IT Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

IT Program Manager

Atlanta, GA

Hybrid

Either Web Cam or In Person Interview

Tax Terms : C2C, W2 and 1099.

The seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team on a contract basis as a Project Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and collaborating with two vendor partners who have been engaged to reimagine the business operations and technical architecture of the Integrated Eligibility System (IES).

Duties & Responsibilities :

Partner with consulting vendors to develop and administer Master Project Schedule

Manage relationships with multiple consulting partners, ensuring effective collaboration

Provide oversight for multiple projects within the program, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget

Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies

Monitor and manage risks associated with the consulting partners' performance

Monitor financial performance against budgets and take corrective actions as needed

Ensure that teams have the necessary resources to meet project requirements

Engage with key stakeholders, including internal teams and agency executives

Provide feedback and support continuous improvement

Ensure compliance with contractual agreements / statements of work

Ensure adoption / adherence to Program Standards

Establish project administration framework including : Requirements Matrix, RAID Log, Project Plan, etc

Establish and facilitate multi-agency project status framework

Assist vendor partners in inventorying and documenting the current state environment

Assist business assessment team in orchestrating stakeholder surveys

Partner with consulting vendor on market analysis and competitive landscape

Partner with consulting vendor in analyzing, identifying, and recommending solutions (Interactive Voice Response, Knowledgebase, Chatbot, Document Management)

Evaluate and recommend procurement channels for each of the recommended solutions. Ensure adherence with Georgia procurement guidelines

Collaborate with Vendor Partners to propose an implementation roadmap

Minimum Qualifications :

Ten years of project management experience.

Ten years of experience communicating project updates both orally and in written form with technical staff, executive management, and user staff.

Ten years of experience with facilitating current state or application analysis sessions and documenting applications through use case process documents and workflow diagrams.

Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) methodologies and documentation.

Ten years of experience with meeting facilitation and documentation.

Ten years of experience with the use of MS Project, Microsoft Visio, Word, Excel, Smartsheet and Jira.

Ten years of experience developing project plans.

Ten years of experience with creating and presenting internal and external status reports and detailed status reports suitable for presentation to the management team.

Ten years of experience tracking work tasks and maintaining project schedules (including work breakdown structures).

Ten years of experience with risk tracking, mitigation, and issue tracking.

Ten years of experience with delivering projects as per agreed schedule, as per the current technical specification (within scope), and within the approved budget.

Preferred Qualifications

Seven years leading data or system modernization projects in a state government domain / agency.

Three years of experience working with health Information Technology systems.

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Three years of experience with Medicaid

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.