Position: Project Manager
Location: Phoenix AZ (Remote only)
Job Description
Position Summary and Responsibilities:
- IT Project Manager Imagine designing worldclass online educational experiences for hundreds of thousands of K12 students teachers parents and school staff in Arizona.
- The Arizona Department of Education is creating awardwinning educational web applications and you can contribute to our success by crafting the very best user interfaces using the bleedingedge web technologies.
- The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) IT division seek an IT Project Manager who is selfdriven and thrives working in a fastpaced dynamic environment that operates on collaboration and partnership with all business stakeholders.
- The successful candidate will have extensive technical expertise demonstrate previous experience and success in large enterprisewide products/projects with an emphasis on implementing projects in software development data visualization and vendor management.
- This role requires a calm and composed individual with excellent listening skills capable of handling unexpected changes due to government policy shifts.
- The ideal candidate will work independently with minimal consultation and provide innovative solutions under tight timelines.
Qualifications Required:
- Education Required: Bachelors Degree or equivalent
- Experience Required: A minimum experience of 5 years managing medium to large projects.
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT project management principles.
- Proficiency in Agile principles capable of applying them effectively for flexible and collaborative project execution.
- Proficient in mission goal task and resource definition translating objectives into actionable plans.
- Experienced in efficient management of budgets and resources balancing financial considerations.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills engaging stakeholders transparently.
- Skilled at identifying and implementing process improvements for efficiency.
- Proficient in conveying project updates and insights to stakeholders.
- Strong ability to prioritize and plan effectively considering objectives and constraints.
- Develop data strategies aligned with goals.
- Ability to lead and manage data and BI teams.
- Skill to extract insights from simple datasets when required.
- Communicate effectively with nontechnical stakeholders.
Additional Information:
- Fingerprint Clearance Card (FPCC) Required