Project Manager - Albany; NY HELPS

Position: Project Manager 2 - Albany (NY HELPS)
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Date Posted 02/12/26

Applications Due
02/26/26

Vacancy ID209505

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NY HELPYes

Agency Labor, Department of

Title Project Manager 2 - Albany (NY HELPS)

Occupational Category Administrative or General Management

Salary Grade
23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $86681 to $109650 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address State Office Campus, Building 12

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12226

Duties Description Standard Duties:

This position is located within the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) of the NYS Department of Labor (DOL). The PMO will work with the various groups within DOL on inter and intra-unit projects. In addition to project and portfolio management, this position develops detailed scope statements, and documents project requirements for complex projects by eliciting business goals, information needs, and relative priorities from end users, subject experts and others;

balances resource alternatives and potential solutions; develops a project schedule including identifying and scheduling project deliverables, milestones and required tasks using project scheduling software; documents and presents resource needs to agency management and coordinates project activities with those of program areas; may manage project budget using project cost estimating tools; designs and implements quality metrics to analyze project performance; develops project communication plan;

compiles detailed project reports and communicates project status to stakeholders; directs or coordinates the activities of project staff; identifies risks and their potential impact on the project; manages contract relationships; makes decisions on changes in project schedule; performs tasks to advance the programmatic goals of the PMO, such as analyzing the performance of projects in a project portfolio or inventory;

conducts training on advanced project management topics, such as quality management, and risk analysis; plans and conducts project analysis sessions, such as project close-outs and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions.

DOL is committed to fostering employee engagement and work-life balance. We offer telecommuting and alternative work schedules to eligible employees. Eligible employees may be approved to telecommute, if operationally feasible, up to 2 days per regular work-week, and not to exceed 4 days per two-week pay period. Telecommuting can be discussed at the time of interview.

Minimum Qualifications Qualified candidates should copy the below web address into your browser to complete the online application for the Department of Labor.

(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./apply2dol

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, if they meet the below NY HELPS minimum qualifications.

NY HELPS Non-Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

Seven years of experience years of experience in project management which must have included planning and at least three other of the management process groups: origination (including governance work intake, portfolio management, capacity demand planning); initiating; executing; controlling; and, closing; and the development of project management deliverables, such as scope statements, schedules, budgets, quality plans, risk plans, and communication plans.

An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master's degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

It is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status in the future, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

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