Scope of Work
DSS is seeking a qualified individual to provide project management for the Division of Child Support. Activities include but are not limited to:
- Leading the design, development, and implementation of various information system transformation projects.
- Providing strategic direction to the agency.
- Assisting with defining strategic direction of enterprise level IT implementations.
- Defining business and technological requirements by consulting with product owner, subject matter experts, and scrum teams to define business needs and objectives.
- Providing project management of highly complex large scale enterprise projects and smaller scale projects.
- Leading and coordinating efforts of development teams and vendors to ensure solutions are implemented successfully.
- Ensuring project governance and monitoring controls are in place.
- Ensuring project design, development, and implementation are on time and budget.
- Mentoring state personnel in project management and over time potentially train state resources to take over this function.
Qualified candidates should have the following skills and experience:
- Knowledge of child support program policies, procedures, and business practices.
- Experience on child support system modernization projects.
- Successful experience managing information technology solutions.
- PMP certification or equivalent working experience.
- Knowledge of various software development methodologies (agile, waterfall, DevOps, etc.)
- Experience in successfully applying project management and project governance principles.
2. Project Location:
This position will be a remote position, but the successful candidate will be available to travel to Pierre on an as-need basis