IT Project Manager (PCN 168002)

About the Role

As the IT Project Manager, you'll play an important role in supporting the Department of Health’s Portfolio Management Office by helping keep technology projects organized, on schedule, and clearly communicated. In this role, you'll work closely with project managers, contractors, and IT staff to gather information, coordinate meetings, and ensure project details stay current. You'll also help new project requests get properly defined and move smoothly through the department’s governance process.

In addition to supporting the broader portfolio, you will lead assigned IT projects using standard project management practices, making sure progress, risks, and updates are communicated clearly and regularly. This is a collaborative position that helps strengthen consistent project management across the department and contributes to successful technology outcomes.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

ITS provides reliable, secure, and cost-effective technology that supports the Department of Health’s mission to improve the well-being of Alaskans. As part of our team, you’ll help maintain stable systems and protect sensitive information in a HIPAA-compliant environment. We value accountability, respect, integrity, teamwork, and a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

The DOH Portfolio Management Office fosters a supportive, collaborative environment where everyone’s contributions are valued. We prioritize a healthy work/life balance and make sure team members have the resources they need to succeed. Our leadership is committed to developing talent, offering opportunities to grow skills and advance.

Working Environment

The Department of Health IT has offices in Juneau and Anchorage, and IT PMO staff currently work in a hybrid telework model, though this may change in the future. This role balances independent work with collaboration, connecting with team members, department staff, and vendors through in-person, phone, and virtual communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the Department of Health’s Portfolio Management Office by organizing technology projects, maintaining schedules, and ensuring clear communication.
• Collaborate with project managers, contractors, and IT staff to gather information, coordinate meetings, and keep project details up to date.
• Assist in defining new project requests and guiding them through the department’s governance process.
• Lead assigned IT projects using standard project management practices, ensuring progress, risks, and updates are communicated regularly.
• Strengthen consistent project management practices across the department.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:

• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort.

Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Data Systems: Knowledge of computer hardware and software development and systems as they apply to the conception, specification, analysis, planning, development, installation, test, modification, and use of data handling and computing systems.
• Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment from others; mobilizes people to act, using creative approaches to motivate others to meet organization goals.
• Learning: Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development.
• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

Equivalent to those typically gained by training in information technology, project management, or a similar field or professional experience working in technical project teams alongside business and product owners to identify, prioritize, and adjust project scope, schedule, and budgets.

Additional Information

• Some positions may require the incumbent to have/obtain and maintain project management certification such as Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP), or in some combination of Lean/Six Sigma/AGILE, CompTIA Project+, MPM, Waterfall, or similar project management methodologies and curricula.
• At the time of the interview, please provide:
  • Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone (one must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application).
  • Current performance evaluation, if available.
  • A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is acceptable; ensure the institution name/URL is listed).
• For foreign education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization specializing in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and deemed equivalent to U.S. education programs.

This position is open to Alaskan residents only.