OIT-Project Manager

City of Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia. OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City, aiming to increase the effectiveness of the IT infrastructure and ensure services are advanced, optimized, and responsive. The Project Management Office within OIT assists departments in implementing significant technology projects and manages enterprise or departmental IT initiatives. This Project Manager role is crucial for analyzing and documenting business needs and processes, organizing around problems and opportunities, planning and remediating troubled projects, and ensuring new initiatives are planned, launched, and executed correctly.

Requirements

• 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.
• Knowledge of the principles of project management, systems delivery life cycle and budgeting.
• Knowledge of concepts and applications of servers, storage, mainframes, monitoring, ITIL, metrics and performance management, disaster recovery, data center facilities management, managed services, and cloud computing.
• Knowledge of IT project management best practice, principles and techniques. (PMBOK)
• 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.
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ Project Management experience managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects.
• 5-8 years of applicable business experience.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities
• Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options are available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level