Job Details

Role: IT Project Manager

Location: KDHE Topeka, Kansas (Hybrid)

Job Type: Long Terms Contract

Job Description:

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Manager I to lead technology initiatives supporting agency operations and the mission to protect and improve the health and environment of Kansans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams and stakeholders in the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects.

• Manage projects using Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies.

• Ensure projects meet schedule, budget, regulatory, compliance, and security requirements.

• Collaborate with agency leadership, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

• Utilize Monday.com, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Project for scheduling, tracking, reporting, and portfolio management.

• Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.

Resource & Team Management

• Determine project resource requirements.

• Work with technical leads to obtain appropriate project staff assignments that are consistent with project performance requirements.

• Foster teamwork and resolve conflicts or performance issues.

• Help team members grow professionally and share knowledge.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications.

• Develop and maintain project communication plans.

• Provide regular status updates to executive sponsors, steering committees, and stakeholders.

• Facilitate workshops, presentations, and reviews as needed.

• Manage stakeholder expectations.

Technical Oversight, Change Management, Reporting

• Collaborate with application developers, network architects, and system engineers on solution design and infrastructure needs.

• Monitor technology integration, data migration, system configuration, and deployment activities.

• Coordinate organizational change management strategies, including a change log.

• Engage end users in testing (e.g., UAT) and ensure smooth transition to production. Oversee environment setup (dev, test, staging, production).

Project Closure & Evaluation

• Verify that all project deliverables are completed and accepted.

• Conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons learned sessions.

• Archive documentation and ensure knowledge transfer.

• Release project resources and formally close the project.

Risk & Issue Management

• Identify, log, and assess project risks and issues.

• Develop mitigation and contingency plans.

• Escalate critical risks to leadership in a timely manner.

• Monitor risk exposure and update risk logs throughout the project lifecycle.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

• Work with Business Analysts to develop test plans, conduct testing, and track defects.

• Ensure compliance with IT policies, regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR), and security standards.

• Coordinate and participate in code reviews, audits, and documentation reviews, as required.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Assist customers with vendor or third-party service provider evaluation and selection.

• Track vendor deliverables and performance against agreed terms.

• Perform other duties as assigned including serving as a member of the KDHE Disaster Response Team as needed to assure the agency's public and environmental health response is adequately staffed during and immediately following natural and/or manmade disasters, infectious disease outbreaks, and/or acts of terrorism.

• Responsible for reading and implementing the KDHE 2023-2026 Strategic Plan.

• Reviewing the Core Values, Priority Areas, Impact Statement and assisting to complete the Strategic Plan Summary and assure Goals are met.

Thanks & Regards

Himanshu Verma | Recruiter – US Staffing

Email: Himanshu.v@ampstek.com | Desk: (609)-527-8914

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