Agile Programming Methodologies, Budgeting, Business Practices, Child Support, Child and Youth Services, Consulting, DevOps, Information Technology & Information Systems, Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS), Mentoring, People Management, Project Design, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Software Development, Strategic Planning, Time Management, Waterfall Model of Software Development, Willing to Travel
Scope of Work
DSS is seeking a qualified individual to provide project management for the Division of Child Support. Activities include but are not limited to:
" Leading the design, development, and implementation of various information system transformation projects.
" Providing strategic direction to the agency.
" Assisting with defining strategic direction of enterprise level IT implementations.
" Defining business and technological requirements by consulting with product owner, subject matter experts, and scrum teams to define business needs and objectives.
" Providing project management of highly complex large scale enterprise projects and smaller scale projects.
" Leading and coordinating efforts of development teams and vendors to ensure solutions are implemented successfully.
" Ensuring project governance and monitoring controls are in place.
" Ensuring project design, development, and implementation are on time and budget.
" Mentoring state personnel in project management and over time potentially train state resources to take over this function.
Qualified candidates should have the following skills and experience:
" Knowledge of child support program policies, procedures, and business practices.
" Experience on child support system modernization projects.
" Successful experience managing information technology solutions.
" PMP certification or equivalent working experience.
" Knowledge of various software development methodologies (agile, waterfall, DevOps, etc.)
" Experience in successfully applying project management and project governance principles.
2. Project Location:
This position will be a remote position, but the successful candidate will be available to travel to Pierre on an as-need basis