Project Manager

Position: Project Manager

Location: Winters Complex Building C, 701 W. 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78751.

Duration: 1+ year

ONLY W2

High-level responsibilities may include:

• Establishing an agile development team
• Establish the agile processes and procedures for Data Analytics support structured after the hybrid agile approach implemented by HHSC for the TIERS application suite.
• Overseeing one or more sprint teams, keeping them focused and managing release schedule and scope
• Manage the development of user stories, estimate of story points for sprint cycles, release scope and the backlog
• Keeping the Director informed on project status - schedule, scope, quality, and cost - develop and maintain burn down charts
• 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 of the core project oversight and coordination team established for this initiative.
• Working with various IT and business stakeholder areas to ensure that project deliverables are compliant with state, federal, and other applicable agency standards.
• Risk identification and coordination of resolution with project leadership.
• All other duties as assigned.

II. Worker Skills And Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Years

Skills/Experience

15

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-related projects.

8

IT project management experience.

5

At least 5 years of referenced experience in project management that entail demonstration of:

• 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.
• Effectively manage resources in a mixed functional and matrixed project environment.
• Expert problem resolution skills.
• Complete experience with the project management lifecycle (PMLC) and software development lifecycle (SDLC) required.
• 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.

5

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

3

Experience leading an agile development team

5

Experience with MS Project, MS Office, Visio, and status reporting tools.

1

Experience with JIRA software

Preferred:

Years

Skills/Experience

1

Prior experience in the Healthcare Industry.

1

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

1

Work experience within a Health and Human Services agency, preferably on a TEIRS agile sprint team

2

Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce, or SAS.