Senior Project Manager

Company Description

A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact. 
As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here.
What We Offer:
•    Impact - The work you do here matters to millions. 
•    Growth - Philadelphia is growing, why not grow with it? 
•    Diversity & Inclusion - Find a career in a place where everyone belongs.
•    Benefits - We care about your well-being.
 

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency.

Job Description

This position, under general direction of either Director of Projects or a Program Manager, leads and directs high-priority projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration.  As a Senior Project Manager in the Public Safety PMO, you will play a critical role in supporting projects within the Public Safety space which covers IT solutions support for the City’s Police, Fire, Prison and Office of Emergency management agencies.  There are a multitude of projects in the pipeline for Public Safety and this role could participate in several of those projects, potentially across multiple agencies to support the overall safety of the City of Philadelphia. In this role, the Senior Project Manager will follow the OIT PMO guidelines for Project Management and manage projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, starting at Intake/Initiation through Project Closing.

Essential Functions
•    Develop, clarify and manage the scope of the project, defines contract deliverables and achieves targeted outcomes.
•    Ensure project requirements are achieved in a timely fashion and within budget guidelines.
•    Assemble project team, identify needed resources, assign responsibilities and develop timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables.
•    Determine project costs/ensures delivery on time and within budgetary guidelines.
•    Ensure compatibility and consistency with existing architectural and enterprise standards.
•    Perform cost/benefit analysis of actions and initiatives.
•    Schedule and document meeting minutes.
•    Follow the OIT Project Management practice and prescribed SDLC.
•    Prepare status reports, status summaries and dashboards for presentation to mid and senior level management.
•    Provide support, coaching and mentoring on project management best practices, as requested 

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•    Demonstrate leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution, the ability to run a project or serve as project manager on a program team and can ensure a successful project lifecycle.
•    Communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders and senior business leadership of departments and agencies participating in this project.
•    Organize and work effectively with project teams of staff from department and agencies participating in this effort.
•    Demonstrate experience and relevant expertise in the design and building of distributed and enterprise solutions.
•    Plan, organize and direct the work activities of outside consultants and/or systems analysis and programming personnel assigned on a team.
•    Demonstrate presentation skills, strategic t