Certified Project Manager IV
planet groupMadison (WI)
$70.00 - $76.00 per hour
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planet groupMadison (WI)
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Manager
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$70.00 - $76.00 per hour
About the role
Job Title: Certified Project Manager IV
Location: 90% remote within Wisconsin
Contract length: 7 months
Schedule: 40 hrs; 8a to 5pPay: $70/hr to $76/hr, DOE
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership:
Coordinate with the Strategic Consultant to develop and maintain an overall modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
Assess current-state business needs, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
Identify risks, dependencies, and critical decision points requiring executive engagement.
Recommend phased approaches for implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
Procurement and Vendor Management:
Collaborate in the development of procurement strategies and supporting documentation.
Draft and coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement materials.
Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
Advise agency leadership on vendor selection, contracting approaches, and governance structures.
Establish performance expectations and accountability measures for future vendors and implementation partners.
Partner Coordination and Governance:
Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners and stakeholders.
Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
Program Development and Readiness:
Identify resource needs and recommend future staffing and contractor support models.
Develop foundational project artifacts, including charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks.
Support development of business requirements, process improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models.
Establish structures necessary for transition from planning into implementation.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives with a SaaS vendor
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements
- Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments
- Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies
- Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with government program systems
- Experience modernizing legacy systems to a SaaS platform
- Solid understanding of cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and agile delivery approaches
- Experience coordinating between internal teams and SaaS vendors
- Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives
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