• US Citizen

• Green Card

• Corp-Corp

• W2-Contract

• Consulting/Contract

• UG :- - Not Required

• PG :- - Not Required

• No of position :- ( 1 )

• Post :- 15th Dec 2022

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Developing and maintaining detailed project schedule, budget and monitoring expenditures
• Developing and maintaining all required project management artifacts following State, DHHS and PMBOK guidelines
• Managing scope, resources, timelines, costs/budget, quality, communication, and procurements to meet the goals of the State
• Leading and performing hands-on analysis of the business and technical environments, and writing RFP
• Working with vendors to manage contract deliverables, oversee all vendor activities to ensure that all the milestones are met
• Ensuring that project plans and schedules are established and maintained, ensuring that deliverables are completed timely and accurately
• Establishing project governance, conducting formal presentations, coordinating with all project stakeholders and ensure that appropriate project controls are instituted
• Serving as an IT project liaison to the business client
• Working with business stakeholders to develop necessary project management, change management, risk management, rollout, and training plans
• Working with the technical team to ensure technical readiness during implementation and supervising implementation activities
• Developing and maintaining all required State CIO project documentation
• Experience in managing projects using various methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Kanban) and diligently applying Agile / Kanban values, principles, and practices
• Proficient in conducting all the Scrum ceremonies within a collocated as well as distributed teams
• Experience in facilitating release planning


Required skills include:
The selected candidate must be a results-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent IT Project Management, negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Capable of leading effective project meetings that are tailored to the audience
• Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using project management tools
• Must have proficiency in project management, agile, scrum, and kanban software tools
• Must have strategic planning skills with good understanding of roadmap development.
• Ability to write and present effective project materials, including presentations and status reports
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel
• Proven experience with working collaboratively with business/program partners
• Ability to effectively identify and resolve system or business process/project issues
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high-demand dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including development of project
• Must have experience writing RFPs/technical writing
• Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Ability to help manage Scrum team backlog and/or Kanban Flow, and priorities using agile based tools (ServiceNow, Jira, Version One etc.)


Management prefers applicants with the following:
• Candidate with PMP Certification.  Scrum Master certification is a plus.
• Experience managing or supervising legacy system replacement projects
• Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
• Experience working in Healthcare industry
• Knowledge of Public Health Programs is preferred
• Experience planning and managing data conversion activities
• Experience building rollout plans
• Experience working with Learning Management systems

SKILLS

• Project management experience, preferably with large, complex automation implementation efforts involving vendor management
• Demonstrated Project Management experience on system deployments with multiple clients
• Proven track record of delivering IT projects within budget, scope and schedule.
• Hands on experience managing project risk, cost, schedule, quality, testing, and communications.
• Strong supervision, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills.
• Demonstrated presentation, training skills, oral and written communication skills
• Solid work experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) and MS Office
• PMI certification Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scrum Master Certification
• Capable of leading effective project meetings that are tailored to the audience
• Ability to create simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using project management tools
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff, clients and other IT personnel
• Proven experience with working collaboratively with business/program partners
• Ability to effectively identify and resolve system or business process/project issues
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work in a high-demand dynamic environment
• Must have experience writing RFPs/technical writing
• State government experience and experience working with early childhood data systems
• Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for a SW development/maintenance teams that was diligently applying Agile / Kanban values and principles