Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Remote (Needs to be local to Arizona)

We hope your company can help us find an experienced IT PROJECT MANAGER to fill a need in our City of Phoenix IT PMO. We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to help lead a highvisibility project for our Privacy Office and will interact with our growing team of 35 PMs and BAs and our Privacy Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to the Governance process by engaging stakeholders preparing status reports and briefings
• Conduct project planning exercises to successfully deliver the project
• Vendor Management tasks including deliverable acceptance milestone payment contract adherence and escalations
• Budget Management and tracking
• Create track and deliver project timelines tasks and metrics

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Previous experience in a privacy office capacity (familiar with PII global data regulations domestic data regulations APRA GDPR CCPA IAPP)
• Ability to influence stakeholders and manage conflict
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively and ability to influence stakeholders to action the plan and encourage collaboration and adherence to project deliverables
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) or other project management certifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five (5) years as project lead with experience in driving privacy projects
• Bachelors degree in computer science computer information systems or a related field.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
• Ability to be onsite as required by the project needs and project team activities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS The minimum qualifications listed above plus:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) or other project management certifications.
• Masters degree in business/Public Administration Information Technology or a related field
• Experience in IT program or project management
• Experience leading IT project management teams
• Experience with vendor management
• Experience with software implementation/upgrade
• Experience working with or for public sector organizations
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools
• Excellent customer service and business relationship communication skills

Some additional details of the position are as follows

• Interview process: 1 round remote possibly 1 round onsite
• Role is nonsupervisory
• Remote model; must be in the US and within commuting distance to the Phoenix area
• Cityapproved background check required
• Work is typically weekdays 85; could be nights/weekends (e.g. golive)