Project Manager Reporting and Analytics

Job Description:

Short Description:

Client seeks a Project Manager for the PASS Modernization Project to lead reporting and analytics development, including requirements, solution design, implementation, testing, and post go-live support.

Complete Description:
The district government's PASS Modernization Project is replacing the existing on-premises procurement management system with a new state-of-the-art cloud solution. Client seeks a Project Manager to support the Project Management Office (PMO) by managing the development of reporting and analytics, to include:

• Development of reporting and analytics requirements
• Development of alternative solutions that meet the requirements
• Identification of the best solutions
• Identification of data sources for the best solutions
• Implementation of the best solutions including documentation
• Testing of the solutions
• Post go-live support

Responsibilities include:

• Project Planning Activities
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules (status/progress)
• • Create and maintain project documents
• • Coordinate submissions of workstream weekly status reports
• • Develop PMO status reports
• • Prepare status presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint
• • Report status to PMO, project leadership, and organization leadership
• • Organize project artifacts in Microsoft Teams
• Data, Reporting, and Analytics Strategy
• Develop strategies and project plans that align with Client and District goals
• • Coordinate stakeholder engagement to understand vision and goals for reports and analytics
• • Work with PMO and other project managers to ensure team members have the knowledge and skills to support stakeholders
• • Coordinate the use of data from reports and analytics to support business decisions, incorporating these into training materials, policies, and procedures
• Project Vision and Planning
• Translate the project's data, reporting, and analytics vision into long- and short-range plans, including:
  • Project plans
• • Resource alignments
• • Training and communications
• • Transformation and change management
• • System integration testing
• • User acceptance testing
• • Go-live preparations
• • Post-go-live support

• Workstream Coordination

• Balance multiple priorities while coordinating resources
• • Monitor activities to maintain PMO schedule and update as necessary
• • Coordinate with PMO to mitigate impacts to other workstreams
• Leverage Prior Experience
• Analyze complex delivery dates to create innovative Microsoft Project schedules or Agile Scrum Roadmap Timebox schedules
• • Align schedules with organizations, stakeholder groups, functional workstreams, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components
• • Monitor progress to track milestones and report on progress
• Oversight and Analysis
• Manage project scope and objectives, including RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), change management, and communications processes
• • Provide quality organization and oversight for all project documents
• • Maintain project artifacts in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Meetings and Communication
• Participate in PMO, Steering Committee, and other project meetings
• • Document discussions and decisions
• • Serve as liaison between PMO, other project managers, and team members
• • Support PMO for all aspects of the project

Skills Matrix

• Bachelor's degree in Analytics, IT, data, communications, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.

• Experience in managing projects involving data, reporting, and analytics is required.

• Agile Scrum project management methodology, including but not limited to experience with Agile Scrum sprints.

• Proven leadership and decision-making skills managing a diverse team including onsite and virtual team members

• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.

• Experience with AI as it relates to data, reporting, and analytics

• PMP certification

• Experience with data and dashboards developed using data tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker

• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Teams

• Willing to work onsite 4 days a week

Flexible work from home options available.