What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Management Office Director position at NYC POLICE PENSION FUND?
- NYC POLICE PENSION FUND
- Full-Time
- Exam May Be Required
Job Description
The New York City Police Pension Fund (NYCPPF or the “Fund”) is dedicated to providing superior service to its 33,000 active members and 53,000 retired members of the New York City Police Department. We remain committed to providing courteous, professional service by providing customized attention throughout our lifelong partnership with the uniformed staff of the NYPD and their families. We are looking for individuals with passion, dedication and commitment to excellence and innovation who are interested in adding to our dynamic and collaborative work environment. Please visit us at www.nyc.gov/nycppf to learn more.
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 multi-year, multi-phased 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 agency’s 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
- 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
C. This includes managing resources of required partners to support this activity:
- Certifies/manages the appropriation of issues delivered for testing/re-testing
- 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
- Analyze business associations and process impact across operational units for functional design
- Ensures appropriate business SMEs are involved in the appropriate project sessions
- Work with system integrator to deliver and schedule production changes through the production deployment process
- Coordinate all production activities with the system integrator, PPF’s IT Department, working closely with the Director of IT and PPF’s Database Administrator(s)
- Prioritize, with input from senior management, issues for deployment based on operational or other priority
- Change Order Management
o Work with senior management and the vendor’s development and management teams to prioritize, approve, deploy, and verify/test change orders delivered into the production environment
o Develop and maintain statistics specific to change orders
- Coordinate all vendor product upgrades and deployments for testing and production release
- Work with other leads to manage the schedule of the project to ensure appropriate resources are available to accomplish project related goals:
o Manage meeting frequency based on schedule and backlog for needed sessions
o Assist in defining agendas for meetings
o Balance scheduling restraints based on resource availability
o Report risks to schedule delays
- Reporting, Statistics, and Documentation – Analysis and Forecasting
o Provide regular reports of the above, as needed.
o Assist in providing input to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for various project phases
- Phase Entrance, Closure and Evaluation
o Conduct 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 www.nyc.gov/ess and search for Job ID#: 701698
ALL OTHER APPLICANTS: Go to https://cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID#: 701698
Salary: The hiring rate being offered for this position is $100,000. If you possess the preferred skills above, consideration will be given to offer you a maximum annual salary of no more than $120,000. The salary is non-negotiable.
Additional Information
NOTE: This is a full-time on-site 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 Employee’s Retirement System that offers health insurance benefits upon retirement. Please speak with your Human Resources Representative to learn more.
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Minimum 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 full-time 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 bachelor's 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 Master's 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.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with agile and waterfall development methodologies - Experience with QA testing, JIRA, and Vitech’s V3 pension administration platform - Strong computer skills, including fluency with MS Excel.
55a Program
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.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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/.
Residency Requirement
New York City Residency is not required for this position
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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
- Experience Level:Manager
- Category:Technology, Data & Innovation
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000