IT Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Albany, NY 12236 Duration: 30 Months

Interview – Webcasting / Virtual Short Description:

Manage priority projects for the Division of Retirement Services within the Office of the New York State Comptroller. Priority projects may include recurring business calendar events, legislative mandates, or operational improvements which require comprehensive project management.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

The Project Manager will be assigned to manage multiple projects based on approved project workload. Daily activities will include but not be limited to:

• Managing multiple, concurrent application development projects, change requests and operational initiatives.
• Guiding teams comprised of cross-functional, vendor and/or other state agency staff as necessary for completion of project tasks.
• Developing comprehensive project plans, managing project tasks, communicating project updates, and providing required status reports.
• Mitigating and escalating issues, including Executive level escalation.
• Managing project scope, deliverables, and customer expectations.
• Functioning as a meeting facilitator to clarify business and technical requirements which may cross project team boundaries.
• Producing project documentation and deliverables using Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Experience Required:

• 84 months of experience collecting project requirements for review and distribution to various stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• 84 months of experience in managing application development (SDLC) or other information technology projects.
• 84 months of experience developing and maintaining project artifacts (i.e., scope, charter, budget, schedule, RAID log, work breakdown structure, and communication plan) using Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• 84 months of experience in meeting facilitation and written communication in support of knowledge transfer.
• 24 months of experience managing complex projects which use PeopleSoft applications.
• 24 months of experience managing projects in state government.
• Bachelor’s Degree