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IDEALFORCE has a CONTRACT position available immediately for a Governance Program Manager to join our customer in Phoenix AZ. This is an ONSITE position.This position will assist and work in cooperation with the organization's Enterprise Architecture group to identify, develop, and modify policies, standards and procedures (PSP) for the Agency in line with the Statewide PSPs. The candidate will analyze statewide policies, ascertain relevance and translate these into a proposed Agency policies framework. After the framework is reviewed and approved, the candidate will develop Agency policies and standards. This will be followed by developing procedures and subsequently, processes for implementation and monitoring with appropriate documentation including definition of roles and responsibilities. The PSPs have to comply with State government statutes and be audit worthy for compliance, completeness, clarity, currency, enforceability and shareability across other state agencies. The successful candidate will have prior experience specifically in the field of IT PSPs in large organizations including sound and proven experience in at least one of the disciplines like COBIT, ITIL, NIST, ISO etc. The candidate's skills will comprise of a combination of technical analyst, policy developer, and communication specialist.

 Please find below additional details about this job. Kindly respond with your most up to date resume if you would like to pursue this opportunity. Client is considering only LOCAL CANDIDATES for this role. 

Interfacing with management and staff to determine appropriate policy and standards requirements

Performing research, review audit reports, gap analysis, determining relevance, requirements and translating collected requirements into an overall policy framework and subsequent Agency policy documents

Development of all subsequent agency standards in support of policy framework based on agency needs and business practices

Interfacing with staff to develop procedural documents to communicate, implement and maintain developed agency-wide policies

Developing technical standards and workflows including procedures for policy development and maintenance

Developing policy program communiques

Developing outreach programs based on Agency PSPs to facilitate dialog and PSP formulation for other agencies

10 years of IT experience of which 3 years of proven experience developing IT PSPs along with related documentation and communiques

Associate's Degree in Information Technology, or other relevant field

Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills including leading discussions

Must be well versed and experienced in at least one of the following disciplines; COBIT, ITIL, NIST, ISO etc.

Preferred Skills/Experience

2-3 years' experience with MS Windows operating systems

Technical writing experience

Strong knowledge of NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), SAS 70/SSAE16 standards.

Demonstrated original work in the area of PSPs

Experience in State government

Experience in Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Ability to influence and gain acceptance

Crowd sourcing and collaboration platform experience

To apply, submit a write up:

In not more than 500 words, submit a write up on The Role of Governance in Organizational Change Management. Include citations. Evaluation will be based on depth of research, soundness of reasoning, and brevity.

- "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines". - All candidates who are authorized to work in US are encouraged to apply. - Candidates must clear the Background check prior to commencing the assignment. 

THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES:

Email your candidate/s resume to pete dot tylor at idealforce.com along with the following details: Rate, Current location and Availability.

Disclaimer :

 The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.