IT Project Manager

Job Summary Join the City of Grand Prairie as an IT Project Manager, where you’ll lead impactful, citywide technology initiatives from start to finish—planning, coordinating, and managing multiple complex projects that shape our community’s future. In this pivotal role, you’ll oversee budgets, guide implementation, and solve challenges with creativity and independence, ensuring innovative solutions that support our departments and residents alike. Essential Job Functions This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent. • This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 10 pounds on occasion. • Manages assigned IT projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of project. Works with the IT department to determine business requirements and priorities. • Performs complex data-driven analysis to support management decisions pertaining to infrastructure, defining key performance indicators, and designing operational improvements. • Tracks and manages the overall lifecycle of IT projects. Sets and tracks project milestones; manages and accounts for unforeseen delays, then realigns schedules and expectations as needed. • Leads and communicates with team members to ensure optimal strategy and maximum efficiencies. Coordinates, facilitates, and attends project meetings; publishes detailed project notes and records. • Establishes and implements project communication plans, providing status updates to affected staff and stakeholders based on an understanding of the business unit’s workflow processes. • Conducts and coordinates change management meetings, communicating the changes to relevant departments by leveraging available communication channels. • Oversees the project budget process and other financial-related tasks for the IT department. • Coordinates the process of creating, reviewing, and assessing RFQs and RFPs for IT Projects (internal and external). • Compiles departmental key performance indicators and statistics, using tools such as KPI dashboards, project cost performance indices, and schedule performance indices. • Collects, analyzes, and summarizes information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports. • Prepares presentations and communicates effectively and persuasively with stakeholders throughout the project life cycle. • Develops statements of work, business area analyses, multiple system integration studies, management reports, City Council recommendations, budget recommendations, customer satisfaction surveys, project documentation, plans, recommendations, spreadsheets, e-mails, presentations, and schedules with clearly organized thoughts, using proper sentence structure, punctuation, and grammar. • Develops trusting working relationships, building rapport with customers, team members, management, etc.; motivates team members to achieve milestones. • All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division. Minimum Qualifications Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain this knowledge, skills, and abilities would be: • Education:Bachelor’s degree in a related field • Experience:3 to 5 years of relevant experience • Licenses:Valid Driver’s License required • Certifications Required:PMP or related project management certification is preferred. Ability to obtain and maintain CJIS clearance necessary to perform job duties.