JOB REQUIREMENTS: Under the general direction of the Data Warehouse and Decision Support (DWDS) Director, this position provides project management, scrum master and leadership services for the DWDS team. Technologies the team currently uses or planned to use include SQL Server, Power BI, and Fabric solutions. These solutions serve a vast scope of IT-based, cross-division and agency-wide projects. This position is also responsible for tracking budget and timelines as needed, business analysis and engagement services in the planning, development, testing and implementation phases of related projects. Experience in building out processes and procedures in Asana is preferred. Example Tasks DWDS Project Manager and Scrum Master 1. Coordinate, manage and lead DWDS IT projects, develop and maintain project plans and implementation schedules, identify project resources, establish proper project controls and ensure project schedules are maintained, manage overall release and individual iteration planning efforts. 2. Serve as DWDS project manager and Scrum Master which entails facilitating project/scrum ceremonies and meetings, creating project artifacts and documentation, providing subject matter expertise when needed and performing project planning/management tasks. 3. Develop project work plans, including estimates, to support the agency\'s strategic IT plans and meet strategic objectives. Negotiate estimates for costs, timelines and resources. Ensure project implementation plans include appropriate resource estimates along with estimates versus actual expenditures and target dates. 4. Leverage performance metrics to monitor the progress of assigned projects against plans. Initiate appropriate actions to assure that project deadlines and schedules are met and that project costs are controlled, including resource leveling across multiple projects, along with other agency project managers. Communicate status of projects to IT leadership and senior leadership. Inform product owners and management of any variance from plans. 5. Prepare formal status reports and presentations to keep agency customers and IT and senior leadership informed of project progress, milestones and issues. 6. Establish project vision and objectives along with evaluate alternative approaches. 7. As needed, support the integration of vendor solutions into the business processes and technologies in place. 8. Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across DWDS projects and programs in the portfolio and resolve or escalate conflicts. 9. Maintain roadmap of project/initiative delivery. Manage prioritization, resourcing and scheduling of requests working with business and IT managers. Assist business line with IT facilitation of strategy. Drive vendor evaluation and selection for new solutions. 10. Work with project teams to manage/oversee the full range of the project life cycle (initiate, planning, execute, close-out) for projects covering a portfolio of projects which focus on the business needs of a specific business line(s) or strategy. Deliver projects according to agreed-upon timeline, budget, and scope. Create strategies for risk mitigation and formulate complex project/program plans and schedules. 11. Assist with the definition of requirements and the preparation of bid documents for the acquisition of applications and assist with the evaluation of responses. 12. Discover, analyze, organize and document application functional and data requirements. 13. Develop and evaluate solution alternatives that solve the needs of the business area or agency. 14. Facilitate application requirements gathering sessions. ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: MUST HAVE SKILLS: Minimum of 7 years\' experience required in the following - Strong experience being a Scrum Master for a diverse scrum team with a broad set of skills. (7 years) - Significant ability to apply project management techniques i cluding creating project charters, project phases, status reports and work breakdown structures and creating work requests in the form of user stories. Ability to communicate project status to relevant and various stakeholders. (7 years) - Advanced ability to prioritize and simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of various sizes. (7 years) - Experience in data warehousing and reporting projects, including dashboard tools, reporting tools and other analytical tools, especially using the Microsoft stack (SQL Server, SSIS, Power BI, Fabric, Azure). (7 years) - Experience gathering requirements for data visualizations, dashboards and reports, including translating business needs to technical solutions. (7 years) NICE TO HAVE EXPERIENCE: - Experience with K-12 education data sector - Experience running a user group/focus group. - Experience with Asana ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: E-Mail a Rsum: joannem@cci-worldwide.com