Division of Assessment and Accountability – MODE System
Client
State of Maryland
Agency
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Location
On-site at 200 W Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21201
Contract Duration
Teleworking is permitted at the discretion of the Supervisor
Interview Type
5 years with 2 one-year renewal options
Tentative Start Date
In-Person
Deadline
November 2025
Project Overview
This position requires a project manager with critical
skills, including in-depth knowledge of accountability data and reporting
requirements as well as IT technical and vendor management skills.
Duties/Responsibilities
• Support MSDE agency and statewide applications including
WDCS (Web Data Collection System), Maryland Report Card, MODE (Maryland Online
Data Exchange), MOVEit SFTP Secure Server, PowerSchool §5-234 Minimum School
Funding financial dashboard, Educator Retention Dashboard, WCAG 2.1 Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines, MSDE Corporate Branding initiatives, AWS on-prem to
cloud server migrations, Smartsheet PMO applications, and other duties as
assigned.
• Perform day-to-day project management, identify issues and
risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Act as a facilitator between MSDE, DoIT, and Local
Education Agencies (LEAs).
• Ensure work performed is within scope, consistent with
requirements, and delivered on time and on budget.
• Identify critical paths, tasks, dates, testing, and
acceptance criteria; monitor issues and provide resolutions for up-to-date
status reports.
• Coordinate with vendors and assign project staff as needed
across functional/technical areas; serve as primary contact with each vendor’s
PM team and state resources.
• Coordinate deliverables, work product reviews/approvals,
and set priorities when choices of alternatives are required; report project
status information to Executive Sponsor/Committees/stakeholders.
• Completion and management of project documentation
activities, including:
o Document Agile scrum, product backlog, and sprint backlog
artifacts in Jira, MS Teams, and Smartsheet.
o Initiate Change Control Board (CCB) and new project intake
requests in Smartsheet.
o Manage SDLC artifacts in accordance with State of Maryland
DoIT policies/templates.
o Respond to monthly vulnerability-scan findings with
remediation plans.
o Maintain the Project Management Plan, schedule, and WBS;
maintain BRD, FRD, and RTM.
o Manage System Test Plans and test scripts for internal QA
and stakeholder UAT.
o Maintain Operations and Maintenance Plans; update project
plan with scope/task/date/resource/risks/issues changes; maintain status
reports and lessons learned.
Innosoft is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer
Minimum Qualifications Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer
Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive IT project management experience
leading multi-vendor, multi-agency enterprise projects.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects using Agile
practices (scrum, backlog management) within a governed SDLC.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira, Microsoft Teams, and
Smartsheet for planning, tracking, collaboration, and reporting.
• Experience with change control/CCB, risk/issue management,
and executive-level status reporting.
• Experience managing enterprise data collection and
reporting platforms and/or cloud migration initiatives (e.g., AWS).
• Familiarity with government IT governance (e.g., State of
Maryland DoIT PM artifacts/templates) and vulnerability management processes.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI-ACP (or
PRINCE2 Practitioner) certification required, or equivalent demonstrable
expertise.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and
vendor coordination skills.
Information
Locations Position Open to Only localsIndustry Information TechnologyStatus OpenJob Age 45 Day'sCreated Date 10/15/2025No.of Positions 1Duration 5 years with 2 one-year renewalZip Code
