Project Management Office Director

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Job Description

The Fund is looking to hire a Project Management Office Director for its software implementation project. The Fund is currently in the midst of a multiyear multiphased rollout of its pension administration software (PAS) development for the Comprehensive Officers Pension System (COPS) 2.0 project. We are seeking an organized person with exceptional communication skills who can independently manage an aggressive workload across technical and business areas of the organization. This role involves planning organizing and managing resources based on project demands while working closely with senior management. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

A.Management of design specification sign off testing training and delivery of new functionality. This involves coordination between agencys business SMEs system integrator and testing partners :

I.Lead Agile Development Process :

Qualifies scope of work for timeboxed activities

Certifies / manages the planning / delivery of functional requirements

Assists in business analysis where required

Assists in guiding process discussions to achieve business goals

Coordinates review / certifies project documents (Solution Design Documents Functional Checklists Requirements Traceability Matrix)

Reports risks and assists in maintaining the Risk Register lessons learned to Project Manager

II.Lead Waterfall Development Process :

Qualifies scope of waterfall items required for functional processing

Facilitates business SMEs timely review / approval of delivered specifications

Certifies specifications approved by business SMEs

Certifies / manages the appropriation of waterfall items delivered for testing

Manages functional issue reporting

B.Management of issues identified during design and development phases.

C.This includes managing resources of required partners to support this activity :

Certifies / manages the appropriation of issues delivered for testing / retesting

Manages functional / waterfall items delivered for testing through to resolution

Manages functional issue reporting through to resolution

Manages waterfall issue reporting through to resolution

Manages Change Request Process

D.Work with other leads and agencys business SMEs to adequately design develop test and deliver cross functionality :

Analyze business associations and process impact across operational units for functional design

Ensures appropriate business SMEs are involved in the appropriate project sessions

E.Production Management :

Work with system integrator to deliver and schedule production changes through the production deployment process

Coordinate all production activities with the system integrator PPFs IT Department working closely with the Director of IT and PPFs Database Administrator(s)

Prioritize with input from senior management issues for deployment based on operational or other priority

Change Order Management

oManage and affirm change orders requested by lineofbusiness users

oWork with senior management and the vendors development and management teams to prioritize approve deploy and verify / test change orders delivered into the production environment

oDevelop and maintain statistics specific to change orders

Coordinate all vendor product upgrades and deployments for testing and production release

F.Project Management :

Work with other leads to manage the schedule of the project to ensure appropriate resources are available to accomplish project related goals :

oDetermine schedule priority based on current project demands / activities

oManage meeting frequency based on schedule and backlog for needed sessions

oAssist in defining agendas for meetings

oBalance scheduling restraints based on resource availability

oReport risks to schedule delays

Reporting Statistics and Documentation Analysis and Forecasting

oDevelop dashboards reports presenting realtime progress areas of delay etc. across all project components including but not limited to waterfall items requirement delivery and acceptance issues (defect design) logged test case development and progress deliverable receipt review and acceptance and maintain appropriate document repositories

oProvide regular reports of the above as needed.

oAssist in providing input to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for various project phases

Phase Entrance Closure and Evaluation

oConduct project phase entrance activities evaluating readiness against predefined metrics and criteria

oConduct project phase closure activities evaluation completeness against predefined metrics and criteria

G.Other Projects :

Assist with other assignments from Chief Strategy Officer as needed

Work Location : 233 Broadway New York NY 10279

Shift : 9 : 00 AM 5 : 00 PM

HOW TO APPLY

CITY EMPLOYEES : Go to Employee Self Service (ESS) at and search for Job ID# : 701698

ALL OTHER APPLICANTS : Go to and search for Job ID# : 701698

Salary : The hiring rate being offered for this position is $100000. If you possess the preferred skills above consideration will be given to offer you a maximum annual salary of no more than $120000. The salary is nonnegotiable.

Additional Information

NOTE : This is a fulltime onsite position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a regular basis.

A career with the New York City government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a City employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your City career very rewarding including a Pension Plan with the New York City Employees Retirement System that offers health insurance benefits upon retirement. Please speak with your Human Resources Representative to learn more.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER 83008

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering engineering technology architecture landscape architecture architectural technology construction construction management construction technology sustainable design urban planning urban studies city planning transportation planning business administration or public administration and five years of fulltime satisfactory experience in the planning administering or expediting of engineering design and / or construction or coordinating a very large engineering project two years of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity; or

2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in 1 above; two years of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity; or

3. Education and / or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. One year of experience credit will be given for : (a) each 30 semester credits of college or university education leading to a bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in engineering engineering technology architecture landscape architecture architectural technology construction construction management construction technology sustainable design urban planning urban studies city planning transportation planning business administration or public administration; (b) An accredited Masters degree in one of the disciplines described in 1 above; (c) a Juris Doctor degree or (d) a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer Registered Architect or Landscape Architect. However all candidates must have the two years of the administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Key Skills

Project / Program Management,Cold Calling,Construction Estimating,Construction Experience,Restoration,Restoration Industry Experience,Project Management,Microsoft Project,Team Management,Auto Estimating,Financial Management,Contracts

Vacancy : 1

Salary : $120,000