IT Project Manager

Position Summary and Responsibilities:

• IT Project Manager Imagine designing world-class online educational experiences for hundreds of thousands of K-12 students, teachers, parents, and school staff in Arizona.
• The Arizona Department of Education is creating award-winning educational web applications and you can contribute to our success by crafting the very best user interfaces using the bleeding-edge web technologies.
• The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) IT division seek an IT Project Manager who is self-driven and thrives working in a fast-paced, 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, enterprise-wide 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: Bachelor's 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 non-technical stakeholders.