Project Manager || Wisconsin Residents Only ||

StarTekk’s adoption of Digital Transformation is to accelerate organizational growth, increase efficiencies and help Star Workforce achieve focused business goals. The Employee will help our organization to identify and bridge the gap that exists in the business by analyzing the data, scale and support digital transformation initiatives.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager III to lead complex public health technology projects, including large-scale software implementations, rollouts, deployment readiness, and transition to operations. The ideal candidate will have strong project governance, stakeholder management, vendor coordination, risk management, and integrated project planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the complete project and product delivery lifecycle, from initiation and planning through implementation, operational transition, and closure.

• Lead large-scale software implementation, rollout, deployment readiness, testing, and transition-to-operations activities.

• Establish project governance, delivery controls, escalation processes, decision-making frameworks, and performance measures.

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource estimates, milestones, and deliverables.

• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, quality, scope, and outcomes; develop mitigation strategies and escalate concerns as needed.

• Prepare and present project status reports, executive communications, implementation plans, recommendations, and decision documents.

• Coordinate internal teams, vendors, contractors, consultants, and external partners to ensure accountability and alignment.

• Lead project workgroups, discovery sessions, stakeholder meetings, and cross-functional planning activities.

• Develop project charters, define scope, document decisions, track action items, and communicate project progress.

• Support process improvement, data management, reporting capabilities, and public health service delivery initiatives.

• Monitor project action plans, financial performance, milestones, and delivery outcomes.

• Ensure projects meet applicable public health, privacy, confidentiality, security, accessibility, regulatory, and operational requirements.

• Coordinate with privacy, security, legal, procurement, compliance, and data governance teams.

• Manage vendor performance against contracts, statements of work, schedules, service levels, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.

• Support change management, stakeholder communications, training coordination, and organizational adoption.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to strengthen project management and delivery practices.

• Maintain effective working relationships with public health, healthcare, government, and other regulated-program stakeholders.

• 10+ years of experience in software implementation and rollout management, including deployment planning, readiness, testing, and transition to operations.

• 10+ years of experience with project controls, integrated planning, dependency management, risk and issue resolution, and status reporting.

• 10+ years of experience in stakeholder communication and coordination, including executive-level reporting and communicating project impacts.

• 10+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams, coordinating vendors and subject matter experts, and driving decisions.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex software implementations or technology rollouts through execution and deployment.

• Strong knowledge of project governance, project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and delivery controls.

• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, exercise sound judgment, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

• Understanding of data privacy, confidentiality, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in public-sector or other regulated environments.

• Location: Madison, WI

• Work Mode: 100% Remote

• Eligibility: Wisconsin residents only; no relocation

• Work Authorization: USC and GC only