IT Project Manager

$73,000 - $100,000/Yr

Bryan City Of - Bryan, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Bryan, TX

Utilities

About the position

The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing large-scale IT projects within the City of Bryan. This role involves overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from inception to completion, ensuring that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget. The IT Project Manager acts as a liaison between various stakeholders, including city departments and vendors, to implement technology solutions that meet organizational needs.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages moderate to complex, large-scale City-wide and/or departmental IT projects and programs from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Facilitates project meetings, including kick-off meetings, status update meetings, and post project debriefing meetings.
• Prepares and presents project reports, presentations, and other communications to stakeholders and IT leadership.
• Collaborates with stakeholders across different city departments to understand project requirements and objectives.
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of customer/department processes and workflows to manage the selection and implementation of technology solutions.
• Manages the procurement process by partnering with Finance/Purchasing and the project team to secure vendor provided professional/consulting services, hardware, and software solutions.
• Monitors project progress and provides regular updates to stakeholders and IT management.
• Identifies and mitigates project risks and issues and implements effective risk management strategies.
• Ensures project deliverables meet quality standards and comply with relevant regulations and best practices.
• Implements and adapts project management methodologies and follows the established project framework policies.
• Contributes to the continuous process improvement of the overall organizational project management maturity.
• Remains current on industry standards and principles through regular review and study of technical material via online classes and training site subscriptions.
• Provides after hours migration support and other job-related support as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Computer Science, Business, Public Administration, Information Systems, Accounting, or a similar field of study plus at least 4 years of analytical/systems related experience or experience pertaining to managing multiple large scale projects simultaneously.
• Master's Degree plus at least 2 years of experience as listed above; or an equivalent combination of related education, experience, certification, and training may also be considered.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, principles, tools, and techniques.
• Knowledge of computer hardware, software, and the use of systems.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of budget administration.
• Knowledge of government (public sector) and/or corporate (private sector) procurement/purchasing methods and procedures.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or CompTIA Project+ certifications preferred.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall.
• Proficiency in project management tools and software, such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, etc.

Benefits

• Certification Pay Program (CPP) for qualifying certificates after 90 days of employment.
• Reimbursement for qualifying passed certificate exams while employed by the City of Bryan IT.