Project Manager for HHSC, Austin, Tx

Project Manager for HHSC, Austin, Tx
Submit resume by: April 19, 2018 at 12:00 noon
Agency: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
Solicitation Number:  52980000008040R
Primary Work location: 1100 West 49^th Street, Austin, Texas
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM, excluding State holidays when the agency is closed. 
Visa/Contracting Type: W-2 employment with benefits. Must be US Citizen, EAD, or Green Card Holder. No H1-B's, 1099's, or Corp-to-Corp.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered “works made for hire” and are the property of the HHSC.  HHSC may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Workers) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by the Texas law. HHSC will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Worker(s).
 
The Master Data Management (MDM) Liaison position is an Information Technology (IT) position and will be a part of the Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) team working in collaboration with the Center for Analytics and Decision Support (CADS) program within the Health and Human Services System’s business domain. The MDM Liaison will be the point of contact for all Information technology activities for MDM. This role bridges the communication gap between IT and program while aligning activities to the goals and implementation timeline. In addition, this position will function as the Project Manager for Metadata activities performed by the EDG team.
 
The MDM Liaison’s responsibilities may include:

• Providing MDM expertise to business and IT stakeholders.
• Working closely with the EIM team to clearly communicate success factors and dependencies. 
• Partnering with IT and vendor to prioritize IT tasks, such as, upgrades, downtimes, and other Service Level Agreement Items.
• Participating in Change Management Councils.
• Supporting business cases to support MDM efforts and adoption
• Performing training and/or outreach on MDM efforts.
• Project Management responsibilities for day-to-day activities of the EDG team, including schedule development and monitoring, budget preparations and expense monitoring
• Development of Federal Funding Requests.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

 

• Other Special Requirements: Because of the nature of the information in the system that will be implemented, all entities must sign a Data Use Agreement (DUA) as a condition of employment. Face-to-face interview required.

 

• In submitting a resume for this solicitation, the vendor attests to their compliance with e-verify for the submitted candidate.  E-verify requirements are outlined in Appendix A, Section P. Immigration, of the Standard Terms and Conditions for Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contract.

 
       II. WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
           Minimum Requirements:

Years	Skills/Experience
10	Experience managing a Master Data Management full-lifecycle implementation
10	Project Management experience managing day to day activities of team
10	Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups, and manage multiple responsibilities
10	Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities
8	Experience and understanding of Enterprise Information Management best practices
4	Experience in MDM program implementation, particularly using Informatica suite tools
Certification	PMP Certification
Strong	Communication, analytical and interpersonal skills at all levels

                
               Preferences:

Years	Skills/Experience
4	Experience facilitating productive meetings to formulate business requirements and    communicate stakeholder needs to technical staff
	Experience working with full agile system development lifecycle (SDLC)
3	Prior experience as a Project Manager or Project Lead for a major IT initiative at a State agency, preferably HHSC.