Project Manager

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm providing technical and business professionals to Texas state agencies. The Project Manager will lead agency and employer outreach, business procedures, training, testing, stakeholder readiness, risk mitigation, and communications for the Retirement Insurance System Enhancement (RISE) pension and benefits system replacement project.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project plan for Agency/Employer Outreach activities, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Coordinate with internal teams and RISE solution vendor to align outreach efforts with system implementation phases
• Serve as the primary liaison between the organization and external employers/agencies, ensuring clear and consistent communication
• Design and execute a Communication Plan to educate agencies/employers on upcoming changes, technical specifications, and timelines
• Establish and manage an Employer Advisory Group to gather feedback and guide outreach strategies
• Oversee development and delivery of training materials and sessions to ensure employers understand new reporting processes and system functionality
• Manage coordinated testing processes, including test interfaces between client and the employers/agencies and issue resolution
• Track progress of employer certification for compliance with new file layouts and system requirements
• Identify potential risks related to employer/agency readiness and develop mitigation strategies
• Monitor and resolve issues promptly to maintain project timelines and quality standards
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project plan for Business Procedure and Training activities, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Coordinate with internal teams and RISE solution vendor to align efforts with system implementation phases
• Serve as the primary liaison between the organization and solution vendor on training efforts
• Oversee development and delivery of training materials and sessions to ensure organization staff understand new business procedures
• Manage training efforts between solution vendor and organization and internal efforts within the organization
• Identify potential risks related to organization readiness and develop mitigation strategies
• Monitor and resolve issues promptly to maintain project timelines and quality standards

Requirements:

• Authorized to work in the US
• Thus, it is a requirement the Worker have experience with public pension and benefits retirement systems
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• 20+ | Project Management
• 10+ | Experience working in the pension or benefits industry
• 2+ | Agency/Employer Outreach Project Lead/Manager Role. This role must have included: -        Managing Outreach efforts of 50+ employers -        Development and execution of Employer Outreach Strategies and Plans -        Coordination of Employer Outreach testing and training activities
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• 1+ | Project Management experience leading testing and training