IT Project Manager (NCS) - BCIT

Baltimore City•City of Syracuse, NY

6d•$101,034 - $166,502•Onsite

About The Position

The IT PM will manage projects through a balanced matrix, control project costs and scope, and interface directly with the project sponsor and business sponsor to understand business problems and opportunities to drive successful project goals. The role is to plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate information technology projects, including the development of policies/procedures for these projects and controlling costs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field.
PMP certification.
Minimum of 4-6 years of strong project / portfolio and team management experience
Ability to plan, organize, direct and control work activity demonstrating experience in PMI methodologies and management of medium (750 hours) to Large (2500 hours) projects
Experience with external consultant/customer management
Skilled in Microsoft Suite Tool set including MS Project and other PM tools
Knowledge of RUP, SDLC, or other process methodologies
Joint Application Development session (JAD) facilitation experience or similar methodology to gather cross-functional requirements
Demonstrated experience leading programs, projects and technology initiatives in municipal, state or federal service environments
Demonstrated ability to present complex technical and functional scope/solutions in a manner that is understood by a diverse audience.
Demonstrated experience in developing relationships across business lines, departments and organizational functional elements
Excellent customer presentation and communications skills
Excellent leadership and organizational skills
Demonstrated ability to manage all phases of the project life cycle
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and people at a time
Demonstrated ability to manage projects with a $500K to $1M annual budget
Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder's expectations
Strong analytical ability including impact analysis to business and technical environment
Demonstrated ability to gathering basic requirements through individual interview techniques
Demonstrated ability to multi-task, be extremely organized, work in a fast-paced environment, and be very detail-oriented
Strong business requirement analytical skills with the ability to produce clearly articulated documents
Demonstrated experience identifying customer needs, conducting gap analysis and understanding the “customer’s perspective”
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously

Responsibilities

Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies
Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects
Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center
Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented
Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures
Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements
Forecasts requirements; prepares annual budget; schedules expenditures; analyzes variances; initiates corrective action
Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards
Participates in the elicitation and development of project planning specifications and timeline
Follows account PMO procedures and practices
Controls and negotiates change and scope of the Project
Ensure timelines and milestones are met and maintain integrity of the systems
Guide and oversee lifecycle applications development
Communicate effectively with stakeholders
Manage the day-to-day task assignments, deliverable and schedule completions of all Supplier personnel