IT Project Manager

Job Purpose: Provide project/program leadership and support for information technology project teams - from project initiation to completion. Assignments are typically small projects or associated components of mid- to large scale projects related to implementing new or revised information management systems. Teams are comprised of technical experts, functional area subject matter experts and project managers.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Lead or participate (depending on project size) in defining project goals, objectives, scope and estimates of schedules, resources and costs.
• Support project execution through continual coordination of planning, tasking, performance reporting, change control and issue management.
• Confer with functional users within an assigned business or service area to develop plans to address business needs.
• Coordinate communications among project teams, customers and appropriate levels of management.
• Prepare and deliver project status reports and presentations.
• Develop and manage budgets for smaller projects; participate in budget management associated with larger projects.
• Participate in acquisition of project related goods and contract services. May initiate acquisition process for lower costs acquisitions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Work Experience: Four to six years job related experience.
• Certifications: N/A
• Skills: This job requires skills in project management, budget administration, written and spoken communications, and leadership/supervision and public sector acquisitions. Knowledge of technical concepts, capabilities and limitations for specific technologies or solutions is required as is and understanding of matrix management concepts.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Preferred Education: N/A 
• Preferred Work Experience: N/A
• Preferred Certifications: PMP Project Management Certification, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
• Preferred Skills: Experience with the IT Service Management (ITSM) Framework.