Public Service Manager II - Project Manager

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Office of Information Technology

Project Management Office

Opening Date: March 02, 2026

Closing Date: March 13, 2026

Job Class Code: MH30
Grade: 30 Confidential
Salary: $79,027.52 - $*/Annually (
* includes 10% recruitment and retention stipend)
Position Number:

Position Type: Full-Time

Location: Augusta

Telework: Available

OVERVIEW:

Are you detail-oriented, great at building relationships, and interested in working in a supportive environment at the forefront of government innovation? The State of Maine Project Management Office (PMO) seeks a talented individual with a strong project management background, adept facilitation skills, and responsive communication styles to join our growing, dynamic, and collaborative team. This position will be responsible for several concurrent projects spanning multiple agencies, offices, and teams.

The efforts range from impact assessment to implementation and use of defined project methodologies that require independent judgment, initiative, and discretion. The Maine PMO has a supportive culture of creativity and a commitment to successful project execution.

Maine

IT is seeking a highly talented individual who will represent our C.A.R.E. values in all that they do. At Maine

IT we:

• Practice Customer-focus, ensuring that our customers are heard, and their needs are met.
• Hold ourselves to a high level of Accountability by being transparent with our stakeholders.
• Maintain an effective level of Responsiveness by providing timely updates in a proactive manner.
• Strive to provide Empathy driven, people-focused services by applying emotional intelligence skills and behaviors.

ABOUT THE JOB DETAILS:

PMO Project Managers support a broad portfolio of Maine's strategic initiatives, supporting all sixteen agencies under the Executive Branch. As a member of the Project Management Team, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic group of internal/external business partners and be accountable for leading project teams to achieve their high-quality deliverables. This position will be responsible for several concurrent projects spanning multiple agencies, offices, and teams.

A professional project manager should be able to manage a project without extensive knowledge of the subject matter.

We recognize that quality project initiation is critical to the success of projects and initiatives. The position will manage initiatives through the project lifecycle after a business case has been finalized. The PM will participate in defining the scope, dependencies, and project approach following PMBOK standard best practices.

Responsibilities may include initiating, developing, organizing, and producing project plans; detecting risks; managing budgets, influencing/developing and implementing policy and procedure changes; identifying comprehensive strategic policies and methods that support operational business requirements; managing project audits, assessments, corrective actions, and best practices.

Use of the PMO's project management suite will be required. This position is responsible for mentoring others and contributing to the continuous improvement of project management knowledge and skills in the organization.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Project Management:

• Deliver results for small to mid-sized project initiatives within established time frames and quality measures.
• Identifies project stakeholders and manages communication with the project stakeholders.
• Consult business leaders to translate a project idea into a defined project with goals, objectives, and scope.
• Develop and implement communication and reporting mechanisms to manage issues, risks, and the timely delivery of initiative results. Translates project goals/objectives into a defined future state and project success measures that can be understood by project stakeholders, project teams, and others.
• Ensure business needs and…