IT Project Manager II

$77,867 - $120,694/Yr

City of Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach, VA

Part-time - Mid Level

Virginia Beach, VA

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The IT Project Manager II position at the City of Virginia Beach is responsible for developing and implementing IT project efforts that utilize innovative technology solutions. This role involves managing a portfolio of medium to large projects, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to project management standards. The position offers flexible hybrid telework arrangements and is focused on continuous improvement and effective communication within the IT department.

Responsibilities

• Follow project management standards and procedures promoted by the IT Project Management Office.
• Manage a portfolio of medium to large, moderate to high complex projects and work with business areas to prioritize work requests.
• Consult with Subject Matter Experts (SME) to document existing processes, research best practices, and propose future processes.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with key technical stakeholders and vendors.
• Define functional and business requirements based on needs collaboratively with the SME.
• Apply project processes including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure activities following PMI practices.
• Develop project charter, scope, business requirements, test plans, and project plans.
• Work with stakeholders to manage deliverables and project timelines and obtain project sponsor's approvals.
• Provide status updates and report to internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Assist in defining business metrics to manage and improve processes.
• Negotiate conflicts and resolve issues as they arise.
• Identify and manage project issues and track resolution.
• Analyze and prioritize risk and assess potential project impact.
• Develop and maintain risk plans, processes, and systems to mitigate risk.
• Responsible for project communications to leadership, the stakeholder community, and project team.
• Provide work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work, and review of project efforts.
• Identify ways to resolve scope, schedule, budget, and quality issues.
• Conduct ongoing project meetings with the project team and provide summary notes with clearly defined action items.
• Conduct formal sessions with project teams to capture and analyze lessons learned from related projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Engineering, Business Administration with an emphasis in logistics/project management.
• Four (4) years of progressive professional experience in project management or related fields.
• PMP certification issued by PMI and knowledge of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Experience with both waterfall and agile project methodologies and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong people skills and ability to work with both technical and non-technical personnel.

Nice-to-haves

• Six or more years of IT and business/industry work experience including business analysis, requirements gathering, project management, strategic development, testing, deployment of systems, and life cycle management.
• Familiarity with local government policies and procedures.
• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library certification).

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan