The Relationship Manager - Department Partnerships serves as the primary point of contact between OIT and assigned City departments. This role ensures early engagement, consistent communication, and alignment between departmental needs and OIT's technology products, services, and in-house solutions. The Relationship Manager supports informed decision-making by guiding departments through structured intake processes and ensuring awareness of existing solutions prior to pursuing new development or procurement.

This position emphasizes long-term partnership, clarity, and accountability rather than transactional support.

Job Description

Essential Functions

The Relationship Manager will:

• Maintain ongoing working relationships with departmental IT managers, business leaders, and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate structured intake and discovery sessions to understand operational and technical needs, desired outcomes, and constraints.
• Translate departmental needs into clear intake summaries, problem statements, and solution pathways.
• Ensure departments review available OIT products, services, and reusable solutions prior to initiating new build or buy efforts.
• Identify opportunities to reuse existing OIT or in-house solutions to reduce duplication and improve efficiency.
• Coordinate departmental participation in pilots and support adoption following launch.
• Track relationship health indicators, risks, open issues, and follow-up commitments, ensuring timely resolution.
• Prepare written communications, status updates, and documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in program-wide processes, documentation standards, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to analyze business processes and articulate technical needs clearly.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information in plain language.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.

Preferred:

• Experience in public-sector or enterprise IT environments.
• Familiarity with shared services, service catalogs, or technology intake processes.

Additional Information

Salary: $90,000-$100,000

Salary cannot exceed 100,000

We're interested in hiring the best possible candidate for the role. We recognize that experience, education, and qualifications can be attained in a variety of ways and that many skillsets are transferable. If you feel you're a good fit, please don't hesitate to apply.

Please include:

• Resume
• A cover letter

Please note: Applications will not be considered without a cover letter.

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 hire
Effective 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.