Certified Project Manager -PMP

Job Description

DPI

Job Title:

Scrum Master and Project Manager

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is seeking a Project Manager to perform the role Scrum Master and Project Manager in the Application Development Team practicing Hybrid methodology combining PMI’s project management best practices with Agile/Scrum development methodology under the Division of Libraries and Technology.

The Applications Development Team is responsible for enterprise architecture, development, system testing, analysis, and maintenance of systems that capture and report data. This includes but is not limited to applications that focus on finance, budget, and data collection and reporting applications that satisfy the needs of Wisconsin’s K12 education systems. These systems require extensive knowledge and experience developing complex applications, reports, and relational databases.

This position is responsible for leading and coaching a project team on a hybrid project methodology combining PMI Project Management best practices and agile practices/principles to deliver high quality products and services for our external customers (state schools and districts) and internal customers (DPI users). It will facilitate the execution and delivery of well‑defined software releases using the Hybrid framework, including project planning deliverables such as Project Charters, Stakeholder Analysis, Risk Assessment, Estimation, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospectives and close‑out phase deliverables.

The role will work with project teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making, resolve team impediments with other scrum masters/project managers, and improve the effectiveness of the project management framework in the agency. This position will be responsible for maintaining a healthy product backlog, planning all releases of the system, and documenting system dependencies.

This position will work with and serve as a liaison between IT Teams, management and business units within DPI and external vendors to identify and analyze opportunities for improving processes and business systems.

This position will also help facilitate quality assurance tasks, UAT efforts and provide product customer support when needed.

Under the general supervision of the Applications Development Team manager, this person will work closely with others to accomplish project objectives, or function independently to accomplish daily work requirements as a member of the Applications Development Team. Objectives, priorities, and deadlines are established in consultation with the department program area leaders, project managers, and the Applications Development Team manager.

• Minimum 2‑5 years’ experience using Agile/Scrum Development Methodology with CSM Certifications
• Minimum 2‑5 years’ experience with PMI’s Project Management deliverables
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently within established guidelines
• Basic understanding of end‑to‑end customer experience integration and dependencies
• Experience writing user stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria
• Ability to facilitate UAT efforts
• Experience with refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospectives, and other scrum techniques
• Experience creating documentation such as project charter, risk analysis, stakeholder analysis and engagement, decision logs, project estimation and timelines, project status reports, road maps, and project close‑out reports
• Experienced in leading CRM‑focused projects, overseeing end‑to‑end implementation, optimization, and integration of CRM platforms to support business objectives
• Skilled in managing stakeholder expectations, coordinating cross‑functional teams, and leveraging CRM insights to inform strategy and improve customer experience

• Ability to grasp technical concepts and communicate to developers in a .NET based development environment
• Experience using Microsoft Azure Dev Ops, or…