It Project Manager

The Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) is seeking to hire an IT Project Manager (IT PM). This role will manage a variety of projects encompassing application development, COTS implementations, and infrastructure-related work. The IT PM with proven experience managing projects using traditional, agile, and hybrid project management methodologies and who has experience in the role of Scrum-Master. The IT PM should have experience managing web application development projects and be familiar with cloud-based applications, services, deployments, and management.

Knowledge of Python, PHP, MySQL/Postgres, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus. Additionally, IT PM will work closely with the Directors of the Municipal Archives, Municipal Library, and Information Technology to plan and implement digital preservation and access tools at the agency. The IT PM will be responsible for overseeing cloud services infrastructure and budgeting, coordination with Municipal Archives to implement and manage digital preservation systems, coordination with Records Management team and follow up on ERMS project implementation and participate in efforts to increase access to the City’s digital collections of historical and contemporary resources.

• Determine the project approach, resource requirements, team roles and responsibilities, and schedule.
• Develop and/or review estimates and assumptions for the projects schedule, effort, and cost using established estimating models, best practices, and previous experience.
• Create and manage projects, risk mitigation, and communication plans.
• Create project charters and scope statements, weekly status reports, risk and issues log, and other project deliverables as assigned.
• Manage projects throughout the entire project lifecycle, providing direction for project teams and monitor the progress of deliverables and tasks, i.e., the schedule.
• Plan, track, communicate with, and drive infrastructure solutions, build and support resources if required on related environment builds.
• Work closely with executive level leadership.
• Provide oversight and management of blended teams of independent contractors, consultants, and staff from a functional matrix organization.
• Manage vendor relationships for Systems Integrator, Security, Quality Control, and similar engagements, including participating in the creation of RFPs, review/selection of vendors, etc.
• Ensure that staff and consultants are adhering to the published PMI methodology and templates, and development standards defined for the PMs.
• Engage in PM-related functions including monitoring budget burn and ensuring that established communication plans, risk management, and similar processes are adhered to.
• Define team member roles and expectations.
• Ensure that project resources are used effectively.
• Participate in the review of project artifacts including technical requirements, user experience design, architecture, testing, and implementation documentation.
• Develop future support needs and work with the appropriate management staff to articulate and request these resources.
• Collaboratively establish policy and procedures on the management, security, preservation, and accessibility of digital assets with respective agency divisions.
• Create data driven reports and provide updates to senior management and project stakeholder agencies on project status.
• Work directly with senior management and project stakeholders to understand business goals and ensure that those goals are communicated, managed, and achieved.
• Help translate high-level business goals into functional and technical objectives and requirements.
• Act as the liaison between the technology teams, the city agencies and the business owners on application development and support.
• Follow up with agency legal counsel on policy, governance and technical aspects associated with using Open-Source software.
• Other activities related to project management as assigned.

Work Location:

31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007.

Hours/Shift: Day/Full-time - Due to the necessary technical duties of this position, the candidate may be required to be on call and/or work various shifts such as weekends and/or…