Associate IT Project Manager

Salary: $98,000 - 124,236 per year Requirements:

• Knowledge of project management principles, practices, and tools sufficient to coordinate project activities, maintain controls, and support delivery.
• Proficiency with project management and productivity tools to maintain project information and independently produce reports, dashboards, and status updates.
• Ability to plan and coordinate project work, track scope, schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and priorities, and adjust plans as conditions change.
• Ability to identify, assess, document, and communicate project risks and issues; track response strategies; and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Ability to communicate and facilitate effectively with diverse teams, stakeholders, and collaborators.
• Curiosity, self-awareness, and a commitment to learning in order to improve government programs and processes.
• Flexibility, adaptability, customer-service orientation, and empathy in responding to the needs of colleagues and the public.
• Desired: Experience supporting or managing IT projects in ERP or SaaS environments, public-sector organizations, or complex multi-agency settings.
• Desired: Experience applying project management practices across technology, business, change management, or reporting workstreams.
• Desired: Experience with tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or Smartsheet, including maintaining dashboards.
• Desired: Knowledge of Agile project management and iterative software development.
• Desired: Experience assessing and addressing risks and issues in complex projects, and coordinating vendors or partners.
• Desired: Project management certification or formal training, such as PMI-CAPM, PMI-PMP, or equivalent.
• Applicants must be current OFM employees. Submit a cover letter describing relevant qualifications, a resume detailing experience and education, and at least three professional references.

• Work with project teams, stakeholders, and partners to define and document scope, schedules, budgets, deliverables, dependencies, and milestones.
• Develop and maintain work plans and project documentation; sequence tasks, monitor progress, and revise plans as priorities or conditions change.
• Maintain project controls, tracking logs, dashboards, and reporting in line with Strategic Project Management Office standards.
• Identify, document, assess, and monitor risks and issues; coordinate mitigation and response strategies and escalate concerns that could affect project goals, resources, milestones, or delivery.
• Coordinate meetings and working sessions, prepare materials, document decisions and action items, and communicate project status, priorities, and next steps.

• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• ERP
• Support
• AI
• Backbone
• LESS
• Security
• Web

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We are the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM), a public-service organization connecting people, budgets, policies, data, and systems for state agencies and the Legislature. We are hiring two IT Associate Project Managers for the One Washington project, an enterprise-wide transformation replacing legacy systems with a cloud-based Workday solution for finance, procurement, budget, HR, and payroll. The long-term, fast-paced project is expected to complete implementation by 2030. The role is based in Thurston County—Olympia, Washington, with flexible hybrid work. Project business hours are Monday through Friday; schedules may offer flexibility with supervisory approval, though work beyond a typical 40-hour week is common to meet delivery timelines. The annual salary range is $98,000–$124,236, with the starting offer based on qualifications and potential for salary progression. We value integrity, innovation, inclusion, and belonging, and provide state employee benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, paid holidays and leave, retirement programs, training, and other benefit options.

last updated 42 week of 2026