Project Manager

About the role

The City of Fort Collins seeks a Project Manager to oversee, coordinate, and manage projects related to efficiency program implementation from inception to completion. This role ensures deliverables meet technical quality, reliability, schedule, and budget requirements while adhering to federal, state, and local regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects, ensuring their timely and budget-conscious completion while maintaining scope integrity.
• Foster productive collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment on project goals and deliverables.
• Identify and address challenges proactively, maintaining clear and consistent communication with relevant parties.
• Define and document project scopes, objectives, and feasibility assessments in consultation with stakeholders.
• Optimize resource allocation to achieve project milestones efficiently.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans to monitor progress and ensure accountability.
• Apply effective change management practices to control project scope, schedule, and cost variations.
• Monitor, measure, and report on project performance, escalating issues when necessary.
• Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential project disruptions.
• Partner closely with various City departments and grants compliance teams to ensure cohesive project execution.

Requirements

• College degree or equivalent work experience.
• Some positions may require functionally related certification or advanced degrees.
• Bachelor's degree in related field of study from an accredited college or university.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in project management.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desired.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in project management principles and methodologies.
• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other digital tools.
• Skilled in data extraction, normalization, and utilization for insightful reporting.
• Exceptional organizational aptitude and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities with efficiency and poise.

Skills

• Strong learning orientation.
• Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, domestic partner, children)

Paid vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional one-time bank of 40 PTO hours for new, full-time, Classified and Unclassified Management hires

Retirement + company contributions – after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting

Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both

Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance

Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability

Wellness program, workout facilities

Employee/family onsite health clinic

Learning and development opportunities at all levels in the organization with opportunities for career mobility

Collaborative work environment

Schedule

Full-time regular

Pay

$69,369.00 - 105,615.00 (Salaries are paid biweekly)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, domestic partner, children)
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional one-time bank of 40 PTO hours for new, full-time, Classified and Unclassified Management hires
• Retirement + company contributions – after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
• Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
• Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Wellness program, workout facilities
• Employee/family onsite health clinic
• Learning and development opportunities at all levels in the organization with opportunities for career mobility
• Collaborative work environment