IT Project Manager - ITS4

Working Title: IT Project Manager

Job Class: Information Technology Specialist 4

Agency: Minnesota IT Services

• Job ID: 96174
• Location: St. Paul
• Telework Eligible: Yes
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary: Unlimited
• Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 09/18/2026
• Closing Date: 09/24/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Minnesota IT Services
• Division/Unit: Human and Social Digital Svcs (HSDS)
• Work Shift/Work Hours: Day Shift
• Days of Work: Monday - Friday
• Travel Required: No
• Salary Range: $37.72 - $62.21 / hourly; $78,759 - $129,894 / annually
• Job Class Option: Project Management
• Classified Status: Classified
• Bargaining Unit/Union: 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
• FLSA Status: Exempt - Professional
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position will be part of MNIT’s Human and Social Digital Services (HSDS) team, which supports agency teams at these state agencies: Department of Human Services (DHS), MNsure, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), and Direct Care and Treatment (DCT). The MNIT HSDS team combines development and IT operations with a DevOps approach to ensure the reliable and efficient delivery of critical technology systems that serve counties, families, and individuals across Minnesota.

This position exists to formally manage projects for development, enhancement or retirement of complex information technology & business area solutions, systems, processes and services delivered on a statewide basis. The incumbent also serves as an iterative and incremental delivery facilitator—commonly referred to as a Scrum Master—for cross-functional DevOps teams. In this dual role, the incumbent supports short-cycle planning, coordination, delivery, and continuous improvement practices that help teams deliver value incrementally, maintain transparency, and strengthen predictable flow.

Included are technologies that span the complete spectrum of IT systems, solutions and processes to support, and enhance foundation infrastructure, services, systems and enterprise software applications. Responsibilities include facilitating short-cycle work planning, coordinating iterative delivery tasks, and strengthening flow and continuous improvement across technical and business teams. The incumbent leads project and program initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure using industry best practices applying PMBOK standards and MNIT guidance that can apply to waterfall initiatives as well as incorporating iterative and adaptive approaches that enable delivery in smaller increments, improve feedback loops, and support timely adjustment based on evolving needs.

The role ensures quality and consistency across multiple initiatives through effective project planning, scheduling, scope and risk management, status reporting, change control, and issue resolution. By combining structured project oversight with iterative delivery facilitation, the position supports predictable incremental outcomes and successful delivery of projects in a consistent, documented manner.

This position requires an employee to work onsite at 540 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minnesota at least 50% [or more or less if space limitations remain] of the time, with limited telework available. Telework eligibility depends on residence:

• Candidates living in Minnesota or within 50 miles of the worksite in a bordering state (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) may telework up to 50%.
• Minnesota residents living more than 50 miles from the worksite may be eligible to telework more than 50%.
• Candidates living 50 miles or more from the worksite in a bordering state may work onsite 100% or may be telework eligible if relocating within 50 miles.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify, candidates must clearly show all of the following qualifications in their resume. Resume tips available here:

This position requires a minimum of four (4) years of experience in performing IT project management functions including experience applying iterative and incremental delivery approaches.

Experience must include:

• Infrastructure, software development, and or security.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, diagnose issues, identify solutions, and work independently and creatively to resolve technical or project-related challenges, including removing delivery impediments, managing dependencies, and supporting empirical decision-making within iterative work cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse project teams, resolve interpersonal conflict, motivate team members, and influence stakeholders and decision-makers to achieve project goals, including facilitating short-cycle team coordination sessions, promoting shared understanding of work, and strengthening collaboration needed for incremental delivery.
• Ability to organize work, operate independently, define problems as they arise, and recommend or implement alternative solutions, while supporting structured flow of iterative work increments, maintaining transparency of work items, and helping teams adapt plans based on feedback and evolving needs.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in a manner that facilitates mutual understanding, including conveying work item readiness, iteration goals, and cycle outcomes to both technical and business audiences to support predictable incremental delivery.
• Customer-focused approach grounded in active listening, empathy, and solution-oriented problem-solving to deliver positive user experiences, including supporting iterative feedback loops, validating incremental outcomes with stakeholders, and adjusting upcoming work based on user and business input.

Education in Information Technology (IT) or an IT related field may substitute for experience as follows: a master’s degree for eighteen (18) months of experience; a bachelor’s degree for one (1) year; and an associate’s degree for six (6) months.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading technology modernization efforts using buy, rent, and build approaches—including planning, structuring, and delivering modernization initiatives that align with MNIT’s Modernization Framework and require iterative or incremental delivery practices.
• Experience creating procurement artifacts such as RFPs, RFIs, and Advanced Planning/OAPD documents, including developing vendor evaluation criteria, participating in sourcing strategy decisions, and guiding procurement steps essential for modernization or enterprise technology acquisition.
• Knowledge of enterprise-wide technologies such as WAN/LAN/MAN networks, cloud services, distributed computing, interoperability frameworks, and modern SDLC methodologies, with experience supporting .NET platforms, relevant programming languages such as C# and C++ platforms and applications frameworks such as Oracle APEX within complex multi-system environments.
• Experience defining functional and technical requirements, and supporting incremental delivery through structured decomposition of work, iterative solution review, and collaboration with technical staff, vendors, and business partners, creating test plans and scripts, validating solutions, conducting feasibility analysis, and recommending alternative solutions.
• Understanding of business impact analysis, readiness needs, and change implications for large scale technology efforts with experience guidling multi-team alignment and short-cycle planning to ensure outcomes are feasible and value driven, including continuation planning, alternate site strategies, and technology recovery processes.
• Familiarity with security prevention, detection, authentication, authorization, encryption, filtering, and related security tools/processes.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and influence skills, including the ability to motivate diverse teams, resolve conflict, align multiple levels of staff and leadership, drive outcomes without direct authority across technical and business environments, exceptional communicaotin skills including clear written, oral and visual presentation abilities across multiple business partners and technology audiences.

Additional Requirements

It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following:

• SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only)
• Criminal History Check
• Reference Check
• Social Security and Address Verification
• Education Verification
• Other legally required checks

Minnesota IT Services does not participate in the federal E-Verify program. Minnesota IT Services is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions, and cannot complete Form I-9 or any other documentation requiring employer participation in E-Verify. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application.

How To Apply

Select “Apply for Job” at the top of this page. If you have questions about applying for jobs, contact the Careers Help Desk at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected]. For additional information about the application process, go to http://www.mn.gov/careers.

Contact

If you have questions about this position, contact Human Resources at [email protected].

Connect 700 Program

To receive consideration as a Connect 700 Program applicant, apply online, email the Job ID#, the Working Title and your valid Proof of Eligibility Certificate by the closing date to Human Resources at [email protected].

Veterans

To be considered for any Veteran's Status, you MUST indicate this on your application.

RECENTLY SEPARATED VETERANS (RSV): Effective July 1, 2009, legislation provides that the top five RSV applicants who apply and meet the qualifications for a vacancy shall be granted an interview. You must:

• Meet all Minimum Qualifications identified in this posting.
• Meet all of the RSV criteria.
• Submit a copy of your DD-214 form by the closing date to: [email protected]

CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS: Effective August 1, 2012, legislation provides state agencies with the option to appoint certain disabled veterans on a noncompetitive basis if you:

• Meet service requirements and have a verified service-connected disability rating of at least 30%.
• Provide qualifying documentation verifying the disability.
• Meet all Minimum Qualifications identified in this posting.
• You must submit all documentation by the closing date to: [email protected]

Current State Employees

• Bidders: This vacancy is open for bids and all qualified applicants simultaneously. This vacancy will be filled in accordance with applicable union contract provisions. Current employees of Minnesota IT Services who are currently in an Information Technology Specialist 4/Project Management position and who are eligible to bid and apply within the seven (7) day bidding period will be considered prior to filling the position via other means.
• Current State Employees: Please note that employment provisions (including but not limited to seniority and leave accrual) vary among the three branches of Minnesota State government. When considering a job with another branch of state government, you are highly encouraged to explore these differences. For assistance, please direct questions to your current or anticipated Human Resources office.

About Minnesota IT Services

Minnesota IT Services is the information technology agency for the State of Minnesota. MNIT partners with agencies, boards, councils, and commissions to deliver secure, reliable technology solutions as we set IT strategy, direction, policies, and standards statewide. Work for MNIT and be part of a nation-leading IT organization that helps to create an innovative government that works for everyone. Our culture promotes collaboration, demands agility, and encourages us to embrace change. Be a part of something bigger than yourself, something to be inspired by; come to work for MNIT.

Working together to improve the state we love.

What do Minnesota's State employees have in common?

• A sense of purpose in their work
• Connection with their coworkers and communities
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Benefits

As an employee, you'll have access to one of the most affordable health insurance plans in Minnesota, along with other benefits to help you and your family be well.

Your benefits may include:

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Diabetes care
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care
• Resources that provide support and promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being

Support to help you reach your career goals:

• Training, classes, and professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, visit the Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.gov)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support:

• A voluntary confidential program that helps employees and their families with life challenges that may impact overall health, personal well-being, or job performance
• Common sources of stress can be addressed through the EAP: mental health, relationship challenges (personal and work), grief and loss, finances, and legal issues
• Daily Living/Convenience Services: Chore services, home repair, trip planning, child/elder care

Programs, resources and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS

Minnesota state agencies are equal opportunity, affirmative action, and veteran-friendly employers. State agencies are committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of the state and strongly encourages persons of color and Indigenous communities, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, individuals with disabilities, women, and veterans to apply. The varied experiences and perspectives of employees strengthen the work we do together and our ability to best serve Minnesotans.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and disabilities related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, disability, veteran status or activity in a local Human Rights Commission or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants With Disabilities

Minnesota state agencies make reasonable accommodations to their employees and applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in searching or applying for jobs with the State of Minnesota, call the Careers Help Desk at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected] and let us know the support you need.