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Position: Project Manager
Location: Jackson MS (Hybrid)
Duration: 3 Years
Client: State of Mississippi
Job Description:
Description of Duties
The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the support and transition efforts for MDHSs legacy systems. The duties include managing the teams performance to ensure the legacy systems remain fully operational and effective throughout the transition to the new modernized solutions. This includes but is not limited to coordinating the maintenance of existing systems ensuring that technical and business resources are effectively utilized and supporting the migration of data and services to minimize disruptions to the programs and their beneficiaries. The Project Manager will oversee the teams planning operation and the ultimate decommissioning of the legacy systems ensuring that all aspects of the transition are handled efficiently and in alignment with the MDHS modernization roadmap. The project manager will work closely with the state PMO DesignDevelopmentImplementation (DDI) team and MIS teams to manage timelines address issues and facilitate communication among stakeholders to achieve seamless operations support of the MDHS Legacy Systems.
Required Skills and Experience:
Vendors project manager must have a minimum of ten (10) years experience leading successful large and complex multiyear Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Temporary Assistance to Need Family (TANF) and Child Support and Childcare programmatic and technology support and modernization initiatives.
The vendor must have a minimum of ten (10) years experience providing project management experience within State Health and Human Service Agencies.
The vendors assigned project manager must have an active Project Manager Certification issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and be familiar with a valuebased delivery system as outlined in the current PMBOK 7th edition.
Strong knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management processes such as Agile Kanban and Scrum for Government and project management tools such as JIRA/JAMA.
Experience working within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile environment.
Experience effectively communicating with departmental program managers and executives.
Experience championing Agile and SAFe principles to various types of stakeholders including department leaders and executives.
A vendors assigned program manager must have a minimum of ten (10) years experience with federal eligibility standards cost allocation models project budgeting and cost projections.
Vendor must demonstrate the necessary skills and experience listed above for the execution of the various aspects of the assigned engagements.