IT Project Manager

Marathon TS is looking for a project manager/stakeholder relationship manager to drive multiple initiatives for the CBMS and PEAK applications, with a heavy focus on communication, change management, and coordination with stakeholders. By late summer 2019, CBMS will be running out of Amazon Web Services with the user interface fully in Salesforce Lightning Experience.

This position will lead the system user communication and change management work as part of the go live readiness activities and in parallel with the completion of the system readiness work. Additionally, this position will manage projects that have been initiated for future releases, including EDMS improvements, multi-factor authentication for system users, and user driven functional system changes. The project manager will work with stakeholders to develop requirements/user stories, assign work to achieve milestones and completion timelines, facilitate meetings or stand-ups, track risks and issues, and report status to stakeholders. The plan and the burndown rate for the backlog will need to align with management timelines for project completion. The initiatives will be impactful to system users and managing this work requires a proven history of working with many stakeholder groups and implementing change management. Some local travel to counties for meetings may be necessary and will not be reimbursed separately. Experience with user training, user service desk ticketing processes and meeting facilitation to drive to a decision is preferred.

Primary job duties include the following:

• Facilitate meetings across several teams and serve as the manager over multiple initiatives across multiple vendors
• Maintain issue logs and document risk mitigation strategies
• Utilize a strong understanding of software development methodologies when formulating sprints
• Utilize a personal basic understanding of technical infrastructure in a cloud environment to drive questions/analysis to ensure completeness of sprints
• Create status reports, meeting notes and presentations using Microsoft products or Google Docs.
• Schedule meetings and conferences calls
• Track the status of project tasks by communication with task owners
• Maintain concurrent project plans
• Author documents to summarize risks, issues, solution alternatives, status or other for delivery to customers and executives
• Participate in release planning and command centers, as appropriate based on the initiative

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a system development environment
• Minimum of 5 years' experience developing and managing technical projects, both waterfall and Agile
• Minimum of 10 years' experience delivering projects
• Clear Communicator (written and verbal)
• Expert knowledge of common business applications; such as, Google Docs, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Microsoft Project
• Strong analytical and research skills using the internet and other tools
• Strong verbal communication skills and ability to facilitate a planning session or meeting
• Understanding of data governance, including the security requirements for PII and PHI.
• Must be able to work independently and be proactive in reaching for information
• Must be comfortable in an environment with rapid change, multiple vendors and multiple concurrent work streams and scrums

Desired Experience:

• Understanding of a government environment, Colorado state or county experience preferred
• Experience in a cloud environment, Salesforce or AWS environment preferred
• Experience working in a government and specifically eligibility and enrollment environment, CBMS experience preferred
• Experience in the application of commonly accepted concepts and practices specific to user training and organization change management
• Available for occasional non-business hour work

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").