SPECIFIC DUTIES
n Lead regular meetings with SCDC staff and all vendors to communicate project status, discuss challenges, and support agency decisionmaking.
n Help develop the requirements for the needsassessment contract, documenting system objectives, known gaps, and technical expectations.
n Assist in evaluating needsassessment bids, reviewing vendor qualifications, proposed methodologies, and alignment with project goals.
n Manage the needsassessment phase by overseeing and coordinating with the selected needs-assessment vendor and the Commission's current GRID vendor to clarify roles, responsibilities, deliverables, timelines, and outcomes.
n Serve as the primary communication liaison among SCDC staff, the needsassessment vendor, and the existing vendor to ensure smooth information flow and timely issue resolution.
n Work with SCDC staff and the needsassessment vendor to define the functional and technical requirements for the system GNI based on assessment findings and internal expertise.
n Assist in drafting the Statement of Work (SOW) for the GNI, ensuring that requirements are translated into clear, actionable, and verifiable contract language.
n Provide programlevel oversight for the entire GRID modernization effort, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and agency priorities throughout both the assessment and rebuild phases.
n Develop and maintain key program documentation, including project plans, requirement logs, decision records, risk registers, milestone tracking, and meeting summaries.
n Monitor vendor performance during both assessment and rebuild phases, ensuring deliverables meet quality standards, managing risks, and escalating issues as needed, while applying PMPlevel programmanagement practices to keep the project on track.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
n Graduate degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as public administration, project management, information systems, data science, public health, or criminal justice.
n At least 15 years of experience managing complex programs or projects, preferably involving IT systems, data systems, or system modernization/rebuild efforts.
n Project Management experience, including planning, execution, and delivery of projects within scope, timeline, and budget.
n PMP certification required, demonstrating mastery of project management methodologies, lifecycle planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
n Demonstrated experience developing Statements of Work, requirements documents, or technical specifications for IT/data system upgrades, rebuilds, or related modernization projects.
n Experience overseeing and coordinating vendors, including evaluating proposals, monitoring performance, managing deliverables, and handling multivendor environments.
n Familiarity with data systems and system architecture concepts, with an understanding of how systems ingest, process, validate, store, and output data for analytical use. (Handson development experience is not required.)
n Proven ability to lead crossfunctional teams, including internal staff, external evaluators, and technical vendors, while maintaining alignment across stakeholders.
n Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to synthesize technical information, produce clear written materials, and present updates to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
n Experience managing program timelines, risks, and dependencies, particularly across multiphase initiatives such as assessments followed by system rebuilds.
