HBITS-08-14937-Project Manager-Expert

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.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple, concurrent application development projects, change requests, and operational initiatives.
• Guide teams comprised of cross-functional, vendor, and/or other state agency staff as necessary for completion of project tasks.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, manage project tasks, communicate project updates, and provide required status reports.
• Mitigate and escalate issues, including Executive-level escalation.
• Manage project scope, deliverables, and customer expectations.
• Function as a meeting facilitator to clarify business and technical requirements which may cross project team boundaries.
• Produce project documentation and deliverables using Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Requirements

• 84+ months of experience as a Project Manager planning, organizing, and integrating cross-functional information technology projects that are significant in scope and impact. Candidate must be able to provide guidance to large teams and/or have extensive industry experience and be considered at the top of his/her field.
• 84 months of experience collecting project requirements for review and distribution to various stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• 84 months of experience 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.
• Project Management Professional Certification.