IT Project Manager (Local and W2 only)

Job Title: IT Project Manager

Project Duration: 10-12 months with highly possibly of extension

Work Location: Philadelphia, PA

Also 1^st round interview would be video interview and final round would be in-person at client location.

Position overview / Statement of Work

The Project Manager for Special Projects is needed to analyze and document business needs and processes, organize around problem/opportunity, plan and remediate troubled special projects, and ensure new initiatives are planned, launched and executed correctly in support of efforts by the CIO on behalf of the Mayor.

Work activities:

• Develop, clarify and manage the scope of the project, define contract deliverables and achieve 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/ensure 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 meetings 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.

Skills/experience of the assigned staff:

Required

• 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 an 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.

• Demonstrate proficiency with 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)

Required Skills:

Highly Desired/Preferred

• 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 6-7 years Project Management experience managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects
• 4-6 years of applicable business experience
• PMP certification or Master s Certificate in Project Management preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Innovation & Technology and Human Resources.