

Experience with public health information systems and software applications.

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