What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Project Manager II (WI-152416) position at CCI- Computer Consultants International, Inc.?
The Department of Natural Resources Information Technology (DNR IT) executive program is seeking qualified applicants for an IT Project Manager position to coordinate development and implementation of the agency’s new Online Grant Management System This project is a significant interdisciplinary agency initiative grounded in a Salesforce-based platform. This position requires a full-time commitment (40 hours/week) and is ideal for a senior project manager skilled in coordinating complex initiatives involving external vendors, technical teams, and diverse business stakeholders.
This position reports to the DNR IT PMO Supervisor. This position will also work closely with the DNR IT Strategic Partnerships, External Services Business Relations Manager, Bureau of Finance staff, and staff in the Bureau of Community Financial Assistance. The role involves utilizing DNR IT standards, software, and tools to deliver strategic initiatives.
Primary Tasks:
Lead and coordinate project activities for the Online Grant Management System initiative, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT standards.
Maintain and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, communication plans, and tracking tools.
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings with the vendor, DNR IT teams, sponsors, and business stakeholders.
- Support and manage User Acceptance Testing, including planning, scheduling, communication, tester coordination, and issue tracking.
- Monitor project progress, dependencies, risks, and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.
- Ensure project deliverables meet quality, security, and compliance expectations.
- Provide clear, timely project status updates to leadership and oversight groups.
- Coordinate activities across teams for data migration, integrations, environment planning, training, and go-live readiness.
- Maintain project documentation, decisions, action items, risks, issues, and change controls.
Support project closeout, including lessons learned, operational transition, and final reporting.
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
- Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) and tools. - 10 years
- Direct experience managing large-scale IT projects that include vendor coordination, SaaS configuration, integrations, and data migration.. – 10 years
- Strong facilitation and coordination skills, with the ability to organize meetings, align stakeholders, drive decisions, and maintain forward momentum. - 10 years
- Experience coordinating testing activities, including UAT planning, communication, issue tracking, and tester engagement. – 10 years
- Background with SaaS, CRM, or workflow-based systems; Salesforce experience is a plus. – 10 years
- Experience coordinating testing activities, including UAT planning, communication, issue tracking, and tester engagement. – 10 years
- Ability to work with technical teams on system design, API integrations, security considerations, and platform constraints. – 10 years
- Experience training new system users and developing training materials for users who have a broad range of technical expertise. – 10 years
NICE TO HAVE:
- Direct experience with Salesforce implementations, grant management systems, or other low-code/no-code application ecosystems.
- Experience in government or public sector IT environment
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, integration patterns, and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and/or Salesforce sandboxes.