Now Hiring - City of Austin Texas - Government And Public Administration IT Project Manager Senior (Business Relationship Manager) in Austin, TX

Austin Energy’s Technology and Data is seeking an IT Project Manager Senior who will report to the Advanced Technology Program Manager within the Chief Technology Office.

The purpose of this position is to understand technology needs and challenges, write and vet business justifications for technology investments, ensure projects results in adoption of technologies that best align with the business needs and industry best practices, and direct IT strategy in support of the overall business strategy.

This position will focus on ensuring organization relationships and strategic needs are readily understood and incorporated and aligned to appropriate strategic goal portfolio efforts.

WHEN COMPLETING THE CITY OF AUSTIN APPLICATION:

The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered. Please be sure that your application is a reflection of your entire work history. A detailed and complete employment application is required to help us better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine salary if you are selected for this position. Describe your specific experience for each position. Include all job duties, responsibilities, and employment dates.

Resumes will not be accepted. Statements such as “see resume” will not be accepted. You may use “N/A” for fields that are not applicable. Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience from your employment application. Supplemental information or changes to your application will not be accepted after the job posting closes.

The responses to the supplemental questions must reference the employment history listed in the employment history section. Once the requisition has closed, the application cannot be changed to update work history, supplemental questions, or any other information.

We reserve the right to verify high school and college education for top candidate(s).

If you have any questions regarding your City of Austin employment application, please use the official website of the City of Austin as reference. [please apply online]

Military/Veterans must provide a copy of their DD214 verifying honorable discharge, at the time of initial interview to receive military/veteran interview preference.

CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK:
This position requires a criminal background investigation.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT:
This position is classified as EXEMPT and may require to work additional hours outside of the normal schedule to include nights, weekends, and /or holidays.

TRAVEL:
If you are selected for this position, and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

HYBRID TELEWORK SCHEDULE:

• Direct and manage enterprise/corporate level information technology project development from beginning to end including highly complex or at risk projects submitting proposals, and recommend subsequent budget, scope and schedule changes and/or contingency plans where necessary.

• Develop project scope, cost estimates, human resource requirements, work plans, time schedules, communication plans, and makes work assignments to meet complex project or program objectives.

• Write Request For Proposals for external services and manage contracts and vendor performance, deliverables, and payments.

• Develop full scale complex project plans and associated communications documents, identify and manage project dependencies and critical path, and track and report on project milestones and deliverables.

• Develop written business requirements and models.

• Provide leadership in discussions of project management department goals and objectives with IT senior management.

• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals and where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the City of Austin.

• Define the project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project life cycle.

• Effectively communicate project expectations to sponsor, team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion, and facilitate project management and project status review meetings.

• Develop successful transition, training plans and recognition for resources on the project team.