Project Manager/Business Analyst (Hybrid) - DP Professionals

Des Moines, IA 50319

About the Job

DPP is seeking a Project Manager/Business Analyst for an opportunity in Des Moines, Iowa.

Work arrangement:

Hybrid, onsite 2 days per week
W2 position; 12 months
Local candidates only

Position description:

The Project Manager/Business Analyst will be responsible for leading a project to update and integrate teacher and administrator workforce data.
The successful candidate must have prior project management experience and have demonstrated knowledge and experience managing data system projects.
This individual also needs to be adept and working with system owners to extract information and document requirements.
In this role, this individual will lead meetings, solve problems, facilitate and coordinate communication between the parties, and document project status.
This is an opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment supporting workforce data collection and reporting systems.

Responsibilities:

Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
Provide guidance to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline awork plan.
Work with project sponsor, data system owners, subject matter experts and program consultants to analyze and document business requirements and communicate details to staff.
Create a catalog of data from each source system, frequency of availability, and plan to update for reporting purposes.
Outline specification for reports that are needed.
Work with stakeholders to define data and system design, and coordinate the design, development and testing of technical systems and services.
Maintain project management documentation including risk and mitigation activities, keeping aware of the status of the project and the need to employ mitigation measures for compliance with project objectives and timelines.
Verify all system documentation is complete and testing is successful before approvals for live implementation are made.
Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel and vendor representatives to ensure project goals are accomplished and are in line with business objectives.
Monitor project activities to ensure quality and integrity of deliverables. Perform change control.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Four or more years of progressively responsible IT project management experience
Experience with major project management methodologies, e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid.
Demonstrated experience working with diverse teams and managing a variety of IT projects, including data systems, application deployments, or similar
Adept at extracting and developing requirements documents.
Ability to work with data and conduct high level analysis, create reports to be shared with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major program management approaches (for example, PMI, agile, etc.)
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Experience managing projects of a size and complexity similar to the size and complexity of the Department
Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)
Experience working in State government, academic institution, or similar organization

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Mason at Mason.Brown@dppit.com to learn more about this position (#24-00395).

DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.

Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D

Source : DP Professionals