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This is a remote position.
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is seeking one full-time resource to work on facilitation and coordination of multiple related and overlapping projects related to data collections for the Ed-Fi initiative.Ed-Fi is a multi-year technical initiative at MDE to better support schools and districts in meeting statutory data submission requirements. The MDE set upon this effort to establish a common platform for data submissions. Throughout the effort the team has identified new or emerging data collections to be implemented.
MDE has identified a need for an experienced Project Manager to work on ensuring that business requirements are understood and documented for the technical implementations, and work with the business to ensure they are ready for the work needed. The hired candidate would be expected to work closely with the program leadership team to ensure projects are aligned with program goals and strategies.
At a high level, the resource will be expected to provide leadership for projects which may include:
Five (5) years experience in Project Management
Two (2) engagements lasting more than six (6) months in Project Manager role
Experience eliciting business requirements
Demonstrable leadership ability including team motivation toward successful outcomes
Ability to communicate project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely and clear fashion
Ability to manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans, as appropriate
Ability to direct and manage project development from beginning to end
Demonstrable ability to document business requirements, processes, and rules
Ability to define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
Ability to estimate project resource requirements and skillsets needed to achieve goals
Ability to identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
Ability to establish project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables
1-2 years experience with State government work
1-2 years experience with data collection and/or data analytics work including data or technology modernization work
The ability to form key relationships quickly
The ability to deliver difficult messages about project gaps in a manner that includes strategies and ideas for resolving those gaps
The ability to elicit requirements and lead the business SMEs to identify their core need
The ability to effectively deliver early in the engagement
The ability to identify the work that is needed and help the team to prioritize the work
Full Time