Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Duration: Long Term

TASKS:

• Oversee releases from initial requirements gathering through final delivery and ongoing support, ensuring timely completion, product roadmap alignment, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocations while managing multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Identify potential project risks or bottlenecks early and implement mitigation strategies to keep Client operations running smoothly.
• Support management of projects that involve development groups both inside and outside of the core 311 application team.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder meetings and provide clear, concise status reports to executive leadership and oversight committees.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and quickly resolve problems to maintain momentum and quality.
• Work with the team and the product owner to release new product features, and that quality is never compromised.
• Coordinate Release Management across workstreams and environments; manage release paths and resolve contentions.
• Follow Client Change Management processes to obtain necessary approvals for production deployment.
• Coordinate and manage Production outages including engaging other Client teams, vendors and consultant resources.
• Deliver digital applications by being the agile delivery manager for multidisciplinary product teams.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do not have mandatory skills will not be considered

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology, Project Management, Public Administration, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience managing complex IT projects, preferably within the public sector or a highly regulated industry.
• Strong project management capabilities with the capability to break down a large project into small, manageable tasks, assign them clearly, and track how one task depends on another to prevent bottlenecks.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage projects involving various stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps project management software.
• Knowledge of risk management techniques and mitigation planning, paired with an awareness of current technology trends and tools.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall methodologies and how to apply them to government workflows.
• Attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.