Position: Technology Project Manager

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the IT Supervisor of Technology Support Services, the Technology Project Manager will oversee the Division of Information Technology’s Technology Distribution Center (TDC).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides overall leadership and management of IT project resources, including all project stakeholders and third party resources;
• Prepares project scope and develops project plans, defines resource loading, skill requirements, milestones, and metrics per standard methods and practices;
• Consults with school system divisions on business requirements and specifications for technology acquisition and distribution;
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports;
• Provides technical and analytical guidance to project teams focused on technology hardware and software;
• Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems;
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and specifications;
• Ensures the IT projects are implemented according to defined requirements;
• Interacts and maintains positive relationships with external and internal stakeholders;
• Prepares and reports accurate project status and related data to management;
• Ensures detailed documentation and records of project implementations, including all changes to deliverables, resources and schedules;
• Provides direction for deployment of technology equipment and change management activities;
• Provides leadership in developing skills and breadth of product knowledge of technology distribution center team members. Acts as a mentor to team members, and provides constructive feedback on their performance on a regular basis and formally during the performance evaluation periods;
• Maintains positive and productive relationships with stakeholders and team members;
• Exercises experienced judgment to plan and accomplish goals;
• Manages outsourced work, consultants, vendors and relationships; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Excellent project planning, budgeting, scheduling and resource management skills;
• Effective time management, documentation and organizational skills;
• Experience managing and/or directing an Information Technology team;
• Good understanding and knowledge of implementation methodology or integration methodology;
• Understanding of current technology hardware and software specifications for K-12 sector;
• Strong leadership skills preferred;
• Experience dealing with third party vendors;
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills;
• Ability to present ideas in a business friendly or user friendly language;
• Highly self-motivated, self-directed and attentive to detail;
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks under pressure;
• Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; and
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and MS Project.

Education and/or Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university required.  A minimum of three (3) to four (4) years project management experience.

Certification:

None required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Oversees the IT Project Management Office staff and coordinates the activities of third-party resources.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.

Additional Information:

None.