Information Technology Project Manager

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Job Title: IT Project Manager

Location: Pierre/ Sioux Falls, SD - Remote

Contract: 6+Months

Job Description:

Scope:

qualified individual(s) to provide project management support for DSS program areas working on technology implementations. Active implementations requiring support include Provider Enrollment and Credentialling, and MMIS System Modernization, Medicaid HR-1. Project list is not exhaustive and may change as agency priorities and needs change.

Activities include but are not limited to:

· Lead a team of business and data analysts to oversee the design, development, and implementation of various information system transformation projects.

· Assists with defining strategic direction of enterprise level IT implementations.

· Define business and technological requirements, consult with product owner, subject matter experts, and scrum teams to define business needs and objectives.

· Provides project management of highly complex large scale enterprise IT projects and smaller scale projects.

· Lead and coordinate efforts of development team and vendors to ensure solutions are implemented successfully.

· Support business and operations staff with analysis and testing activities for information system changes.

· Prepare project status reports and documentation as needed to facilitate executive decision making and communicate project progress and risks.

· Ensures project governance and monitoring controls are in place and followed.

· Responsible to ensure project design, development, and implementation are on time and budget.

· Mentor state personnel in project management and train state resources to take over this function.

Qualified candidates should have the following skills and experience:

· Successful experience managing information technology solutions.

· PMP certification or equivalent working experience.

· Knowledge of various software development methodologies (agile, waterfall, DevOps, etc.)

· Experience in successfully applying project management and project governance principles.