IT Project Manager – Journey

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!

WSDOT's Technology Services Division (TSD) is seeking a journey-level IT Project Manager to support the successful delivery of agency technology projects by applying established project management principles, methods, and tools. In this role, you will position will plan, coordinate, and monitor IT projects involving requirements gathering, business analysis, system design, development, acquisition, installation, and implementation, while tracking scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies in accordance with statewide and WSDOT project management standards.

Reporting to the Manager of the Enterprise Technology Project Management Office, this position will work collaboratively with business customers, technical teams, and project stakeholders to identify project needs, document requirements, and coordinate work activities. This position will also apply WaTech and TSD project management standards to promote consistent project execution, manage cross-project impacts, and support successful delivery of technology solutions aligned with WSDOT's mission and organizational objectives.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the IT Project Manager – Journey will:

• Manage assigned low and medium risk WSDOT technology projects under general supervision.
• Support the planning, coordination, and monitoring of project team activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support the development and coordination of RFP/RFQ/RFI (RFx) activities in collaboration with the Administrative Contracts Office.
• Support risk identification, issue tracking, and change control processes.
• Support compliance with applicable RCWs, WaTech policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Support communication of project status to stakeholders, participate in meetings and coordinates site visits as required.
• Support the development and documentation of business requirements and assists engagement with WSDOT TSD Business Customers and technical groups.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management practices and tools.

To be considered for this opportunity, the following competencies are required:

• Demonstrated experience independently managing IT projects using established frameworks and templates.
• Working knowledge of project management principles, methodologies (PMBOK, Agile), and the IT project lifecycle.
• Knowledge and skills to independently coordinate projects, develop documentation, monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks, and issues, and apply standards.
• Applied experience resolving routine issues and maintaining compliance.

• Professional experience facilitating meetings, preparing documentation, and coordinating cross functional teams.
• Thorough knowledge of effective communication strategies for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Functional knowledge and skills to independently build collaborative relationships and communicate status.

• Practical experience analyzing business needs, documenting requirements, and developing analysis artifacts.
• Applied knowledge of business analysis methods, requirements elicitation, process mapping, and…