High-level responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring constant communication with the Office of Data Analytics & Reporting to function as a blended, partnered team with IT

• Working seamlessly and smoothly with various IT and business stakeholder areas to ensure that project deliverables are compliant with state, federal, and other applicable agency standards.

• Establishing a strategic roadmap for projects in coordination with the TSS vendor and all divisions of HHS and federal stakeholders.

• Conducting procurement exercises as necessary to acquire vendor services for assessment or to outsource the effort to a long-term vendor

• Establishing timeline and resource requirements for successful execution of the project. Coordination with key stakeholders and sponsors to obtain approval of resources and timeline.

• Creation of project management deliverables necessary for this project.

• Management of the day-to-day operations and scrums of various projects, and oversight and coordination team established for this initiative.

• Risk identification and coordination of resolution with project leadership.

• All other duties as assigned.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

IT project management experience.

Work experience in the information technology industry with at least 5 years of experience involvement in data management solutions (i.e., data warehouses, data lakes, etc.), data analytics/business intelligence, web-based (J2EE) development, or SOA-rela

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Experience in developing clear, concise project documentation

Team management through team meetings, task assignment, mentoring, facilitation and training.

Progress monitoring to plan through effective use of risk management practices

Keep leadership updated on project issues and progress

Expert problem resolution skills

Complete experience with the project management lifecycle (PMLC) and software development lifecycle (SDLC) required.

Tracking full project budget and entering actual costs in project tracking tool

Leading project sprints using Agile methodologies, including planning increments, backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily scrums and retrospective, and Kanban

Prior experience in the Healthcare Industry, specifically public health.

Work experience managing multi-agency or multi-IT department initiatives.

Work experience within a Health and Human Services agency.

Emphasis on managing relationship weekly activities of TSS Sprint Teams with the State of Texas.

Effectively manage resources in a mixed functional and matrixed project environment

The ability to develop, document and execute project management plans, work plans and quality plans

Involved in the full lifecycle from analysis and planning to development and deployment

Experience in building and managing IT project teams with emphasis on ability to motivate individuals to excel and exceed expectations.

Experience with access & eligibility programs