This role will manage a variety of projects encompassing application development, COTS implementations, and infrastructure-related work. DORIS is looking for an IT Project Manager (IT PM) with proven experience in the Agile methodology 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.


The IT Project Manager will include but not limited to the following:

- 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.

Qualification Requirements
One year of full-time satisfactory experience in supervising employees performing project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, on engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects, or supervising a construction project with a value of $1,000,000 or more, and either:
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, business administration, or public administration, and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in project management work, such as planning, administering, managing, coordinating, or expediting, for engineering and/or architectural and/or landscape architectural projects; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in “1” above; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus any combination of college or university education and/or experience described in “1” above to make up the equivalent of five years of education and experience. One year of experience credit will be given for (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, business administration or public administration; (b)
a Masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the disciplines described in “1” above; or (c) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, or Registered Landscape Architect.

Experience which is primarily of a design nature is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

4. In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least one additional year of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least one year as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

5. In addition to meeting the qualification requirements for Assignment Level I, candidates must have at least two additional years of experience as described in "1" above in a supervisory capacity or have served for at least two additional years as a project manager for a large and/or complex construction project.

The preferred candidate should possess the following: 4+ years of experience managing web based application projects (end-to-end) have experience managing the implementation of Open Source tools strong knowledge of Agile (3+ years) 2+ years of experience in Vendor management, WBS creation common Agile deliverables and practices project and resource planning proficiency in Azure DevOps, Agile oriented tracking tools/methods, and other project management software required proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel required strong familiarity with Business Analysis role in creating requirements, use cases, functional specifications preferred Strong demonstration of negotiation and conflict management skills Knowledge of responsive design, user experience design, data modeling, software integration, and/or software as a service (SaaS), is a plus Behavioral competencies that demonstrate leadership, self-awareness, adaptability, ability to be a systems thinker, attention to quality, and relationship and team building are very important Ability to interact effectively with line staff, project managers, and functional managers Strong and articulate verbal and written communication skills Ability to interface with executive level management and give senior level presentations is a must Experience with multitier architecture for web based applications, process of provisioning and building infrastructure, infrastructure as code and DevOps methodology is strongly preferred PMP or Scrum Master certification is preferred. Experience working with City of New York agencies is a plus.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/

New York City Residency is not required for this position

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.