Senior IT Project Manager

3 hours ago


Jackson, Mississippi, United States TechnoGen Full time
Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager

Location: On-site (Jackson, MS)

Experience: 10+ years

Type: Contract - 6 Months (probability of extension)

Visa: No OPT, CPT


Job Overview

The Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Division of Unemployment Insurance (MDES UI) is seeking a senior IT project manager to lead the planning, managing, and implementation of various projects, including:

  • Equity Grant UIPL 23-21
  • Enhanced Contact Center Solution
  • Interactive Communications Platform
  • Off-Line Applications
  • Tiger Team UIPL 11-23
  • Establishment of Claims Risk Scoring - Expand IDH Functionality
  • Claimant Portal Enhancements
  • UI Online Application Language Access
  • Integrity Grant UIPL 11-23
  • Increased Utilization of SIDES through additional modules
  • Claimant Communication Reminders
  • Benefit Year Ending Wage Auditing Processes/Program
  • MS - UIPL 11-23 IT Modernization
  • Correspondence Redesign - Employers - including plain and multiple languages
  • BOTs, Automation, and Nano Videos
  • Modernization and Streamlining of Reporting
  • ReEmployMS Modernization and Microservicing

The project management office will coordinate and oversee all project management activities related to the implementation of the above-identified projects.

Background

The MDES UI secured funding through several grants issued by the United States Department of Labor, including ARPA Integrity (UIPL 11-23), ARPA Tiger Team (UIPL 11-23), Equity (UIPL 23-21), and ARPA UI Modernization (UIPL 11-23) to implement the projects identified above.

Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a joint state-federal program that provides weekly benefits to eligible workers. UI benefits are intended to provide temporary financial assistance to unemployed workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own.

MDES UI provides unemployment insurance services to approximately 6,300 participants monthly.

Responsibilities
  • Scope Management
  • Budget Management
  • Quality Management
  • Risk/Issue Management
  • Schedule Management
  • Change Management/Control
  • Communication Management/Coordination
  • Resource Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement Management
Requirements

This position requires a minimum of ten (10) years of experience performing IT project management functions for large-scale, enterprise business initiatives, including leading, advising, assisting, and/or reviewing the work of other project staff members.

Company or individual demonstrates within the last five (5) years the successful project management of a complex project for a UI state agency.

Company or individual demonstrates within the last (2) years the successful management of a complex project for the United States Department of Labor or USDOL State Workforce Agency Concentration.

Company or individual demonstrates knowledge and experience with USDOL UI program and conformity requirements.

Experience implementing technologies that enhance Unemployment Insurance programs that span the complete spectrum of IT systems, solutions, and processes to support and enhance foundation infrastructure, services, business systems, and enterprise software applications.

Experience in project planning, scheduling, scope, and risk management, status reporting, change control issues, and resolution.

Knowledge of the Project Management industry best practices for service/systems creation and development.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Preference to have one team member with Juris Doctorate degrees review project plans for all identified implementation projects to ensure MDES UI continues to conform with required Federal and State law when implementing the identified projects above.


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