IT Project Manager Lead; is in-person position

## IT Project Manager Lead (This is an in-person position)
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Albuquerque, NM:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
End Date:
October 3, 2026 (14 days left to apply):
JR103735
** Job Posting

Title:

** IT Project Manager Lead (This is an in-person position)
** Department:
** Information Technology
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* Location:

** 415 SILVER AVE SW
** Pay Range:**$72,093.00 - $
** Close Date:
** 10/02/2026

Employees at Bernalillo County enjoy the ability to team up with each other to build a high quality of life for our county residents, communities, and businesses. In addition to being an organization with a strong focus on work-life balance, building a culture of flexibility, learning, and belonging the County offers many benefits. Employees of Bernalillo County enjoy many thoughtful rewards such as, but not limited to generous leave accruals;

career development opportunities; remote & flex-work options as appropriate; longevity pay; education assistance program; health benefits; lucrative retirement; and so much more.

The IT Project Manager Lead performs professional duties related to managing large-scale information technology related projects. Leads new initiatives within the IT project management group as well as the IT organization. Builds understanding of the organization and business partners to forecast partners’ IT needs. Defines and manages project from analysis through successful delivery, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of the project.

Works closely with business partners to collect and document requirements. Works with IT, business management, and vendors to build a project team. Builds and maintains project plan. Establishes communication plans, change management plans, and training plans. Projects may be complex in nature, cross organizations, and may span multiple years and include multiple related sub-projects. Mentors, coaches, and leads other IT project managers and other resources.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Takes on highly technical, specialized, and complex projects; applies acquired knowledge in IT procedures and practices to analyze and recommend solutions to assigned projects.
• Leads new initiatives within the IT project management group as well as the broader IT organization.
• Builds an understanding of the organization and its business partners to forecast their IT needs; recommends projects, defines them, and manages from analysis through successful delivery, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Uses acquired project management experience to coach other project managers and apprentices in industry-proven IT project management fundamentals.
• Identifies and leads process improvements across IT and other departments; ensures successful delivery of initiatives.
• Manages multiple related projects across various organizations; oversees sub-projects managed by other project managers under their supervision.
• Manages large projects with high complexity, scope, and budget. Examples include a. Complexity: multiple vendor interfaces, system integrations, and stakeholders across internal and external entities. b. Scope: project teams spanning IT, internal departments, external partners, and vendors; projects may span months or years. c. Budget: ranges from approximately $50K to $5M.
• Coordinates with stakeholders and IT managers to form committees and task forces; leads meetings, drives discussions, and documents decisions.
• Serves as the main client interface on large technology projects; reviews recommendations, coordinates with vendors and internal staff, ensures project compliance with specifications, monitors budgets and scopes, and secures client sign-off upon completion.
• Reaches out to business partners to build relationships, understand their IT needs, and…