Senior Project Manager (Information Technology)

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

• Six years of full-time, paid, professional, experience in either operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project .manager.
  OR

• Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.

Capital Programs Specialty

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, project management, public administration, or a related field.

• Six years of full-time, paid, professional, experience in either administration, operations, finance, education, project management, policy development or capital program administration which has included serving as a team lead or project manager.

• Prior experience in construction, government administration, or school capital programs is a plus.
  OR

• Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
All Specialties
 

Demonstrated knowledge of:
 

• the procedures and methods utilized to implement systemic change in a timely, accurate, and effective manner.

• Asana Project Management, FileMaker Pro Advanced, Excel or Microsoft Project, Vision and/or other productivity and scheduling tools.

Demonstrated ability to:
 

• manage large or complex projects and/or budgets.

• plan, organize, and direct project activities and allocate staff resources to tasks efficiently.

• analyze and resolve complex problems.

• represent a superior at meetings and conferences.

• present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.

   

   

  Additional Knowledge and Abilities for the Facilities and Information Technology Specialties
  Demonstrated knowledge of:
   

• current technology, testing methodologies, and project life cycle.
• the role of technology and its relation to the enhancement of specific technological outcomes.
• current treads and practices of information resource technologies and ability to easily adapt to newer and expanding IT fields.
• Internet technologies and development practices.

Demonstrated ability to:

• understand and apply basic industry recognized project management principles and processes as defined by PMI, PMP, and ISO 9000 structural certifications.
• apply best practice standards to a product’s design, test, and production phases.
• review and comprehend technical documentation.

Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
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