Technical Project Manager @ Itsc Cont

Description

Accountability for leading and managing strategic technology initiatives. Works closely with executive leadership to drive large-scale projects and programs that align with the organization's strategic plan. Influences organizational decision-making for priorities, support structures, and resource allocation. Leads the execution, maintenance, implementation, change management, and cross-functional alignment of work streams. Primary emphasis on technical implementations, such as integrations, enterprise systems, infrastructure, and security.

• HOURS : 8
• CONTRACT TYPE : CONTINUING
• ANTICIPATED START DATE : SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
• Benefits Medical / Dental / Vision through SEBB (School Employee Benefits Board) are provided for employees who work at least 630 hours per academic year.
• Additional benefits may include vacation, sick, personal days, and paid holidays.
• Most positions have additional pay provisions above what is represented on the salary schedule, all in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreements as negotiated.

SALARY RANGE : $120,617 - $144,022

• Designs, implements, and monitors complex, large-scale technology projects, in alignment with organizational values, the District’s strategic roadmap and initiatives following an agile methodology.
• Collaborates with district leaders to develop the vision and strategy for large-scale initiatives; develops options and recommendations based on feedback from a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Tracks program milestones and provides ongoing updates to the project team; gathers quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate program effectiveness throughout the lifecycle of the project to inform course corrections; proactively identifies and mitigates risks.
• Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects and timelines.
• Identifies and mitigates project challenges to avoid delays.
• Establishes and cultivates relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to inform program deliverables.
• Partners with other departments to develop comprehensive communications strategies to ensure broad awareness and buy-in.
• Leads change management efforts to facilitate project implementation.
• Develops timelines that capture milestones for all projects and track planned effort against actual effort.
• Serves as the subject matter expert on assigned projects.
• Participate in recruiting and training exceptional employees to fulfill positions within the technical department.
• Researches and identifies effective practices that have been implemented in other school districts and organizations at the local and national level to inform program design.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field required, Master’s degree preferred.
• PMP or CAPM training / certification required.
• Three (3) to five (5) years managing and / or supporting complex projects, including planning, estimating / budgeting, resource planning, risk assessment, expectation management, scope and issue management with complex business and IT projects.
• Experience with Dev Ops principles and methodologies, including infrastructure automation, configuration management, CI / CD pipelines.
• Proven experience in system administration, including server management, network configuration, and troubleshooting. Familiarity with cloud platforms a plus.
• K-12 education project management experience preferred.
• Ability to assess appropriate priorities and organize workload on multiple assignments.
• Extensive experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office including MS365 products.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Communicate diplomatically, persuasively, effective oral, written and presentation skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills to meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a credible and confident manner at all levels in the organization, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals, establish priorities, and organize resources.
• Ability to provide creative, solution-oriented support to complex situations.
• Ability to perform Quality Assurance testing on all projects including reviewing, supporting troubleshooting, and training of developer code. Must be proficient in : MSSQL, TSQL, C#, JavaScript;
  Typescript; HTML, CSS, SASS, NHibernate; ASP.NET (Webforms, MVC, Razor), jQuery.
• Technical proficiency with industry software and project management software administration.
• Experience managing large-scale projects required.
• Experience leading large-scale product implementations preferred.