Project Manager

  • Abacus Service Corporation
  • Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Full Time
Project Overview Background Current platform will be sunsetting 12/31/2026. Ramsey County will be replacing the current platform with Tyler Technologies' EnerGov platform . You can learn more about the technology here: Project Objectives Install new platform in three phases:
  1. Food, pool, and lodging inspections
  2. County environmental charges (CEC) charge on residential and commercial garbage hauling
  3. Solid and hazardous waste compliance
Project Success Factors
  • Fully tested and functioning system that meets our needs and the regulated community
  • Project manager understands the needs
  • Integration with other county systems
  • Integrity of data migration
  • Customization only as necessary to meet critical business needs
  • Effective communication and stakeholder engagement
In- Scope
  • All licensing, permitting, and inspections for compliance for Environmental Health
  • Current-state process mapping
  • Elicitation of future-state requirements
  • Future-state process documentation including roles/responsibilities (within out-of-the-box system constraints)
  • Integration with GIS
  • integration with Enterprise Cash Receipting Management (ECRM) and Finance systems
  • Vendor Management assistance
  • Organizational Change Management assistance
  • Guiding Principle: Minimize custom development
Out-of-Scope
  • Business Analysis
Solution Evaluation

Primary Responsibilities and Deliverables
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Understands the business drivers and expected business outcomes.
  • Builds trust-based relationships with stakeholders.
  • Develops the project management plans in collaboration with key stakeholders including the vendor to achieve business outcomes.
  • Facilitates the day-to-day aspects of the project schedule, scope, and quality.
  • Tracks the budget.
  • Collaborates with vendor's project manager, RC business analyst, and the project team to align requirements with out-of-the-box functionality.
  • Collaborates to determine/define and implement integration with GIS, ECRM, and Finance processes and systems.
  • Facilitates the project governance team; publishes meeting notes.
  • Creates and maintains the project Teams site.
  • Performs risk management; escalates issues and risks as needed.
  • Provides complete transparency to project performance.
  • Controls scope to achieve value within the approved time
and cost; recommends timely corrective actions.
  • Collaborates to develop a transition plan.
  • Logs and follows-through to disposition risks, action items, issues, and decisions.
  • Develops and submits status reports.
Other duties as assigned. Primary Deliverables:
  • Project Management Plans
  • Scope statement
  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Change Control Plan
  • Project Schedule
  • Quality Management Plan
  • Integration with GIS, ECRM, and Finance processes and systems
  • Budget Tracking/Reports
  • Teams project site
  • Governance team facilitation and meeting notes
  • Transition plan
  • RAID Register
  • Risks
  • Action items
  • Issues
  • Decisions
Status Reports (with hours burndown) Candidate Qualifications Mandatory Qualifications:
  • B.S. or B.A. degree (4 year) (or Associates degree
plus an additional 5 years' experience)
  • 5+ years experience in a project management role for systems replacement initiatives
  • Demonstrated competency utilizing waterfall and incremental project approaches
  • Ability to work independently
LOCAL Candidates Preferred Desired Qualifications :
  • Experience in the PM role for Tyler Technologies license and permitting platform (formerly known as enerGOV).
  • Experience as a Project Manager in state, county, or city governments or non-profit sector
  • PMP or other project management certification
Note: Diverse and bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

General Skills and Abilities:
  • Business acumen
  • Elicitation skills
  • Relationship-building skills
  • Practical and pragmatic process-orientation; efficient and effective
  • Has or can quickly earn trust and credibility with stakeholders and Project team through action and transparency
  • An "honest broker” – can deliver bad news in good ways
  • Ability to communicate up-down-and-across
  • Influencing skills
  • Analytical, strategic, creative, and systems thinking skills
  • General management skills
  • Ability to analyze problems, identify and evaluate options, and implement solutions
  • Ability to determine priorities, plan workload, and meet deadlines
  • Knowledge of Project management best practices; ability to adapt to the needs of the organization/Project.
  • Performs at high levels under pressure, even during organizational chaos
  • Coachable; open and receptive to continual feedback
  • Proficient in MS Office suite and collaboration tools
Project Environment and Schedule Project Environment :
  • Ramsey County is committed to racial equity, diversity and inclusion and the prevention of workplace violence.
  • The Project is sponsored by Environmental Health, a department under the Public Health Division of the Health & Wellness Service Team.
  • The consultant resource for this position will be managed by the Enterprise Project Management Office.
  • The Project Manager consultant will work with the business analyst, business and IS staff, as well as the vendor's project
resources.
  • Ramsey County is operating in a flexible workplace environment. This means that Ramsey County employees work primarily off-site, but in-office work may be required from time to time.
Project Schedule:
  • Anticipated Project Start Date: 8/1/25
  • Anticipated Duration: up to one year with the possibility of extension.
  • Estimated Hours: up to 40 hours per week
  • The County will retain the option to extend the work orders in increments as determined by County staff.


Job ID: 481623491
Originally Posted on: 6/17/2025

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