Project Manager Colorado Local Only

Strategic Project Manager to lead the replacement of a legacy probation case management system. The role bridges technical infrastructure, legislative and policy compliance, and the daily experience of probation officers, judicial staff, and justice-involved individuals across 23 judicial districts. The position supports executive decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and issue escalation across business, technology, and judicial leadership.

• Lead the full project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, procurement, design, development, data migration, testing, statewide rollout, and legacy system decommissioning.
• Develop and maintain the master schedule, budget, scope baseline, and benefits realization plan.
• Translate strategic goals into clear project objectives and measurable success criteria.
• Support vendor solicitation, evaluation, selection, and performance management in accordance with state procurement requirements.
• Track applicable statutes, policies, directives, and standards, ensuring compliance is incorporated into system requirements.
• Coordinate with legal, policy, and research teams to support reporting, risk and needs assessments, and evidence-based practices.
• Engage stakeholders across judicial districts, including probation officers, supervisors, judges, court staff, and partner agencies.
• Lead human-centered design activities, user testing, frontline feedback, organizational change management, communications, training, and go-live support.
• Ensure system accessibility, plain-language communication, and equitable user experiences.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues, facilitate escalations, and prepare executive status reports and decision materials.
• Plan and manage system cutover to ensure uninterrupted probation supervision and critical interagency data exchanges.

• Bachelor's degree in project management, information systems, public administration, criminal justice, business, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute year for year.
• Ten years of progressively responsible project management experience, including at least five years leading large, complex technology implementations involving multiple vendors and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-year project schedules.
• Experience leading enterprise system replacements involving data migration and organizational change management.
• Ability to pass required criminal background checks.

• PMP, PgMP, Agile, or change management certification.
• Experience with Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience applying Waterfall governance and procurement controls alongside Agile solution delivery.
• Experience implementing case management systems in courts, probation, parole, corrections, or public-sector organizations.
• Familiarity with state government, criminal justice data exchanges, and configurable SaaS or commercial off-the-shelf platforms.
• Experience supporting geographically distributed users across urban and rural locations.

• Strong project and program management, systems thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and conflict resolution abilities.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Understanding of governance structures, executive reporting, risk management, and benefits realization.
• Commitment to human-centered design, accessibility, equity, organizational readiness, and user adoption.
• Integrity and discretion in handling confidential information, with resilience in high-visibility and complex project environments.

• Hybrid position based in Denver, with office attendance once a week, ideally on Tuesdays.
• Regular in-state travel to urban and rural judicial districts may be required.
• Occasional work outside normal business hours is expected during go-live and cutover.

Required verifications include statewide criminal verification, federal criminal verification, SSN trace, and global monitor check.