Job DescriptionEssential Functions- Develop, clarify and manage the scope of the project, defines contract deliverables and achieves targeted outcomes.
- Ensure project requirements are achieved in a timely fashion and within budget guidelines.
- Assemble project team, identify needed resources, assign responsibilities and develop timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables.
- Determine project costs/ensures delivery on time and within budgetary guidelines.
- Ensure compatibility and consistency with existing architectural and enterprise standards.
- Perform cost/benefit analysis of actions and initiatives.
- Schedule and document meeting minutes.
- Follow the OIT Project Management practice and prescribed SDLC.
- Prepare status reports, status summaries and dashboards for presentation to mid and senior level management.
- Provide support, coaching and mentoring on project management best practices, as requested for project coordinator associates
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities- Demonstrate leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution, the ability to run a project or serve as project manager on a program team and can ensure a successful project lifecycle
- Communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders and senior business leadership of departments and agencies participating in this project.
- Organize and work effectively with project teams of staff from department and agencies participating in this effort
- Demonstrate experience and relevant expertise in the design and building of distributed and enterprise solutions
- Plan, organize and direct the work activities of outside consultants and/or systems analysis and programming personnel assigned on a team.
- Demonstrate presentation skills, strategic thinking, and high professional ethics.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, departmental officials, outside consultants and vendors.
- The principles of project management, systems delivery life cycle and budgeting.
- Concepts and applications of servers, storage, mainframes, monitoring, ITIL, metrics and performance management, disaster recovery, data center facilities management, managed services, and cloud computing.
- IT project management best practice, principles and techniques. (PMBOK)
Qualifications- Completion of a Bachelors degree program at an accredited college or university with a major course work in Computer Science, Information Technology or a closely related field
AND
- Minimum of 5-7 years' Project Management experience managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects
- 5-8 years of applicable business experience
- PMP certification or Master's Certificate in Project Management preferred.
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience is determined to be acceptable by the Office of Innovation & Technology and Human Resources.
Additional InformationSalary Range: $85k-$95k
Salary cannot exceed $95,000All applications must include a cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will be considered incomplete. Did you know?
• We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer : 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities
• We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options are available
*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hireEffective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are
no longer required for new employees that work in non-medical, non-emergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result, only employees in positions providing services that are patient-facing medical care (ex: Nurses, doctors, emergency medical personnel), must be fully vaccinated.
