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Project details (project overview, who the contractor will work with, soft skills needed, etc.):
This position will be reporting to the Project Delivery Unit Supervisor. This role will work cross functionally with other team members but will primarily be an independent contributor. This team needs a senior project manager who has led a large software implementation or rollout through the execution and deployment phases. They should be experienced coordinating internal teams and vendors, managing rollout readiness, and planning communications for stakeholders and people affected by the change. The project has several connected workstreams, so the person should be comfortable managing an integrated schedule, dependencies, risks, decisions, and issues while keeping leaders and delivery teams aligned. Experience leading a complex, cross-functional project is more important than a specific budget amount or number of simultaneous projects.

Additional details: This person leads large public-health technology projects, coordinates teams, manages schedules and budgets, helps implement software systems, and ensures that data and technology improvements are delivered successfully and safely for the State of Wisconsin. Light Travel within the state10%-20%.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the complete project and product delivery life cycle, from evaluation and initiation through implementation, operational transition, and closure.
• Establishing and maintaining governance, delivery controls, escalation pathways, decision-making processes, and performance measures.
• Developing estimates and tracking scope, schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables, risks, dependencies, quality, and outcomes.
• Preparing and presenting clear status reports, recommendations, decision materials, implementation plans, and executive-level communications.
• Identifying opportunities to improve organizational processes, systems, data practices, reporting capabilities, and service delivery.
• Developing, implementing, evaluating, and continuously improving standards, policies, procedures, templates, tools, and practices.
• Coordinating internal staff, vendors, contractors, and external partners to ensure accountability and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Training, coaching, and mentoring staff to strengthen project management, product management, data management, business analysis, change management, and delivery capabilities.
• Supporting the safe, confidential, effective, and strategic collection and use of public health information.

The incumbent is expected to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and provide leadership on complex and evolving issues. The position requires the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines, respond effectively to changing priorities, shift attention across competing needs, identify when matters require escalation, and maintain progress in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.

GOALS AND WORKER ACTIVITIES:

• Manage complex projects, including timelines, and quality goals. Lead implementation of major OHI initiatives. These projects will range from moderately to significantly complex programs.
• Work with OHI leadership to develop project charters ensuring that the scope of projects is defined. Projects may be related to wide range of data-related topics, e.g., policies, gaps, communications, training, access, use, release, security, and privacy.
• Lead and facilitate project workgroups and sub-groups to complete components of larger projects and complete required deliverables. Coordinate, schedule, and participate in discussions and meetings to help ensure success. Prepare and distribute project team meeting agendas and assure meeting notes include attendees, decisions made, and next steps.
• Develop and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with partners, leadership, and other members throughout DPH to develop and implement program initiatives.
• Lead discovery sessions and project management coordination activities. Monitor progress and report on the overall status of projects.
• Assist the DPH Leadership with strategic guidance using tools and data to support strategies presented. The Senior Project manager must deliver in a systems thinking approach to delivery and continuous improvement.
• Monitor annual action plans and provide progress and financial tracking status reports on active projects.
• Evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of project delivery related activities and recommend solutions to management for strategic direction.
• Be aware of complex federal and state regulations regarding data use, access, confidentiality, and other data related issues.
• Consider short term and long term plans to achieve OHI project delivery goals.
• Coordinate with the Team member and other staff to plan, schedule, track, document, and communicate project status, risks and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure that project and product activities address public health, regulatory, security, accessibility, and operational requirements.
• Work with public health, healthcare, government, community, or other regulated-program stakeholders to understand business processes, reporting obligations, service-delivery needs, and desired outcomes.
• Coordinate with privacy, security, legal, procurement, data-governance, and compliance representatives as required.
• Ensure that required compliance reviews, approvals, documentation, and corrective actions are completed before implementation.
• Support projects involving multi-agency governance, grant requirements, public-sector procurement, external reporting, and formal approval processes.
• Manage vendor and consultant performance against contracts, statements of work, schedules, service levels, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead software implementation, rollout, and transition-to-operations activities

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:

• 10+ Years for all skills
• Software implementation and rollout management, including deployment planning, readiness, testing, and transition to operations.
• Strong project controls, including integrated planning, dependency management, risk and issue resolution, and clear status reporting.
• Stakeholder communication and coordination, including communicating impacts, decisions, and progress to both leadership and affected groups.
• Cross-functional leadership, with the ability to align internal teams, vendors, and subject matter experts and move decisions forward.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with organizational change management, including communications planning, training coordination, and adoption readiness.
• Experience managing vendor-delivered software or large public-sector implementations.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management training.
• A bachelor’s degree in project management, business, information technology, public administration, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent education and substantial experience leading complex software implementations should also be considered.

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:

• 10+ Years for all skills
• Software implementation and rollout management, including deployment planning, readiness, testing, and transition to operations.
• Strong project controls, including integrated planning, dependency management, risk and issue resolution, and clear status reporting.
• Stakeholder communication and coordination, including communicating impacts, decisions, and progress to both leadership and affected groups.
• Cross-functional leadership, with the ability to align internal teams, vendors, and subject matter experts and move decisions forward.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with organizational change management, including communications planning, training coordination, and adoption readiness.
• Experience managing vendor-delivered software or large public-sector implementations.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management training.
• A bachelor’s degree in project management, business, information technology, public administration, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent education and substantial experience leading complex software implementations should also be considered.

• Location: Madison, WI

• Work Mode: 100% Remote

• Eligibility: Wisconsin residents only; no relocation

• Work Authorization: USC and GC only

StarTekk’s adoption of Digital Transformation is to accelerate organizational growth, increase efficiencies and help Star Workforce achieve focused business goals. The Employee will help our organization to identify and bridge the gap that exists in the business by analyzing the data, scale and support digital transformation initiatives.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Interview Type: Web Cam Interview Only

Work Arrangement: Remote

Engagement Type: Contract

Short Description: Under broad supervision, manages projects through full life cycle from project definition through implementation of project deliverables. Creates collaborative partnership with all internal and external team members to accomplish the deliverables.

Complete Description:

The Senior Project Manager will join the Enterprise Systems Department (ESD) at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) focusing on the strategic implementation of new technology solutions or supporting the existing ones. In this role, the successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders to execute projects within scope, budget and schedule.

We are open to fully remote candidates as long as they reside in the US.

Candidate must be a US CITIZEN to be considered for this position.

While the intent may be a long-term tenure, this position is subject to annual budget restrictions. The initial contract is through the end of this fiscal year and is anticipated to be renewed July 1st.

Project Management core responsibilities include time and resource management, scope management, issue and risk management, project execution. This person plans, directs, and monitors the work produced by the team(s). He or she is responsible for managing stakeholder relationships, including general, ongoing communications, negotiation of scope and schedule changes, key risks, issue resolution, and ongoing progress reporting. The Project Manager will shape client expectations, and manage scope, risk and budget related to the project. This person must have a broad knowledge of project management best practices and be able to proactively identify potential project risks and proactively consult with key stakeholders and departmental leadership on how to develop and execute mitigation strategies.

Job Requirements:

8-10 years job-related experience

Effective analytical and presentation skills

Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills; ability to tailor communication to different audiences, such as management, stakeholders, users, SMEs, developers, and others

Ability to communicate and work effectively with both functional area experts and technical team members

Demonstrated experience using JIRA and other project management tools.

Experience being both a Project Manager and Business Analyst on the same project is strongly preferred

Strong working knowledge of Agile Software Development Lifecycle Process, including incremental/iterative and Waterfall methods

Ability to manage work on multiple projects with competing priorities

Experience overseeing user acceptance testing and providing test cases/test scenarios for UAT

Experience working with web application development teams who use technologies such as Java and Drupal

Excellent organizational experience and professionalism

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Self-motivated and able to work independently

Experience working in research/educational institutions or small IT companies preferred

Sample Projects:

Projects supporting researchers and staff internally at GTRI as well as for the entire campus, including proposal management, compliance tools, researcher dashboards, talent management software, and financial applications

Project types include in-house Java development, web development, Cognos reports, Jira Service desk management and implementation, support of third-party software, enterprise systems integration, as well as database and systems infrastructure projects.

Education:

A Bachelors or Masters degree is required: Preferred degree in Business, Accounting, or IT-related field.

Project Management certification (PMP) preferred

Originally posted on Himalayas

We are actively seeking an accomplished Senior Project Manager to become an integral part of our dynamic creative team. This individual will play a pivotal role in advancing our innovative solutions within the realm of AI projects, bringing their talent and expertise to contribute to our ongoing development of cutting-edge solutions.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as a Project manager within a AI software or SaaS development environment

• Strong knowledge and experience of iterative/agile (e.g. SCRUM) and more traditional (e.g. Waterfall) methodologies

• Experience in using tools (e.g. Jira, ClickUp, Microsoft Project, Atlassian Portfolio, etc.)

• Advanced English level

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

• Analytical thinker

Responsibilities:

• Creation and maintenance of project plan and project budget that align with project standards and goals.

• Regular, timely, and comprehensive reporting of the projects progress.

• Estimation of resources and timelines necessary for completion of assigned tasks.

• In cooperation with the sourcing department, allocation of resources to projects.

• Observing the adherence to the communicated timelines and taking corrective actions as and when necessary.

• Monitoring team performance, establishing a feedback loop, and maintaining team spirit.

• Be a point of escalation for the team, both internally and externally, and control issue resolution.

• Proactive identification of any risks to the assigned projects and taking actions on elimination or mitigation of those.

What we offer:

• Remote job with the freedom to work from anywhere in the world.

• Flexible work schedule tailored to your life and work needs.

• Competitive and timely salary.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• The chance to gain experience in various fields and participate in exciting projects.

• Your ideas and initiatives are always welcome and valued.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Work Location Type: Remote

Req Number 335368

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com. 

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $123,000.00 – $205,100.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 15% or $, based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.

This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) should not apply. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position.

Rewards and Benefits

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger’s benefits, please click on the link below:

Grainger Benefits

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Position Details

The Senior Project Manager – Information Security is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating project teams through waterfall/agile/and hybrid project management practices. They will enable the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the delivery of project to provide exceptional business value to users.

This role is responsible for managing multiple concurrent, high visibility projects using waterfall/agile/hybrid methods in an environment that may cross multiple business units or teams. The focus of the role is building on project management principles and practices to adapt project delivery approaches to provide the right balance of agility and predictability to suit the business goals of projects.

This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) should not apply. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position.

You will

• Directly manage information technology projects supporting Infrastructure, Information Security, Business Systems & Operations, and Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics.
• Support project scope and schedule development/management while focusing on timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; manage risks, issues, and escalations; and perform delivery planning and execution for assigned projects.
• Own project management responsibilities three to five separate projects or programs: build and manage project schedules based on defined scope and resource constraints; manage and control scope and deliverables for assigned projects.
• Demonstrate ability to gather and provide project level estimates and reporting (Status, Risks/Issues, Leadership Escalations) for teams executing projects
• Orchestrate team project delivery while holding teams accountable for their commitments; identify and remove roadblocks to project work.
• Facilitate work across multiple technical teams, business units, 3rd party vendors/partners, and other projects as needed to achieve assigned projects’ goals and deliverables.
• Act as peer mentor to project managers on the team; assist portfolio management in project governance and practices

You have

• BA/BS or equivalent preferred
• 5-7+ years of Information Technology Project Management experience
• 7+ years of experience in an IT related field preferred
• Solid understanding of waterfall/agile/hybrid project management principles and practices and ability to adapt methodologies to projects
• Experience mentoring peers or project teams in project management practices and procedures
• Sufficient level of business/technical background to provide interface with technical project delivery teams and to be able to evaluate project risks and issues accurately and objectively.
• Knowledge of project facilitation, situational awareness, stakeholder management, conflict resolution and consensus building.
• Strong relationship management skills that enable effective navigation in a highly matrixed organization to quickly earn sponsorship and trust to mobilize and motivate project teams.
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively and manage multiple cross-functional teams.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) preferred. Agile certifications such as PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are helpful.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  
• 3+ years of project management experience, with a proven track record of successfully managing IT projects.
  
• Strong understanding of PMI principles, methodologies, and best practices.
  
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Asana, Jira, and MS Project.
  
• Demonstrated experience with reporting BI tools (tableau, PowerBi)
  
• PMP, ITIL, or other relevant certifications are highly desirable.
  
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  
• Experience with software development is a plus.
  
• Experience with Six Sigma and lean methodologies is a plus.
  
• Knowledge of facilities management, construction, and related industries is advantageous.
  

Benefits

• Office Equipment
  
• Payment (Monthly payment made through Deel.com)
  
• Career Development
  
• Holidays of your Country
  
• Vacations
  
• Personal Days
  
• Sick days
  
• B-Day off
  
• English lessons
  
• Working from home
  
• Referral Program
  
• Medical insurance
  
• Entertainment/Wellness Bonus
  

Originally posted on Himalayas

Project Manager Level 3

Duration: 12 Months

Note to Vendors

• Remote candidates ok. Candidate must be willing to travel (0-25% depending on the project assignment).

Job Description

We are looking for a senior project manager to lead and deliver capabilities within our Vendor SSO Program and the Enterprise Maintenance (Maximo) Program. The large delivery team operates in a lean program/agile methodology so having experience working with cross functional agile scrum teams is a must. The PM needs to be highly engaged in the work to drive teams to milestones, and effective at resolving issues requiring collaboration of many stakeholders. They need to demonstrate strong communication within and outside of team to align dependencies. This individual will be able to keep technical teams on track and work to escalate issues as appropriate.

• 5 - 10 years of Project Management experience delivering large and/or complex projects.
• Expertise in applying the systems development and project management life-cycle processes involved with implementing I.T. solutions.

• Proven track record of delivering objectives on time and within budget.

• Proven problem solving and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability in team motivation and delegation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to customers and to all levels within the organization.
• Ability to travel independently (0-25% depending on project assignment)

Desired Skills:

· Some of the Competencies/Skills required to successfully perform this position are:

· Exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader with a Lean-Agile Mindset.

· Highly developed oral and written communications skills.

· Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others.

· High level of analytical ability.

· High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others.

· Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

o PMP certification a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Experienced in managing full life-cycle projects, including schedule, budget, risk/issue management and status reporting to various levels of the organization.
• IT project planning cost, schedule, deliverables to meet business need.
• Partner with agile and non-agile teams to define, plan and deliver timely, high quality results.
• Serves as project liaison with business unit.
• Tracks performance criteria for project success criteria.
• Responsible for assembling project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing schedules.
• Establish and update project plans and budgets with actual and forecasts and, with assistance, manage deviations from plan and project parameters.
• Conduct project meetings, project tracking and analysis.
• Ensure all project objectives are clearly documented, approved and delivered to meet customer needs.
• Manage the integration of vendor tasks and track and review vendor deliverables.
• Communicate timely project status to all stakeholders.
• Manage project risk, develop mitigation plans, and escalate decisions and unresolved issues.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Job Summary:

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management of multiple software implementation projects across the US
• Full life-cycle management of projects by:
  • Using defined project frameworks and/or best practices including initiation, planning, execution, performance monitoring, communication, coordination, quality assurance, budgeting, and reporting
  • Identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path
  • Incorporating change management controls
  • Identifying, mitigating, and managing risk through implementation of process and tools
  • Defining project scope and deliverables that support the goals of the business
  • Establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to plans/schedules
  • Estimating and ensuring resource availability and allocation necessary to achieve project goals
• Ability to communicate and work across all organizational levels; executive and non-executive staff, internal and external to the organization
• Managing all project documentation, prepare for operational hand overs
• Managing project communication for internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors
• Ensure project owners and relevant stakeholders are informed in a timely manner of risks, plan deviations in terms of scope, and resource, schedule, or budget issues/opportunities
• Proactively manage project scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Conduct regular Project Status Meetings with customers
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, issue logs, action item registers, and presentations, as required
• Contribute to further best practices and tools for project execution and management
• Conduct project closeouts and create recommendation reports and lessons learned documentation

• Analyze customer needs and recommend new processes or modify and improve existing processes that align and support new/existing software

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/MIS or related experience
• 5+ years of experience managing fixed priceand time and materials software implementation projects
• Advanced understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• Skills in communicating with all levels of technical and operating management (both written and oral presentation skills)
• Leadership and decision making skills
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Excellent consulting and business analysis skills
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, including the ability to manage multiple diverse projects with competing deadlines
• Strategic planning and thinking
• Must be flexible in work time to coordinate appropriately with teams in different US time zones
• Available for travel of up to 50% with possible weekend and nighttime activity as needed

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/MIS
• Experience/knowledge of the US judicial system
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP certification
• Background in management consultancy, professional services or similar in-house function
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Proficiency with MS Project
• Experience in consulting/business analysis

EOE/M/D/F/V

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Originally posted on Himalayas