Sr. Implementation Project Manager - Remote from

Senior Project Manager III - Software Implementation & Rollout

Location:

100% Remote within Wisconsin
Day 1:
Candidates must be available to report onsite in Madison
Travel:
Approximately 10-20% in-state travel
Contract Duration:
Multi-Year, Open Ended
Anticipated Start:
Mid-November
Residency Requirement:
Candidates must currently reside in Wisconsin. Relocation is not available.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager III to lead complex technology and software implementation initiatives supporting the Division of Public Health and Office of Health Informatics.
This is a senior-level project management role focused heavily on software implementation, rollout, deployment, and transition to operations. The Project Manager will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives involving internal business and technical teams, vendors, subject matter experts, leadership, and external partners.
The ideal candidate has significant experience taking large software implementations through the execution and deployment phases, including implementation planning, testing, readiness, stakeholder communications, change management, deployment, stabilization, and operational transition.

• Lead complex software implementation and technology projects throughout the full delivery lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, testing, deployment, stabilization, operational transition, and closure.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, resources, budgets, deliverables, and quality measures.
• Lead software rollout and deployment planning, including implementation strategy, organizational readiness, testing, production readiness, data migration, training, communications, and post-implementation support.
• Coordinate internal business and technical teams, vendors, contractors, subject matter experts, leadership, and external partners.
• Establish project governance, delivery controls, escalation processes, decision‑making structures, and performance measures.
• Identify and actively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Lead project work groups, discovery sessions, planning meetings, and project coordination activities.
• Prepare project status reports, implementation plans, recommendations, decision materials, and executive‑level communications.
• Communicate project impacts, decisions, risks, progress, and upcoming activities to leadership, delivery teams, and groups affected by changes.
• Manage vendor and consultant performance against contracts, statements of work, schedules, deliverables, service levels, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate requirements, design, configuration or development, integrations, testing, deployment, and transition to operations.
• Support projects involving public‑sector governance, regulatory requirements, privacy, security, accessibility, compliance, procurement, and data governance.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business processes, reporting requirements, operational needs, and desired outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery practices, business processes, systems, data practices, reporting capabilities, and service delivery.
• Help develop and improve project management standards, policies, procedures, templates, tools, and delivery practices.
• Support organizational change management activities, including communications planning, training coordination, adoption readiness, and implementation support.
• Manage multiple assignments and priorities while maintaining progress in a complex, changing environment.

Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in each of the following areas:

• Software…