Summary
The GDOT IT Project Manager (PM) will assist in the management of multiple internal and external end to end technical projects, documentation, and processes while reinforcing defined infrastructure and software best practices. The PM will assist with implementing process improvement, documentation management, organization, and project guidelines to ensure project follow through, timeliness, and accuracy.
Local candidates. (Hybrid work schedule)
Experience with Workday HCM applications highly desirable.
Core Competencies
Communication to collaborate often and follow-up with and support engineering managementAttention to Detail to review incoming emails, timelines, resources, and process alignmentOrganization of daily project elements garnered in meetings that need to be planned and organizedFlexibility to adapt to changing program demandsData Visualization Creation and Analysis that comes in the form of dashboards and data to help understand velocityResponsibilities
Collaborate with other project managers, clients, vendors, and engineering teams on various projects, presentations, and meetings.Understand Agile practices and use them in a hybrid organization to facilitate project tracking in a traditional project schedule and use Kanban and Scrum practices with development and engineering teams.Provide attention to detail to internal and external email communications to analyze in order to produce relevant and valuable responses to maintain organizational relationships and project visibility.Identify relevant audiences for meetings, ensuring thorough meeting preparation and creating project charter and kick off presentations that provide information such as business driver, targeted audience, communications plan, scope, project phases, and next steps for planning project schedule activities with technical teams.Conduct meeting analysis that results in facilitation of routine meetings/ceremonies to track projects and maintain project boards and dashboards using Jira and ServiceNow.Understand when and how to escalate to other groups when necessary.Consistently maintain project status, update project roadmaps, and adhere to defined project structure standards with the integrated tool stack provided.Ability to draft process and 'how to' documentation.Assist with identifying project constraints, risks, inefficiencies, and areas where processes can be improved and/or reinforced.Reinforce agreed upon priorities, policies, and team best practices.Utilize project management software i.e., SharePoint Project Template, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Project Online, etc.Maintain, update, and archive project documentation.Familiar with all functions of Outlook including alert functions and the ability to schedule meetings utilizing the Scheduling Assistant.Generate and archive notes from project meetings that add value to management decision-makingEnsure communication channels are made available for all projects to enable adequate communication and escalation process among project team members.Experience
3 to 5 years of project management in technologySome college experience or applicable certifications (preferred) or college degree (preferred)Highly proficient in writing and editingMUST have experience with NextGen Workday
MUST meet/exceed ALL REQUIRED skills
The Project Manager will assist the Department of Human Services (DHS) in managing the agency’s transition from the State Enterprise PeopleSoft system to the NexGen (Workday) application. The selected individual will work with the State Workday ERP service providers and the DHS Finance and Human Resource business units to coordinate agency-level project implementation activities. The position is accountable to the DHS Deputy Commissioner of Finance, DHS Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology Project Management Officer.
Responsibilities:
Assist DHS CFO and HR Director plan, coordinate, and align agency ERP transition/rollout activities with the state’s PeopleSoft/Workday transition project schedule.
Develop collaboration among the agency’s Finance, HR, Procurement subject matter experts.
Ensure the State NextGen project activities are timely communicated to the appropriate agency stakeholders.
Lead/facilitate agency stakeholder meetings
Monitor and track transition/rollout project performance and report status and pertinent issues to the agency leadership
Ensure stakeholders take necessary action to achieve the goals and objectives of the transition project.
Work with Workday PMO and quality assurance team to extend the expected new Workday standards, procedures, and quality objectives at the agency level.
Ensure agency team members have the tools and training required to transition to Workday effectively.
Monitor state milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy to the agency transition schedule.
Identify ways to resolve schedule issues and keep management aware of the situation.
Conduct formal testing reviews with business leaders to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.
Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
Qualifications
- 2+ years’ direct experience with Workday (NextGen) rollouts
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or specialized training, Master’s degree preferred
- 5+ years of IT project/program management or equivalent IT team leadership experience.
- 3+ years managing an enterprise NextGen Workday implementation
- PMP certification from PMI or equivalent certification (MUST upload certification)
- Expert use of MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS Teams and MS Office Business Suite
- 5 years' experience leading projects of high complexity (must have occurred in the last 2 years).
- Experience working in state government (REQUIRED)
Read LessWe are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to lead a critical Mainframe to AWS Cloud migration project. The ideal candidate will possess an active PMP (or equivalent) certification, hands-on migration experience, and the ability to clearly articulate mainframe-to-cloud transformation strategies. This role is focused on project delivery and coordination rather than deep technical execution.
Key Responsibilities: Manage end-to-end migration of mainframe applications to AWS Cloud. Define project scope, develop detailed project plans, and manage risks/issues. Collaborate with business analysts, vendors, SMEs, and technical teams. Lead status meetings, provide executive updates, and support steering committee decisions. Monitor project performance and compliance with quality and security standards. Manage schedules, budgets, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations. Oversee vendor performance and alignment with project goals. Conduct lessons learned sessions and promote PMO best practices. Mandatory Qualifications:Active PMP or equivalent certificationHands-on experience with mainframe to cloud (AWS) migration Strong ability to communicate migration steps and planning strategy 7+ years of IT Project Management experience with complex projects Knowledge of mainframe operations and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) Experience coordinating vendor-managed projects in the last 5 years Proficiency in MS Office 365 applications Strong executive communication and reporting skills Experience working with State Government or public sector agenciesPreferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in IT, Business, or related field Experience in Health and Human Services (HHS) or eligibility systems Background in enterprise outsourced IT environments Read LessPosition Description
The Partner Integration Lead is a member of the SBE’s Technology Department and reports to the Partner Integration Manager. The Partner Integration Lead is responsible for analyzing SBE’s EDE (Enhanced Direct Enrollment) Partners’ policies, and participate in inspections and program evaluations—that integrate with the Georgia Access Eligibility & Enrollment System to provide a seamless consumer health insurance shopping experience from application to enrollment. The Project Manager will build a deep knowledge of all aspects of the SBE functions and will collaborate closely with the Bus iness Technical Analyst to identify and meet emerging needs and improvement opportunities. SBE staff, including the Project Manager, are expected to develop working knowledge of federal SBE requirements, reports, policies, systems, and regulations as they apply to the responsibilities of their role. Local candidates only as they will be required to work onsite 3 days per week.
Responsibilities:
This role manages all aspects of the CMS and EDE Partner-related coordination and activities, including the annual partner Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs), change management, system testing, insurance carrier backend processes, and partner compliance reviews.
The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to the following:
Program Operations
•Support the annual partner application process including application updates, reviews, and approvals.
•Support the technical implementation of the program for partners for Open Enrollment (OE) 2026 go-live on November 1, 2026, and ongoing.
•Support the annual partner ORRs with support from the Eligibility and Policy Manager and the Information Security Officer.
•Manage the review and approval of partner consumer QHP applications and technical change requests with support from other SBE staff as needed.
•Facilitate communication between internal teams, partners, and CMS, acting as the point of contact for project-related inquiries.
•Maintain detailed records of the partner application process, ORR status, and CMS change requests.
•Generate regular project status reports and provide updates to senior management on progress, challenges, and solutions.
•Coordinate reviews and approvals of partner applications, ensuring all necessary documentation and approvals are in place.
•Work closely with internal teams to manage communications and feedback during the application process.
•Host regular coordination meetings with cross-functional teams (e.g., Legal, Policy, Operations) to ensure alignment and address any concerns during
•the application cycle.
•Monitor CMS changes to their Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) program and SBE requirements and coordinate with the Eligibility and Policy
•Manager to determine the impact and what changes will be adopted by Georgia Access.
•Direct the required partner documentation updates (e.g., ORR materials, business requirements, technical requirements) and review updates
•completed by the Partner Integration Analysts.
•Monitor changes made by CMS to the Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) program and provide feedback to leadership if the same changes should be
•adopted by Georgia Access.
•Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
•Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation
•Developing detailed project plan(s) and visual tools to track progress
•Perform risk management to minimize project risks
•Reporting and escalating to management as needed
•Coordinating mitigation of project issues that arise
•Participating in crafting and documenting appropriate responses to major business issues that arise and could significantly impact stakeholders
Stakeholder Engagement
•Serve as the main point of contact on behalf of the SBE for Center of Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) and all EDE partners & Issuers
•interactions, including program and technical questions, issues, and coordination with technical vendor(s).
•Skilled in facilitating meetings, discussions, and brainstorming sessions to drive decisions and outcomes.
•Meet regularly with the partners to communicate program and policy updates, technical progress, challenges, and mitigation strategies as necessary.
•Meet with the Technology Director, SBE leadership, and partners to communicate technical program status, progress, timelines, challenges, system
•issues, and proposed mitigation strategies as needed.
•Establishing and maintaining relationships with third parties/vendors and business partners
•Managing relationships with internal clients and all stakeholders
Education & Years of Experience
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Master's degree in a relevant field may be substituted for 2 years of experience.
Experience, Knowledge, & Skills
• Strong background in managing technology implementation projects.
• Proficient in project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, Jira etc).
Read LessMUST be local to Metro Atlanta
The selected individual will work with the State Workday ERP service providers and the DHS Finance and Human Resource business units to coordinate agency-level project implementation activities. The position is accountable to the DHS Deputy Commissioner of Finance, DHS Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology Project Management Officer.
Responsibilities:
Assist DHS CFO and HR Director plan, coordinate, and align agency ERP transition activities with the state’s PeopleSoft/Workday transition project schedule.
Develop collaboration among the agency’s Finance, HR, Procurement subject matter experts.
Ensure the State NextGen project activities are timely communicated to the appropriate agency stakeholders.
Lead/facilitate agency stakeholder meetings
Monitor and track transition project performance and report status and pertinent issues to the agency leadership
Ensure stakeholders take necessary action to achieve the goals and objectives of the transition project.
Work with Workday PMO and quality assurance team to extend the expected new Workday standards, procedures, and quality objectives at the agency level.
Ensure agency team members have the tools and training required to transition to Workday effectively.
Monitor state milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy to the agency transition schedule.
Identify ways to resolve schedule issues and keep management aware of the situation.
Conduct formal testing reviews with business leaders to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.
Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or specialized training and five years of IT project/program management or equivalent IT team leadership experience.
- PMP certification from PMI or equivalent certification
- Expert use of MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS Teams and MS Office Business Suite
- 5 years' experience leading projects of high complexity (must have occurred in the last 2 years).
- Experienced with Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) transitions (Workday)
Read Less*Local Metro Atlanta Candidates*
*REQUIRED Certifications MUST be ACTIVE.
**Candidate’s resume MUST reflect ALL the REQUIRED skills in their job's performances**
The position, assigned to the Project Management Office, will direct and coordinate project activities, including but not limited to:
• Planning
• Schedule development and maintenance
• Resource tracking
• Risk management
• Communications management
• Reporting
• Quality management
• Vendor management
Primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the project following PMI best practices and the Georgia Department of Labor Project Management Methodology.
Successful candidates will be accomplished project managers who have directed and successfully managed, from start to finish, complex, technology projects with aggressive timelines.
Required Skills: A MUST
• Project Management Certification (PMP).
• Demonstrated success managing large complex programs/projects utilizing multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Kanban)
• Documented recent experience in:
o Business requirements gathering.
o Business process documentation.
o full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies
• Candidates must have managed at least two full lifecycle agile software development projects (initiation through deployment/warranty) with project teams in excess of 10 team members, and must have had FULL end-to-end accountability for the project management role. Demonstrated experience managing IT projects that impact across the enterprise –Experience must be related to software application development and implementation. Experience collaborating with vendor partners in the delivery of project solutions required.
• Well-developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
• Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, and motivation skills.
• Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project Professional, SharePoint, Visio, MS Office Suite)
*Resume MUST show required skills in their job performances*
*Local Candidates*
Read LessConnecticut’s Department of Developmental Services, (CTDDS)requires an experienced Project Manager to lead their Care Case Management workstream of application and data migration projects.
Candidates must have a technical project management background working specifically in a Care Case Management environment (social work environment, patient care/case management environment, health & human services environment, hospital environment, etc.) that includes experience working with HIPAA-constrained data elements and includes experience with electronic health records (EHR), electronic medical records (EMR), patient case management, and claims processing.
Candidates must have experience managing application and data migration projects, specifically with experience in requirements gathering, gap analysis, end-user communication, subject matter expert interaction, management, running meetings, testing and test preparation.
Candidate should have 5+ years' experience working as part of an enterprise PMO with exposure to standard program and project tools, metrics, creating dashboards, project schedules, status reports, meetings agendas, etc.
Candidate should have a blend of communication, IT, budget and reporting skills
Communicate and facilitate consensus among stakeholders
Deliver clear, specific and respectful oral and written communications to business owners, IT program team members and management
Good understanding on IT, HR, Finance functional processes and transformation in general
Excellent skills with PowerPoint, Excel and analytical approach
Ability to work and team with people across functions, sectors, locations
Good analytical, judgement, tact and decision-making ability along with critical thinking skills
Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
Excellent time management skills to ensure ability to deliver work-products of the highest quality and overcome risk and issues to ensure timely delivery
Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
Technology driven change management experience
Read LessThe Workday Cutover Lead will have a proven track record of implementing cloud SaaS ERP projects for large, complex initiatives. The Cutover Lead will lead a large, cross-functional project team and provide an organizational view of project/program dependencies, stakeholder, and risk impacts. The lead will have effective communication skills, organizational awareness, and ability to manage critical dependencies and impacts.
Local candidates strongly preferred
. Out of state candidates will be accepted for a 100% remote work schedule.
What You Need for this Position
•Technical Project Management experience
•Operations Management
•Change Management
•Release Management
•Project Management Tools
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead and manage the NextGen Workday cutover planning and execution activities.
• Collaborate with Program Teams, Technical teams, and implementer resources to build out a detailed project cutover schedule to include tasks for all areas (technical (reports, integration, security) and functional (HCM, Payroll, Finance and Procurement) and OCM ( Communications, Change Mgmt, Training).
• Field questions and escalations regarding cutover activities and work with the cutover team to close open items.
• Manage cutover tasks, risks, issues, and project timelines to assure progress towards cutover completion
• Work with the appropriate system owners, business and technical subject-matter-experts, and workstreams to assure cutover and system remediation processes, deliverables, and milestones are developed and completed.
• Provide comprehensive reporting of cutover activities, challenges and risks. In coordination wit project team develop risk mitigation approaches to ensure on time go live
• Prepare and deliver metric reporting demonstrating progress against planned activities
• Escalate items that would impact go live date
• Lead and participate in the cutover planning, cutover plan review, capture of cutover activity timeframes/durations, mock cutover, and cutover execution activities.
Essential Skills
• Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 0 years of IT experience
• 5 years of Workday SaaS ERP experience
• 10 years of prior project management experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Prior experience with state or other public sector clients
• Excellent organizational skills and a leader in the change process
• Ability to collaborate and drive execution at all levels within a business area
• Ability to communicate in written and verbal formats to various situations and audiences
• Expertise in documentation, presentation tools, and project management tools
• Excellent skills in critical thinking and analysis
• Ability to establish strong working relationships across IT, business lines and external stakeholders
• Group facilitation skills, negotiation and ability to influence and drive decisions
• Possess understanding of cloud infrastructure architecture and able to clearly guide and articulate needs to successfully onboard and manage new organization
Experience: 8 Years
This requisition is for a Project Manager resource to handle multiple projects across DOM-DoIT. Currently, these projects will include a project with Department of Inspections Appeals and Licensing on centralizing their licensing and inspections permit system and other projects as they are approved and funded. This position will renew on 7/1 fiscal through 6/30
The project manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on multiple current and future projects. Additionally, the PM will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required. The PM will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each within a common project reporting mechanism. The PM will work with multiple business and platform areas across the State, potentially including upper-level state government committees. The Project Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.
The PM will be part of a PMO team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control. The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders. Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.
Local Candidates Required – Position Requires Onsite 3 Days/Week
Duties
• Ability to work within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting)
• Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.
• Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision.
• Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios.
• Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately.
• Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product.
• Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills.
• Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations, implementing service improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts.
• Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to project team. Escalate issues to management and/or appropriate leadership as appropriate.
• Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to portfolio, project and program management.
• Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.
Read LessThe State Accounting Office (SAO) provides accounting and financial reporting expertise for the State and is statutorily responsible for statewide financial reporting. The SAO also provides enterprise oversight and management of the State’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (Workday), accounting policy development, financial business process improvement recommendations, and management of the payroll and accounting shared service centers.
*Local candidates strongly preferred. 1-2 days onsite may be required and/or when requested for meetings. Out-of-state candidates (100%) will be accepted.
Job Description:
The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall strategy, planning, management, and completion of projects supporting Payroll functionality within the core ERP solution and any supporting ancillary applications and/or solutions.
•You will partner with project team members across state agencies and vendors to develop project scope and use your project management skills to manage project roles, identify resource requirements, define project deliverables and execute. You will ensure effective communications and relationships between stakeholders and project team members.
•The ideal candidate should have a successful track record in project management, technology delivery, and operations.
•The ideal candidate should be able to lead process improvement initiatives and IT projects to improve productivity, quality and employee experience.
•Building the project plans, identification Payroll business requirements, process and functional design, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
•Overall management, tracking and reporting of project schedule and activities, ensuring that the projects are delivered on time, within budget and remain aligned to the business objectives.
•Work closely with leaders, project teams and various stakeholders to ensure projects effectively mitigate risks, resolve issues, and deliver as planned.
•Facilitate cross-functional meetings and implementation plans and schedules, working with other project managers, functional experts, and business partners.
•Prepare communications to stakeholders, project artifacts, working documents and project schedules.
•Review and maintain project financials, evaluating projects against their approved financial targets and benefits goals, and ensuring the creation of action plans to address variances, effectively manage change controls and escalate issues as appropriate.
•Build and deliver project plans, status reports and metrics on test case development, test execution progress, track and monitor defect corrections, identify project dependencies and constraints.
•Identify improvement opportunities for the organization and be an advocate for change
•Plan, execute and monitor Payroll Technology projects with an eye on customer experience, supportability and successful operational transition into production.
•Lead coordination for the training and other events that help share knowledge and skills with other team members.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise:
•Experience managing Payroll on ERP Cloud Solutions products such as Workday, Oracle Cloud HCM, Infor, SAP S4/HANA
•Thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment.
•Experienced in use of project management tools and methodologies
•Working knowledge of Agile methodology and practices
•Think critically and analytically and can effectively apply logic to solve problems
•Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with others.
•Excellent analytical, presentation, interpersonal, organizational, and facilitation skills
•Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and can clearly articulate complex messages and requirements to stakeholders, functional teams and vendors
•Ability to mentor other Project Managers on Project Management methodologies
Skills and Competencies:
•Ability to confidently present to C-Suite executives
•Skilled at conflict resolution
•Highly skilled at managing competing projects, risks, and issues.
•Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
•Demonstrated knowledge and aptitude of project management tools, techniques, and methodology.
•Ability to accurately and adequately translate business requirements to technical requirements.
•Skilled at conflict resolution
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference may be given to applicants who, in addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, possess the following:
•Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Project Online, and Visio,
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•State work experience
•ERP Cloud work experience
•Payroll, Talent Acquisition and/or learning management work experience.
•PMP certified
•College Degree in a related field with 8+ years professional experience
•5 years minimum experience as a project manager
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