About the Role:
- Lead medium to large-scale technology projects from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with agency goals for innovation and improved service delivery.
- Coordinate project activities through regular stand-ups, stakeholder touch-bases, and vendor communications, serving as a key representative for the agency.
- Apply Agile, waterfall, and other project management methodologies to plan, schedule, and monitor project progress, team responsibilities, and timelines.
- Identify, escalate, and resolve project issues and team conflicts quickly and effectively to maintain momentum and quality outcomes.
- Collaborate with software developers, business process analysts, and cross-functional partners to document requirements, identify gaps, and support testing activities.
- Analyze resource needs, including financial and workforce capacity, to develop informed capacity plans and measure the impact of technology implementations.
- Support modernization efforts by understanding legacy systems and identifying opportunities for integration with new platforms and tools.
- Utilize visual and communication tools such as Gantt charts, process maps, charts, and graphs to clearly convey project status, requirements, and findings.
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At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
- Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )
*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.
Qualifications4 yrs. exp. in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation), with experience to be commensurate with project/program &/or position description on file (e.g., specific human service program area, management information sciences, fiscal); 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.
-Or successful completion of 2 yrs. post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects; 12 mos. exp. in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation).
-Or 12 mos. exp. as Project Manager 1, 63381 or IT Project Manager 1, 63384.
-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
Job Skills: Project Management
