Certified Project Manager

Novalink Solutions•Madison, WI

24d

About The Position

The DCF Child Care Child Welfare section is looking for a results oriented and adaptable individual with a ‘can do attitude’ to lead business intelligence projects, legacy, and modernized software/application development projects for our business partners. This project manager will lead multiple projects from small to multi -million -dollar development efforts. The project manager will work with other project managers in DCF and possibly with other State of WI Departments such as the Department of Administration (DOA) and the Department of Health Services (DHS). The person in this role will lead the business intelligence and software/ application development team members to complete projects and work closely with our business partners to ensure its success. The individual in this position will: Be responsible for technical and overall project management on enterprise -wide business intelligence, software/application development, and infrastructure/ architecture projects. Works closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks. Solves complex technical problems. Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives in support of enterprise -wide business intelligence. Builds an effective team and directs the work of the project team to meet project milestones. Develops standards, policies and procedures for the form, structure and attributes of the business intelligence documentation, tools, and systems. Develops data/information quality metrics. Develop and maintain project charters, plans, deliverables, and other project artifacts. Work closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks, solve complex technical problems, understand business objectives and problems, identify alternative solutions, and perform feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis. Research new technology and develops business cases to support enterprise -wide business intelligence solutions. Participate in special projects as required. Have 12+ years of project management experience with leading large and complex database management systems, business intelligence tools and systems. Selected candidate must provide copies of any/all certifications as part of the hiring process. The candidate should have strong communication skills and should be a team player.

Requirements

Change management Must Have 5+ years
Project management Must Have 12+ years
In depth knowledge of System development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development Must Have 12+ years
Demonstrated competence in promoting understanding and cooperation within and between organizations Must Have 12+years
Group facilitation Must Have 12+ years
Experience in technical writing and documentation Must Have 10+ years
Analytical/problem solving skills Must Have 10+ years
Excellent oral and written communication skills Must Have 10+ years
Excel (MS) Must Have 10+ years
Outlook Must Have 10+ years
MS Office Products Must Have 10+ years
Expertise in implementation of large complicated models and processes Must Have 5+ years
Excellent organization, analytical and communication skills Must Have 10 years
Strong verbal communications skills with ability to clearly present information and ideas to groups Must Have 12+ years
User test, system test and user acceptance test plans Must Have 5+ years
Data analysis Must Have 5+ years
Informatica Must Have 5+ years
Data Warehouse – experience in data warehouse design and development Must Have 5+ years
Data Warehouse - Experience in requirements gathering for data warehouse Must Have 5+ years
In -depth knowledge of system development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development Must Have 5+ years
Requirements analysis Must Have 5+ years
Requirements gathering Must Have 5+ years
Scope & Risk Management Must Have 12+ years
Business Objects or other BI tools Must Have 5+ years
Work with customers to solve problems and support their needs Must Have 10+ years
Thorough understanding of industry standard project management methodologies and reporting (12+years) including PMP (or similar industry standard) Certification
Strong customer service and relationship management experience
Experience managing multiple in -flight business intelligence/data warehousing and application development projects simultaneously.
Project documentation skills and experience to support project chartering, scoping, and other project deliverables.

Nice To Haves

MS Project Nice to Have 3+ years
Knowledge of Kimball data warehouse design principals Nice to Have 5+ years
Demonstrated experience in the design and utilization of performance measures and reports Nice to Have 3+ years
State of Wisconsin Privacy Regulations Nice to Have Previous experience

Responsibilities

Technical and overall project management on enterprise -wide business intelligence, software/application development, and infrastructure/ architecture projects.
Works closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks.
Solves complex technical problems.
Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives in support of enterprise -wide business intelligence.
Builds an effective team and directs the work of the project team to meet project milestones.
Develops standards, policies and procedures for the form, structure and attributes of the business intelligence documentation, tools, and systems.
Develops data/information quality metrics.
Develop and maintain project charters, plans, deliverables, and other project artifacts.
Research new technology and develops business cases to support enterprise -wide business intelligence solutions.
Participate in special projects as required.
Lead the business intelligence and software/ application development team members to complete projects and work closely with our business partners to ensure its success.