IT Project Manager

GENERAL SUMMARY: Plans, organizes and implements Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation’s technical projects by providing organization and structure. Maintains relationships between IT and the business to ensure project alignment. This position may be eligible to work from home as established in the Work from Home Policy, based on business needs, and with supervisor approval.

JOB SCOPE:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• Leads daily stand-up meetings and provides oversight on daily business activities, facilitating team cooperation to overcome any roadblocks. - 20%
• Provides business support by triaging reported issues and requests relating to applications, infrastructure, security, or outages and prioritizing/delegating them. - 20%
• Develops project scope, time estimates, and work plans to meet business objectives. - 20%
• Works with IT Manager on strategic planning for long-term strategy, direction, and objectives. - 10%
• Gains agreement and sets expectations for business users on timelines for feature rollouts, enhancements, and bug fixes. - 10%
• Helps to manage releases and creates release notes for each major release. - 5%
• Conducts post implementation meetings to identify lessons learned to inform the success of future projects. - 5%
• Provides assistance organizing business continuity/disaster recovery-related activities. - 5%
• Supports rotating on-call activities for PWP uptime. - 5%
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related field.
• Direct relevant experience can be substituted for education.
• 4 years of related experience in addition to the requirements in the Experience section below.

Knowledge: **

• Administration, with strong attention to detail
• Advanced analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Scope management, work estimation, delegation
• Communicating with business users to help resolve their issues
• Collaborating with team members to find optimal solutions
• Vendor management
• Process optimization
• Shift quickly between competing priorities
• Manage multiple tasks at once
• Be proactive, self-motivated and learn on the fly
• Innovate and think outside the box

Experience: **

• 5 years’ experience working on application development projects
• 5 years’ experience in a technical project management role
• Demonstrated proficiency in the technologies listed in the skill set matrix below IT Project Manager Skill Matrix:

• Project management
• Enterprise applications, preferably relating to finance, retirement systems, and/or recordkeeping processes
• Software Development Lifecycle, Agile methodologies
• DevOps principles and practices
• Testing management
• Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Preferred: Experience with .NET Framework/.NET technologies, Angular, and SQL Server

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $115,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation Package:

• Yearly pay

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Project management: 5 years (Required)
• Technical project management: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Columbus, OH 43215: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Columbus, OH 43215

Salary : $115,000 - $145,000