WCSM Project Management Supervisor
Description
Description
WCSM Project Management Supervisor
(IT Project Management-Senior Specialist)
WaTech: Leading the way in technology!
Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) is at the forefront nationally in integrating innovative technologies that revolutionize how state services are delivered to the people of Washington. WaTech establishes the strategic technological framework for various state domains and programs, overseeing the primary technology services throughout the state.
About the opportunity:
The Workers’ Compensation Systems Modernization (WCSM) Program is a portfolio of projects focused on modernizing the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I) workers compensation systems’ and processes. Part of this effort includes transitioning from a mainframe-centric model to a cloud-first model, enabling greater flexibility, improved efficiency, and the ability to more easily enhance and expand capabilities in the future.WCSM Program leadership is located within WaTech’s Director’s Office. While the day-to-day Program team will based within WaTech, the majority of project subject matter experts are located within L&I.
The WCSM Project Management Supervisor is responsible for supervising high-impact application and technology modernization projects, fostering cross agency collaboration, and using key performance metrics to manage delivery across multiple workstreams that transition L&I from legacy mainframe systems to modern, cloud-first solutions. Work includes oversight of risks, issues, vendors, contracts, and change-management activities, applying established project management and agile practices with a high degree of independent judgment.
Duties
Some of what to expect with this role:
- Supervise, coach and mentor project team members and agile teams on IT implementation needs, standards, processes, best practices, and templates.
- Communicate expectations, complete performance appraisals, and provide professional development opportunities.
- Ensure sponsor agreement on all project deliverables (including, but not limited to, scope, budget, and timeline).
- Actively manage risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Recognize triggers that change risks to issues.
- Use project management practices to determine the best methodology for project success.
- Translate complex technical concepts and benefits to business users.
- Provide project management services including status, projection and budget updates, lead meetings, drive projects/tasks to completion, participate in governance meetings.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members, sponsors, and interested parties in a timely and clear fashion
- Perform project close-out duties including, but not limited to, post-implementation report, transition plans, documentation clean-up, lessons learned, and finally releasing resources.
Qualifications
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- 10 years of experience* as a project manager for projects of increasing complexity and size with a demonstrated record of successful implementations for high visibility projects with multiple complexities. This experience must include:
- Four or more years of experience facilitating teams through complex and challenging topics, working toward positive resolution.
- Experience using hybrid and agile project management processes, techniques, and tools.
- Experience communicating technology topics in business terms.
*A bachelor’s degree or higher involving a major study in information system technology, project management, business, public administration, computer science or aligned field may substitute for up to four years of this experience.
- Five years of experience supervising or leading teams (may be concurrent with the required experience above), to include:
- Assigning and reviewing work completed by others
- Conducting performance reviews of team members and addressing performance issues
- Coaching team members to enhance skills.
- Must possess and maintain or must acquire within six months of employment and maintain a Project Management Certification from the Project Management Institute, or equivalent such as:
- Project Management Professional Certification.
- SCRUM Master Certification.
- Agile Project Management Certification.
- Experience working with business management on developing budgets, working with business and system analysts to define functional requirements, assess and control risk, issues, and decisions, and prioritize trade-offs between on-time, in-scope, or on-budget delivery.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Co-Pilot, SharePoint, Teams) and scheduling tools such as Smartsheet and MS Project.
Preference may be granted to applicants with the following:
- Master’s degree involving a major study in information system technology, business, public administration, computer science, or allied field.
- Experience with Cloud, Data, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Claims implementations.
- Experience with system modernization efforts and decommissioning.
- Implementation of Business Analytics, Data Conversions, Enterprise Architecture framework, Data Governance framework, Data Architecture framework, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and systems.
- Familiarity with PROSCI (Organizational Change Management) or Six Sigma (Lean) or equivalent familiarity.
- Experience using SharePoint and Microsoft Teams to manage project documentation.
- Experience with technology procurements.
- 10 years of experience* as a project manager for projects of increasing complexity and size with a demonstrated record of successful implementations for high visibility projects with multiple complexities. This experience must include:
Supplemental Information
Telework: This position is approved for telework. However, the incumbent must be onsite in our Olympia, WA office ten days per month, or as requested by the supervisor.
We value diversity and different perspectives:
WaTech is committed to providing equal access and opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees. We seek to attract and retain a diverse staff and welcome your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. We invite you to include your preferred name and pronouns in your material to ensure we address you correctly throughout the application process.
What WaTech offers:
As an employee of WaTech, you’ll have access to an outstanding employee benefits package that includes medical and dental plan options for you and your family, paid leave and holidays, retirement plan options and more.
While WaTech is headquartered in Olympia, Washington, which is near some of the country’s most scenic national parks, we are able to offer many of our positions telework and flexible schedule options to help support a healthy work-life balance.
To learn more about WaTech and what our employees enjoy about working here, please visit our website.
Additional information about this role:
- This position requires a background check. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability to perform in the position and is a continued condition of employment.
How to apply:
Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Please select the large “apply” button at the top of this announcement. In addition to completing your online application, please also include the following attachments:
- A current resume detailing your applicable experience, training and/or education.
- A letter of interest highlighting how your experience aligns with the outlined job posting.
Top candidates will be asked to provide a list of their professional references with contact information.
Reminders:
- A real person is reviewing your application material. It is in your best interest to complete the application in its entirety and review thoroughly before submitting. You will not be eligible to re-apply for this posting for 30 days.
- Applications with missing or incomplete fields, or supplemental question responses such as “see resume” may be considered incomplete and removed from consideration.
- WaTech complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal Form I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States. WaTech does not use the E-Verify system. We are not eligible to extend STEM Optional Practice Training (OPT) opportunities. For more information, please visit
- Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application. (Please redact any personally identifiable data such as social security number and date of birth prior to submittal.)
By submitting your materials, you affirm that all information is true and correct. Any untruthful information is cause for removal from the applicant pool. If hired as a result of this recruitment, the discovery of incorrect or falsified information may lead to disciplinary action or dismissal.
Recruitment process:
The first round of application assessments will be conducted seven days after the initial job posting date. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time after the initial seven-day job posting date. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible.
WCSM is a new program with multiple openings expected over the coming months. Each job posting has a separate applicant pool. Applicants who wish to be considered for more than one role must apply to each applicable posting.
The salary range reflected above reflects the full potential for this position. The base pay offered to the selected candidate will consider the candidate’s specific qualifying experience and internal equity of the existing team.
Contact us: For inquiries about this position, please contact Rebekah Wilkes at (360) 407-8646 or email to recruitment@watech.wa.gov
If you’d like to request an accommodation for any part of the selection process, or to receive the application material in an alternate format, please contact Human Resources at (360) 407-8242 or Human.Resources@watech.wa.gov. Persons of disability or those who are deaf or hard of hearing can call the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.