Strategy Project Manager (IT Project Manager 1)

BWC's core hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, however, daily start/end times may vary based on operational need across BWC departments.

Most positions perform work on-site at one of BWC's seven offices across the state.

BWC offers flex-time work schedules that allow an employee to start the day as early as 7:00am or as late as 8:30am.

Flex-time schedules are based on operational need and require supervisor approval.

What You'll Be Doing: You will receive general direction from the Organizational Strategy Manager & serve as Change Requests Project Manager for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

* Leading operational project intake, develops new demand requirements, & development of New Business Processes, & other assigned project(s), with or without sub-projects, that covers all phases of project management (e.g., Initiating, Planning, Execution, Implementation, & Closing) to create new or refine existing business processes.

* Reviewing project scope, time estimates & cost estimates.

* Documenting project including scope, issues, risks, assumptions, dependencies & constraints.

* Identifying project requirements & quality standards.

* Determining risks associated with projects & evaluate the impact.

* Identifies project management tools & templates to be used in the project.

* Scheduling project kickoff meetings with the project team members.

* Identifying BWCs standards & processes to be used in the project.

* Identifying & documents project roles & responsibilities, follows up on action items.

To Qualify, You Must Clearly Demonstrate: Required Experience and/or Education * 3 yrs.

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in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation), with experience to be commensurate with project/program &/or position description on file (e.g., specific human service program area, management information sciences, fiscal) AND 12 mos.

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in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.

* Or Successful completion of 2 yrs.

post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned AND 12 mos.

exp.

in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.

* Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Project Management Major Worker Characteristics: Knowledge of Knowledge of public policy management or public administration; public finance; public budgeting; project management; life cycle methodologies; time management; matrix management; public relations; interviewing; market trends; supervisory/management techniques*. Oral & written communication tools & techniques; customer support & personal service; employee training; technical writing & documentation practices; requirements analysis principles & methods; state & BWC policy, procedures & applicable laws*; vision, mission & goals of BWC*; IT lifecycle concepts; quality assurance principles, business process modeling methods & techniques, workers' compensation complex claims business processes & operations of claims organization.

Skill in Reading comprehension; speaking; critical thinking; quality assurance; identifying & specifying business requirements; operation analysis, interviewing, presenting, facilitating, troubleshooting, critical thinking, complex problem solving, operation of personal computer & applicable software (e.g., Gantt chart/project planning software, presentation software, spreadsheet applications) *. Ability to Ability to manage multiple demands or tasks on projects or programs; solve problems involving several variables in unique situations; review & evaluate project progress; develop & deliver presentations; communicate effectively on project information in a team setting, prepare meaningful, accurate & concise reports; stay abreast of current technologies; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions, use proper research methods in gathering data.

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