Project Manager, IT Project Manager, IT Consultant

Job Description
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, Dev Ops, etc.)

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

Project Location
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Successful candidate will be on site with staff in Pierre and/or Sioux Falls at least quarterly.

seeking a qualified individual(s) to provide project management support for 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.