Project Manager - Shakopee, United States - Scott County, MN

Description

Salary: $92, $130,527.00 Annually

Location : Shakopee, MN

Job Type: Full Time

Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number:

Division: Office of Management & Budget

Department: Information Technology

Opening Date: 04/05/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

FLSA: Exempt

Bargaining Unit: 300

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for significant, organization-wide projects for new systems and technologies, typically with large budgets and sizable staff. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific technology-related projects ensuring consistency with County strategy, commitments, and goals. Creates and maintains an information technology project plan that communicates tasks, milestone dates, status, and resource allocation.

This requisition will fill two (2) vacancies.

.Full range goes up to $135,966 with outstanding performance.

****While the position is hybrid, there will be an expectation during the on-boarding/training period, the employee will need to be on-site.****

The eligible register developed from this posting may be used to fill future FT and PT vacancies within this classification.

Essential Duties

Directs, coordinates, implements, executes, controls and completes specific technology-related projects ensuring consistency with County strategy, commitments and goals.

A brief peek at the day-to-day:
Plans projects:

• Identifies project stakeholders and their needs and expectations; assembles a project team; prioritizes demands; establishes a clear set of project goals.
• Works with and manages the creation of project charter, detailed requirements, RFP, status reports, log templates on issues, risks, communication etc, detailed work breakdown structure, process and interface lists, project management plans, statements of work, project timelines, implementation plans, test plans including writing test scripts, training documents, and closure reports.

Executes projects:

• Implements, monitors, and controls project plans to build deliverables.
• Manages timelines and project costs; tracks and monitors procurement.
• Manages risks to assure and control quality outputs and outcomes.

Documents and closes projects:

• Ensures project completion criteria have been met and obtains stakeholder approval for final deliverables.

Please use link below for a copy of the full job description:

Project Manager

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

• Equivalency of Bachelor's Degree (MBA preferred) and 6 years of project management experience managing increasingly complex systems and application implementations.
  
• A reliable form of transportation for the performance of work responsibilities is required.

Preferred:

• Experience in government organizations is helpful.
• Experience with ServiceNow is beneficial.
• High level understanding of technical languages and infrastructure preferred.
• Certification as a Project Management Professional and at the ITIL Foundation Level strongly preferred.

Project Management Professional Certification must be attained within 2 years of employment if not currently certified.

Selection Process

Selection for this position will be based on a minimum qualifications screening and rating of training and experience. Top candidates will be forwarded to the hiring manager or supervisor for consideration for interview and/or additional assessments. Final selection will include a background check and approval by the County Board.

Note - Intermittent, Temporary, and PT positions less than 20 hrs per week are not eligible for benefits.

Benefits: (Benefit offerings can and do change on occasion.)
A comprehensive benefits package is provided for all employees who work 20 hours per week or more. For detailed benefit information visit the Scott County Benefit Hub at

• Health Insurance - Four-tier plan option available
• Dental Insurance - Four-tier plan option available
• Life Insurance
• Flexible (Pre-Tax) Spending Accounts
• Post-Retirement Health Care Savings Plan
• Long-Term Disability
• 11 paid holidays annually
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Vacation & Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• PERA (Public Employee's Retirement Association) Retirement Plans
• On-Site Occupational Health Nurse
• Active Health & Safety Teams, Committees, and Programs

Other great benefits available:

• Short-Term Disability
• Credit Union Membership
• Deferred Compensation Plans
• Minnesota Benefit Association
• Vision Plan
• Scott County Employees Association
• Spirit of Scott
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
• Training Opportunities

Scott County has adopted a Total Rewards philosophy
Scott County is an employer of choice, supporting, encouraging, and engaging employees through focused employee investments and workplace programs and offerings that promote and foster individual and organizational well-being. The net result of this philosophy is public service excellence.

Our goal is to address the multiple facets of employee well-being via 6 different program delivery "buckets." These buckets encompass different topic areas, benefits, and initiatives that the County invests in to achieve Total Rewards. These buckets include physical health, workplace social/belonging, work/life balance, financial security, training and development, and emotional health.

You can read more about the 6 buckets

01

Please select the answer that best describes your level of education:

• No High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• High School Graduate or possess a G.E.D.
• Less than 1 yr of college or technical school
• 1 or more but less than 2 yrs college or technical school
• Associate's Degree
• 2 or more but less than 3 yrs college
• 3 or more but less than 4 yrs college
• Bachelor's Degree
• Schooling beyond Bachelor's level
• Master's Degree
• Schooling beyond Master's level

02

If you possess a degree(s), please list the degree(s) you possess and your program area of focus (e.g. BS in Education):

03

Please select the answer that best describes your experience (full-time equivalency) managing IT projects in a large, complex organization:

• No Experience
• Up to 6 months
• 6 to 11 months
• 12 to 23 months
• 24 to 35 months
• 36 to 47 months
• 48 to 59 months
• 60 to 71 months
• 72 to 83 months
• 84 to 95 months
• 96 to 107 months
• 108 to 119 months
• 120 or more months

04

Please select the answer that best describes your experience (full-time equivalency) managing technology projects using industry standard tools and methodologies:

• No Experience
• Up to 6 months
• 6 to 11 months
• 12 to 23 months
• 24 to 35 months
• 36 to 47 months
• 48 to 59 months
• 60 to 71 months
• 72 to 83 months
• 84 to 95 months
• 96 to 107 months
• 108 to 119 months
• 120 or more months

05

Please list any project management tools to track your projects.

06

Please select the answer that best describes your project management experience (full-time equivalency) managing software implementations, upgrades, and cloud applications:

• No Experience
• Up to 6 months
• 6 to 11 months
• 12 to 23 months
• 24 to 35 months
• 36 to 47 months
• 48 to 59 months
• 60 to 71 months
• 72 to 83 months
• 84 to 95 months
• 96 to 107 months
• 108 to 119 months
• 120 to 131 months
• 132 to 143 months
• 144 or more months

07

Please list your current certification(s). If you do not have any certifications, type "None" in the space provided.

08

Do you have professional experience working in government organizations?

• Yes
• No

09

Do you have any professional experience with ServiceNow PPM module?

• Yes
• No

10

Do you have a high-level understanding of technical languages and infrastructure?

• Yes
• No

11

Do you have professional experience working with technical infrastructure, such as networks, servers, firewalls, routers, file transfers, storage, or other components?

• Yes
• No

12

Briefly describe your experience with technical infrastructure, such as networks, servers, firewalls, routers, file transfers, storage, or other components. If you do not have this experience, type "None" in the space provided.

13

Please describe your experience working with business partners to gather and document detailed requirements? If you do not have this experience, type "None" in the space provided.

14

Please describe your experience working with business partners to write test cases and manage test efforts?If you do not have this experience, type "None" in the space provided.

15

Do you possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

16

Is there anything else you want to add that is pertinent to this position?

Required Question