Job Description
The client is looking for a results oriented and adaptable individual with a ‘can do attitude’ to lead business intelligence projects, legacy, and modernized software/application development projects for their business partners. This project manager will lead multiple projects from small to multi-million-dollar development efforts. The project manager will work with other project managers and possibly with other departments. The person in this role will lead the business intelligence and software/ application development team members to complete projects and work closely with business partners to ensure its success.
The individual in this position will:
- Be responsible for technical and overall project management on enterprise-wide business intelligence, software/application development, and infrastructure/ architecture projects.
- Works closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks. Solves complex technical problems. Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives in support of enterprise-wide business intelligence.
- Builds an effective team and directs the work of the project team to meet project milestones. Develops standards, policies and procedures for the form, structure and attributes of the business intelligence documentation, tools, and systems. Develops data/information quality metrics.
- Develop and maintain project charters, plans, deliverables, and other project artifacts.
- Work closely with the project sponsor and IT senior management to understand and prioritize project tasks, solve complex technical problems, understand business objectives and problems, identify alternative solutions, and perform feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis.
- Research new technology and develops business cases to support enterprise-wide business intelligence solutions. Participate in special projects as required.
- Have 12+ years of project management experience with leading large and complex database management systems, business intelligence tools and systems.
- Selected candidate must provide copies of any/all certifications as part of the hiring process.
The candidate should have strong communication skills and should be a team player.
Special Qualifications & Years of Experience
- Change management – Must Have (5+ years)
- Project management – Must Have (12+ years)
- In depth knowledge of System development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development – Must Have (12+ years)
- Demonstrated competence in promoting understanding and cooperation within and between organizations – Must Have (12+ years)
- Group facilitation – Must Have (12+ years)
- Experience in technical writing and documentation – Must Have (10+ years)
- Analytical/problem-solving skills – Must Have (10+ years)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills – Must Have (10+ years)
- Microsoft Excel – Must Have (10+ years)
- Microsoft Outlook – Must Have (10+ years)
- Microsoft Office products – Must Have (10+ years)
- Microsoft Project – Nice to Have (3+ years)
- Expertise in implementation of large complicated models and processes – Must Have (5+ years)
- Excellent organization, analytical and communication skills – Must Have (10+ years)
- Strong verbal communications skills with ability to clearly present information and ideas to groups – Must Have (12+ years)
- User test, system test and user acceptance test plans – Must Have (5+ years)
- Data analysis – Must Have (5+ years)
- Informatica – Must Have (5+ years)
- Data Warehouse – experience in data warehouse design and development – Must Have (5+ years)
- Data Warehouse - Experience in requirements gathering for data warehouse – Must Have (5+ years)
- Knowledge of Kimball data warehouse design principals – Nice to Have (5+ years)
- In-depth knowledge of system development life cycle deliverables for each phase of development – Must Have (5+ years)
- Requirements analysis – Must Have (5+ years)
- Requirements gathering – Must Have (5+ years)
- Scope and risk management – Must Have (12+ years)
- Business Objects or other BI tools – Must Have (5+ years)
- Demonstrated experience in the design and utilization of performance measures and reports – Nice to Have (3+ years)
- State of Wisconsin Privacy Regulations – Nice to Have (prior experience)
- Work with customers to solve problems and support their needs – Must Have (10+ years)
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