Child Care Systems Modernization Strategic Consultant (Certified Project Manager IV/Sr.) | Remote from within Wisconsin

Hi,

Position: Child Care Systems Modernization Strategic Consultant (Certified Project Manager IV/Sr.)
Location: Remote from within Wisconsin
Duration: 12 + Months
Interview Mode: In-Person

Project Management: 15+ years managing large initiatives, with significant experience leading large-scale technology modernization or digital-transformation programs.
Project Artifacts: 15+ years developing and maintaining project plans, charters, workplans, status reports, risk registers, issue logs, implementation frameworks, and related governance artifacts.
Procurement Planning: 10+ years developing complex technology procurement strategies and materials, including RFIs, RFPs, SOWs, proposal evaluations, vendor selection, contract negotiations, and multi-vendor engagements.
Written and Verbal Communication: 12+ years preparing written reports and executive briefings, with exceptional communication skills and experience facilitating executive decisions and stakeholder alignment.
Project Tools and Methods: 12+ years using Microsoft Project or an equivalent tool, plus strong knowledge of project-management, organizational-change-management, resource-management, and systems-implementation methodologies.
Critical Thinking and Independent Execution: Ability to assess current-state operations and technology, identify risks and dependencies, recommend phased approaches, overcome barriers, and directly produce deliverables without relying on dedicated project staff.
Vendor and Stakeholder Leadership: Demonstrated experience coordinating business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams while establishing performance expectations, accountability measures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols.
Required Credential and Background: Project-management certification or successful completion of a recognized project-management curriculum is required. A bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience is expected; the contract classification typically requires 15+ years of IT experience, including 4+ years managing projects.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:

Experience with human-services, child-care, public-assistance, eligibility, licensing, grants-management, or other government program systems.
Experience modernizing legacy systems.
Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, modular procurement strategies, and Agile delivery approaches.
Experience establishing governance structures for large-scale modernization initiatives.

Strategic Planning and Modernization Leadership: Develop and maintain the modernization roadmap and implementation strategy; assess current-state business processes, technology systems, organizational readiness, and modernization needs; identify risks, dependencies, and executive decision points; and recommend phased approaches for procurement, implementation, change management, and business transformation.
Procurement and Vendor Management: Lead procurement strategy and documentation; draft and coordinate RFIs, RFPs, SOWs, and related materials; evaluate vendor proposals; support contract negotiations; advise leadership on vendor selection and contracting approaches; and establish performance expectations and accountability measures for vendors and implementation partners.
Partner Coordination and Governance: Coordinate business, policy, finance, procurement, and technology teams; facilitate executive decision-making; align stakeholders; establish governance structures, decision frameworks, reporting processes, and escalation protocols; and 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 artifacts such as charters, workplans, risk registers, issue logs, and implementation frameworks; support business requirements, process-improvement opportunities, and future-state operating models; and establish the structures needed to transition from planning into implementation.
Senior Project-Management Scope: Coordinate status reporting and project stability; manage scope, budget, risk, resources, quality, and key milestones; adjust plans and resources to meet customer needs; and help ensure multiple complex workstreams are delivered on time, within budget, and to expected quality standards.

Thanks & Regards,

Niranjan Kumar
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