Senior IT Project Manager

The Senior IT Project Manager will manage and lead enterprise software IT projects from initiation through their completion, which involves coordinating a large team of professional and technical staff, consultants, and other resources.
Project management responsibilities will include interacting with vendors and various internal and external stakeholders at different levels of the organization; managing several moving project parts simultaneously; and conducting risk mitigation throughout the project life cycle. The successful candidate will utilize leadership skills, project management fundamental structure skills, sound judgment, and discretion to influence project teams and overall project success positively.Direct, review and approve the preparation of project plans, managing all aspects of IT projects, including monitoring scope, milestones, dependencies, costs, and benefits through lifecycle.Serve as the project lead over large information systems projects requiring the support of multiple staff and the procurement/utilization of significant resources; provide professional leadership, supervision and support for systems design and development projects.Plan and oversee multiple projects to completion; identify scope and objectives; identify deliverables and establish schedules and timelines; assign work to project teams.Develop, coordinate and monitor project budgets and resources; monitor vendor performance to ensure compliance with County standards and specifications; prioritize and schedule major activities to ensure the most effective use of staff and equipment.Collaborate with clients to define project scope and review project activities, recommendations and outcomes; coordinate the use of project resources based on project specifications; coordinate and communicate with end users, management, staff, and vendors on project issues and status.Prepare project documents, requirements, reports, feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, and quality assurance and control standards; develop project work plans and schedules; monitor project resources including staff time, vendor work and finances.Provide professional leadership, supervision and support for systems design and development projects.Manage and review project budgets and schedules and prepare progress reports to ensure compliance with project scope and agreement provisions; ensure that multiple projects are delivered on time, within budget and to customer specifications.Identify and highlight risks and issues within the project and escalate appropriately; devise effective mitigation and escalation strategies for projects to address risks and issues.Manage, coordinate, plan, direct, and review the work of project personnel in all phases of work; define schedules for project implementation.Analyze alignment of project proposals to County objectives and strategies.