IT Project Manager

The IT Project Manager will work within the Office of IT Applications, reporting to IT Management. The PM will ensure that vendor/contractor obligations are met on executed contracts, manage multiple projects, and provide leadership for project team members.

What You Will Do

The PM will manage projects, including implementing new technology, enhancing existing products, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The PM will work within a weak matrix organization, with limited authority over resources/approvals.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The PM will provide leadership, engage with suppliers, vendors, contractors, business units, and management, and create teamwork and collaboration to accomplish results/deliverables.

Requirements

• Ensures procured products are setup within Configuration Management, Contract Tracking, and established as Configuration Items within ServiceNow
• Breaks down scope into RACI charts, work breakdown structures, activities, tasks, dependencies, etc. for project management plans and scheduling
• Prepares/maintains project management plans and project schedules
• Conducts meetings and oversees work effort/quality produced by project team
• Obtains GDOT IT resource assignments and manages work tasks/schedules to completion/resolution
• Assists in providing external resources access to GDOT IT environments or required data
• Performs risk and issue management, proactively escalates as necessary
• Tracks and reports the status/progress of IT Projects, including costs and invoice payments, records, meeting minutes, action items, decisions, etc.
• Oversees system integration, data migration, data replication/archiving, or other activities engaging GDOT IT resources
• Performs project change management and oversees coordination of system change management
• Proposes alternative plans/recommendations to bring project tasks back on track; obtains quotes and develops additional Scope of Work/Contract Amendments as required
• Ensures delivery of all required work items and deliverables, including system security plans or orderly removal of GDOT users/data upon contract termination
• Ensures conformance of contractor/vendor with agreed requirements/specifications and any applicable contract terms and conditions
• Ensures completion of all required user/configuration management acceptance testing/validation facilitates code check-ins
• Facilitates QA and user acceptance testing, performs acceptance management
• Obtains approvals for schedule changes, additional expenses, or scope changes
• Oversees installation, user onboarding, training, and rollout plans. Transitions systems to ongoing support/maintenance
• Ensures organization, storage, and retention of project records, documents, and system documentation