Certified Project Manager IV

Job Title: Certified Project Manager IV
Location: 90% remote within Wisconsin
Contract length: 7 months
Schedule: 40 hrs; 8a to 5p
Pay: $70/hr to $76/hr, DOE


Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership
  • Coordinate with the Strategic Consultant to develop and maintain an overall modernization roadmap and implementation strategy.
  • Assess current-state business needs, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs.
  • Identify risks, dependencies, and critical decision points requiring executive engagement.
  • Recommend phased approaches for implementation, organizational change management, and business transformation.
• Procurement and Vendor Management
  • Collaborate in the development of procurement strategies and supporting documentation.
  • Draft and coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and related procurement materials.
  • Evaluate vendor proposals and support contract negotiations.
  • Advise agency leadership on vendor selection, contracting approaches, and governance structures.
  • Establish performance expectations and accountability measures for future vendors and implementation partners.
• Partner Coordination and Governance
  • Coordinate activities across business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams.
  • Facilitate executive decision-making and ensure alignment among partners and stakeholders.
  • Develop governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
  • Prepare executive briefings, status reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Program Development and Readiness
  • Identify resource needs and recommend future staffing and contractor support models.
  • Develop foundational project artifacts, including charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks.
  • Support development of business requirements, process improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models.
  • Establish structures necessary for transition from planning into implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives with a SaaS vendor
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex technology procurements
• Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor environments
• Strong knowledge of project management, organizational change management, and systems implementation methodologies
• Experience facilitating executive-level decision-making and stakeholder engagement
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with government program systems
• Experience modernizing legacy systems to a SaaS platform
• Solid understanding of cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and agile delivery approaches
• Experience coordinating between internal teams and SaaS vendors
• Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives