IT Project Manager

Title: IT Project Manager

Duration: 12 Months

Client: City of Philadelphia

Location: Philadelphia PA

Note: This position is onsite.

The applicant is the center of our universe.

Job Description:

• Effectively lead and supervise project teams providing both oneonone and team guidance and coaching to enable the team to achieve project outcomes.
  
• Participate in teams led by other Network or project leaders and take direction from and support activities led by other division project leads.
  
• Establish and lead a collaborative environment for project teams where knowledge is shared across disciplines regularly to advance projects.
  
• Develop clarify and manage the scope of the project and team member expectations define deliverables and achieve targeted outcomes on time.
  
• Ensure project requirements are achieved in a timely fashion and within budget guidelines.
  
• Assemble and engage project teams and build collaborative relationships among project team members.
  
• Identify needed resources assign responsibilities and develop timeframes to facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables.
  
• Conduct as needed cost/benefit analysis of actions and initiatives.
  
• Convene and chair project meetings with internal and external stakeholders and contracted service providers.
  
• Conduct technology needs assessments prepare status reports/summaries and make recommendations to the PPR IT Director or PPR/OCF Leadership.
  
• Communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders and senior business leadership about projects.
  
• Plan organize and direct the work activities of both City staff and consultants and/or systems analysis and programming personnel assigned on a team.
  
• Prepare and lead presentations to project stakeholders including PPR IT Director and/or OCF/PPR Leadership
  
• Establish and maintain collaborative and effective working relationships with supervisors peers supervisors and OIT.
  
• Plan organize and guide the work activities of outside consultants and/or systems analysis and programming personnel assigned to a team.
  
• Support ongoing or new network software hardware and upgrade projects as assigned.
  
• Lead additional data network and technology projects and tasks as assigned by the PPR IT Director
  
  

Required Skills:

• Demonstrate effective project/team management competencies such as establishing collaborative team structure and mechanisms the ability to run a project or serve as project manager and the ability to ensure a successful project lifecycle.
  
• Communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders participating in this project.
  
• Demonstrate presentation skills strategic thinking and high professional ethics.
  
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors leadership associates outside consultants and vendors.
  
• Demonstrate knowledge and/or experience with PPR network and software applications.
  
• Demonstrate knowledge and practice of project management principles.
  
• Must have experience in leading the implementation of systemwide hardware and software modernization and integration projects
  

Highly Desired/Preferred

• Completion of a Bachelor s degree program at an accredited college or university with coursework in Social Work/Social Policy other Social Science Information Technology and/or other relevant fields.
  
• Minimum of 35 years working with social service and/or child welfare system network and software applications or parks and recreation
  
• Experience supervising teams preferred.
  
• Project management experience and/or applicable business experience.
  
• 710 years working with parks and recreation or child welfare system networks and software applications.
  
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience is determined to be acceptable by the PPR
  

About Us:

TriForce is one of the fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region receiving the award 5 times and 3 times(Ranked #) on Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA. TriForce Consulting Services Inc. is an established consulting services firm offering innovative solutions to Government and Commercial sectors. We specialize in building customized software application solutions such as knowledge management systems business intelligence data analysis database support and maintenance data warehouse implementation and support systems architecture and systems integration for our clients. Our technical competencies are in Java.NET SharePoint PHP Business Intelligence (Cognos Data Warehouse) mobile applications platforms (iPhone iPad Android Blackberry) and various other technologies. We also specialize in providing resources to manage infrastructure projects. TriForce is one of the fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region receiving the award 5 times and 2 times on Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA.

Demonstrate effective project/team management competencies, such as establishing collaborative team structure and mechanisms, the ability to run a project or serve as project manager, and the ability to ensure a successful project lifecycle. Communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively with stakeholders participating in this project. Demonstrate presentation skills, strategic thinking, and high professional ethics. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, leadership, associates, outside consultants and vendors. Demonstrate knowledge and/or experience with PPR network and software applications. Demonstrate knowledge and practice of project management principles. Completion of a Bachelor s degree program at an accredited college or university with course work in Social Work/Social Policy, other Social Science, Information Technology, and/or other relevant fields. Minimum of 3-5 years working with social service and/or child welfare system network and software applications or parks and recreation Experience supervising teams preferred. Project management experience and/or applicable business experience. 7-10 years working with parks and recreation or child welfare system network and software applications. Any equivalent combination of education and experience is determined to be acceptable by the PPR