[Remote] Must be Local to WI || Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VLS Systems Inc is seeking a Project Manager with experience in Higher Education. The role involves managing project activities, gathering requirements, and ensuring successful project delivery. Responsibilities • Work with stakeholders on assignments to define the scope and magnitude of desired initiatives • Gather key, understandable requirements to meet project activities • Secure appropriate resources and establish a feasible timeframe/schedule to complete the work • Monitor, manage and maintain day-to-day project activities and resource plans • Follow existing and/or establish appropriate change control processes to ensure work goes from Development to Testing to Production • Communicate with appropriate parties on project needs, progress, issues, risks and outcomes • Successfully manage projects to completion • Provide Change Management support services to ensure adoption is at its utmost – communication, documentation, and training to end-users Skills • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills are essential • Well-developed skills with virtual facilitation, interest and requirement gathering, schedule tracking tools such as Mural, Padlet, Microsoft Office suite (Visio, MS-Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) • Work with technical leads to understanding technical specifications, impact on existing environment/work and perform Business Case development and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis and rough order magnitude type estimating to guide decision-making • Demonstrated track record of successful project delivery • Excellent conceptual, problem solving, and analytical skills • Ability to work independently or as a member of a team on complex tasks • Demonstrated competency in documenting solutions for both technical and functional audiences • 7 - 10 years of skills as a Project Manager • Experience in both current state and future state of an organization • MUST have experience in Higher Education as a Project Manager • Demonstrable skills in use of Microsoft Project • Demonstrated experience working with the Prosci ADKAR® Model Company Overview • VLS Systems is an information technology company that provides system integration and custom software development services. It was founded in 1995, and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://vls-systems.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • VLS Systems Inc has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2025, 11 in 2024, 16 in 2023, 15 in 2022, 29 in 2021, 75 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job