The State of Wisconsin is looking for a Certified Project Manager IV/Sr.  *100% REMOTE from anywhere in US*

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years in a scrum-master role leading scrums for business intelligence and data warehousing.

• Minimum of 5 years in a project manager role leading Agile technical projects.

• Minimum of 5 years in large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple teams

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

• Experience using Jira

Interview Process: remote via MS Teams with camera on (may have two rounds of interviews) PLEASE NOTE: A real-time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to candidate's bid in order to accept an interview request. Please see "ETF Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.

Position details: The selected hire will be working on a team responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance.

Job Description

We have an immediate opening at the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) for a Project Manager / Scrum

Master. Our team is responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data

integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance. Data is

one of our most valuable assets and we strive to become a more data-literate and data-driven organization. This

position will work on a small, collaborative team that uses agile practices to deliver value to our business partners. This

position must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and identify innovative

solutions. This position must have strong technical knowledge in data management.

Key requirements

? Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple agile teams

using Scrum/agile methodologies. Must have experience leading projects for business intelligence and data

warehousing.

? Knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend

them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.

? Experience defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value;

organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports;

managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned

projects.

? Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks

to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and

developing team members.

? Experience assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily,

identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues

appropriately.

? Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to

technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.

? Provide leadership for release management.

? Managing team progress/status through JIRA.

? Ability to coordinate data management software upgrades and provide appropriate communication to impacted

stakeholders.

? Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals

at all levels.

? Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.

? Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.

? Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

? Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer

trust and confidence.

? Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or

equivalent.

? Preferred experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)