Project Manager

Job Description

Summary

Under the general direction of the Data Warehouse and Decision Support (DWDS)

Director, this position provides project management, scrum master and leadership

services for the DWDS team. Technologies the team currently uses or planned to use

include SQL Server, Power BI, and Fabric solutions. These solutions serve a vast scope of

IT-based, cross-division and agency-wide projects. This position is also responsible for

tracking budget and timelines as needed, business analysis and engagement services in

the planning, development, testing and implementation phases of related projects.

Experience in building out processes and procedures in Asana is preferred.

Required qualifications :

Strong experience being a Scrum Master for a diverse scrum team with a broad set of

skills.

Significant ability to apply project management techniques including creating project

charters, project phases, status reports and work breakdown structures and creating

work requests in the form of user stories. Ability to communicate project status to

relevant and various stakeholders.

Advanced ability to prioritize and simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of

projects and efforts of various sizes.

Experience in data warehousing and reporting projects, including dashboard tools,

reporting tools and other analytical tools, especially using the Microsoft stack (SQL

Server, SSIS, Power BI, Fabric, Azure).

Experience gathering requirements for data visualizations, dashboards and reports,

including translating business needs to technical solutions.

Preferred qualifications :

Experience with K-12 education data sector

Experience running a user group / focus group.

Experience with Asana

Example Tasks

DWDS Project Manager and Scrum Master

1. Coordinate, manage and lead DWDS IT projects, develop and maintain project

plans and implementation schedules, identify project resources, establish proper

project controls and ensure project schedules are maintained, manage overall

release and individual iteration planning efforts.

2. Serve as DWDS project manager and Scrum Master which entails facilitating

project / scrum ceremonies and meetings, creating project artifacts and

documentation, providing subject matter expertise when needed and performing

project planning / management tasks.

3. Develop project work plans, including estimates, to support the agency’s strategic

IT plans and meet strategic objectives. Negotiate estimates for costs, timelines

and resources. Ensure project implementation plans include appropriate resource

estimates along with estimates versus actual expenditures and target dates.

4. Leverage performance metrics to monitor the progress of assigned projects

against plans.

Initiate appropriate actions to assure that project deadlines and

schedules are met and that project costs are controlled, including resource

leveling across multiple projects, along with other agency project managers.

Communicate status of projects to IT leadership and senior leadership. Inform

product owners and management of any variance from plans.

5. Prepare formal status reports and presentations to keep agency customers and IT

and senior leadership informed of project progress, milestones and issues.

6. Establish project vision and objectives along with evaluate alternative approaches.

7. As needed, support the integration of vendor solutions into the business

processes and technologies in place.

8. Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across DWDS projects

and programs in the portfolio and resolve or escalate conflicts.

9. Maintain roadmap of project / initiative delivery. Manage prioritization, resourcing

and scheduling of requests working with business and IT managers. Assist

business line with IT facilitation of strategy. Drive vendor evaluation and selection

for new solutions.

10. Work with project teams to manage / oversee the full range of the project life

cycle (initiate, planning, execute, close-out) for projects covering a portfolio of

projects which focus on the business needs of a specific business line(s) or

strategy. Deliver projects according to agreed-upon timeline, budget, and

scope. Create strategies for risk mitigation and formulate complex

project / program plans and schedules.

11. Assist with the definition of requirements and the preparation of bid documents

for the acquisition of applications and assist with the evaluation of responses.

12. Discover, analyze, organize and document application functional and data

requirements.

13. Develop and evaluate solution alternatives that solve the needs of the business

area or agency

Facilitate application requirements gathering sessions.

Knowledge / Skills / Ability (KSA) :

1. Advanced skill in using computers, software applications, databases and

automated systems.

2. Advanced knowledge and skill in the use of agile and waterfall project

management methodologies.

3. Strong knowledge of PMI framework and methodologies.

4. Advanced knowledge of business analysis processes.

5. Significant knowledge of business engagement and business relationship

management practices.

6. Considerable knowledge of application design and development tools and

processes.

7. Knowledge of RFP / RFI development and processes.

8. Significant ability to apply project management techniques including creating

project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures.

9. Advanced ability to prioritize and simultaneously and effectively manage a variety

of projects and efforts of various sizes.

10. Ability to lead and coordinate project teams.

11. Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.

12. Ability to develop and comply with project schedules and reach projected

milestones to ensure customer satisfaction and deliverables are successful.

13. Ability to provide and deliver training, knowledge transfer and informational

sessions.

14. Strong ability to communicate, in both verbal and written formats, in an effective

and efficient manner to staff, customers and vendors of varying levels of IT

knowledge.

15. Advanced ability to analyze complex application development and delivery

problems, develop and identify alternative solutions, project consequences or

proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of customer’s

needs.

16. Significant ability to work independently as well as a contributing member of a

team.

17. Strong organizational skills with significant attention to detail.

18. Ability to prepare and administer a project and / or operational budget.

19. Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive

workplace environment.

Proven ability to collaborate with a wide range of individuals with varying

backgrounds to work together for a common purpose to achieve business goals.