Senior IT Project Manager (IT Project Manager 2)

Ohio Department of Administrative Services

3h•$48 - $68

About The Position

The Office of Information Services (OIS) works to support the business functions and the delivery of health, human, and employment services through the application of information technology. OIS supports the delivery of programs to millions of recipients through the development and round-the-clock operation of automated information systems. Due to the number of end-users and technologies supported, OIS is one of the largest and most complex IT organizations within Ohio state government. Learn more about the Office by visiting the ODJFS OIS webpage. As a Senior IT Project manager within the organization, you will bring your project management experience and training to the organization to oversee projects—facilitating project health, best practices, and efficiency. You will be positioned within the Employment Resources section among a group of other Project Managers working to fulfill the function of the Portfolio Management Office.

Requirements

Option 1: 12 months employment for the State of Ohio as Project Manager 1, 63381 or IT Project Manager 1, 63384.
Option 2: 4 years experience in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation), with experience to be commensurate with project/program &/or position description on file (e.g., Business Relationship Manager) 12 months experience in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.
Option 3: Successful completion of 2 year post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned.
12 months experience in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.
12 months experience in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation).
Option 4: The equivalent of the minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Responsibilities

Serve as a project manager within the Office of Information Services (OIS) Portfolio Management Office (PMO).
Receive and maintain an assigned collection of 4-8 active, concurrent projects across diverse, interesting lines of business e.g. Office of Information Services, Employee and Business Services, Office of Child Support, Finance, etc.
Establish relationships with Business Relationship Managers and business sponsors to learn the business goals/objectives/needs for each assigned project.
Meet and facilitate the discussion of regular status meetings.
Collaborate with the assembled project team where the entire team identifies the best solution to fulfill the business area’s needs, the technical solutions to be built, and the specific tasks to be performed to design, build, test, deploy, and support those solutions.
Exercise your existing project management skills and continue to build skills in scope management, schedule management, project team management, risk management, stakeholder management, and project status reporting.
Collaborate with the project team to exercise problem-solving skills as issues and challenges arise e.g. project delays, ambiguous scope, infeasible scope, project extensions, inadequate resources, etc.
Communicate skillfully, clearly, and regularly through virtual meetings, virtual discussions, emails, status reports, and instant messaging.
Maintain entries on project tasks, task members, issues/risks, and status reporting within centralized, online project and portfolio management centralized platform (Clarity®).
Collaborate with a team of fellow project managers to search for ways to innovate and continually improve the organization’s processes and skills.
Perform other related duties as assigned.