MDAEdge is involved in creating award-winning educational web applications for K-12 students and educators in Arizona. They are seeking an IT Project Manager who will be responsible for managing large-scale projects in software development and data visualization, while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- 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
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing medium to large IT projects
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and ability to apply them effectively
- Strong experience in software development, data visualization, and vendor management projects
- Ability to prioritize tasks, manage resources, and balance budgets effectively
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for engaging stakeholders
- Strong ability to translate objectives into actionable plans and implement process improvements
- Proficiency in Power BI and data visualization for insights and reporting
- Ability to lead and manage data and BI teams while communicating insights effectively
- Comfortable handling unexpected changes due to government policy shifts
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- Must have or be eligible for a Fingerprint Clearance Card (FPCC)
- Experience working in a government or education sector IT environment
- Familiarity with cloud-based technologies and enterprise systems
- Experience with business intelligence tools beyond Power BI
- Advanced knowledge of budget forecasting and financial planning in IT projects
- Certification in PMP, Scrum Master, or Agile frameworks
- Hands-on experience in data governance and data strategy development