Key Facts

Remote From:

United States

Fixed term

Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

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Report Writing
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Non-Verbal Communication
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Collaboration
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Leadership
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Organizational Awareness

Roles & Responsibilities

Master's, MBA or Executive MBA in business administration, finance, or a related field.
Minimum 20 years of experience in project management for state, local, or corporate clients.
Proven expertise in AI product management, product requirements definition, and solution prototype development.
Experience with Pattern of Life analysis and geospatial analysis for state government problems (including child welfare, public safety, fraud/program integrity, and risk management).

Requirements:

Lead exploratory interviews, discovery sessions, and workshops with State representatives to document current intake workflows, requirements, and gaps.
Oversee development discussions for the new intake process to ensure State objectives are met, and coordinate the conference room demo for key stakeholders.
Develop metrics to measure the prototype's efficacy and oversee a technology roadmap showing integration into the State's ecosystem.
Oversee the final project report and ensure transparent communication and coordination of stakeholders across MDCPS to secure understanding, participation, and support.

Job description

This is a remote position.

Seeking a Program Strategist / Project Manager to support a proof-of-concept demonstration using natural language processing and other machine learning methods to improve the intake process. The PS/PMO will play a key role in realizing strategic initiatives for the State by overseeing interviews, discovery sessions, workshops, and documentation to further the objective of developing tools and methods to improve the intake process, as well as:

Ensure the State's objectives of protecting children and reducing the use of State resources are maintained throughout the proof-of-concept.
Add to the project objectives based on requests from the State.
Provide leadership of exploratory interviews, discovery sessions, and workshops with State representatives to understand and document current workflows and shortcomings.
Oversee discussions related to the development of the new intake process to ensure the objectives of the State are being met.
Contribute to the development of key metrics associated with measuring the prototype's efficacy.
Review documentation as appropriate for the purposes of transparency to the State.
Ensure proper communication and coordination of key stakeholders at all levels within MDCPS to ensure their understanding, participation, and support of the project.
Gain support by understanding what is working and what could be improved in the current intake process.
Oversee the conference room demo for key stakeholders.
Review the framework for the demonstration to ensure the objectives of the State are satisfied.
Oversee the development of a roadmap that illustrates how the developed technology could be integrated into the State's ecosystem of technologies and processes.
Oversee the development of the final report of the project, documenting all significant aspects.

Requirements

Skill	Required/Preferred	Required Years of Experience	Candidate Experience
Masters, MBA or Executive MBA type degree in business administration, finance, or a related field.	Required	4+
Minimum twenty (20) years of experience in project management roles for either state, local, or corporate clients.	Required	20
Proven expertise in AI product management, product requirements definition, and solution prototype development.	Required
Proven expertise in Pattern of Life analysis and Geospatial analysis of State Gov’t problems, including but not limited to, child welfare, public safety, fraud/program integrity and risk management.	Required
Deep knowledge and successful experience implementing IT enterprise solutions involving data analytics.	Required
Skill in engaging all levels of an organization and gaining their support.	Required
A successful history of using Agile, Pert, and Gant methodologies to manage complex developments.	Required
An understanding of how to advance a strategy and devise tactics to achieve incremental goals.	Required
Strong written and verbal communication skills.	Required
Experience identifying key stakeholders and winning their support.	Required
Skill in managing budgets, scope, project risk, and delivering results.	Required
A successful history of conducting extensive interviews, leading workshops, discovery sessions, collaborating on technology roadmaps, and drafting reports.	Required