IT Project Manager 1

State of Alaska; Juneau (AK); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Alaska, Department of Health ITS Portfolio Management Office, is seeking an IT Project Manager 1 to support a portfolio of IT initiatives. The role focuses on organizing information, coordinating meetings, and ensuring project scope and governance alignment across teams in Anchorage and other locations.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate competencies in project management, planning, stakeholder engagement, and data systems.

Qualifications

• Experience applying project management principles, governance processes, and cross‑functional coordination.
• Ability to gather, organize, and communicate information clearly to stakeholders.
• Knowledge of project scoping, risk tracking, and status reporting.
• Familiarity with IT project life cycles and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned IT projects using standard PM practices to ensure progress, risks, and updates are clearly communicated.
• Coordinate with project managers, contractors, and IT staff; gather information and keep project details up to date.
• Help new project requests get properly scoped and routed through governance.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Planning and evaluating

Data systems knowledge

Teamwork

Influence

Learning

Job description

IT Project Manager 1 (PCN 168002) | Workplace Alaska page has loaded.

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

This position is currently located in Anchorage. The position may be in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

The IT Project Manager supports the Department of Health’s Portfolio Management Office by helping keep IT projects organized, on track, and well-communicated. This role works closely with project managers, contractors, and IT staff to gather information, coordinate meetings, and keep project details up to date. The position helps new project requests get properly scoped and routed through the department’s governance process. The IT Project Manager also leads assigned IT projects using standard project management practices to ensure progress, risks, and updates are clearly communicated. This is a collaborative role that strengthens project management consistency across the department and supports successful technology outcomes.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The mission of ITS is to provide reliable and stable technology platforms in support of the Department's service delivery programs in as cost-effective and efficient a manner as possible.

As a member of our team, you will contribute every day to help the department’s work to improve the health of Alaskans and their families in a secure and HIPAA compliant manner.

ITS exemplifies these values:

• Accountability- We are committed to responsible use of the technical resources used to support the department
• Respect- We provide services without discrimination or judgment.
• Integrity- We are honest and ethical in all we do.
• Teamwork - We are committed to supporting our coworkers and working together to solve technical problems
• Work/Life balance - We understand the importance of maintaining a work-life balance

The benefits of joining our team:

The DOH Portfolio Management Office is committed to providing a supportive and collaborative work environment where all team members' contributions are welcomed and valued. The team highly values a healthy work/life balance and works to ensure that team members have access to needed resources. Leadership works to cultivate talent from within and provide team members with the tools needed to advance and develop their knowledge base and skill set.

The working environment you can expect:

The Department of Health IT has offices in both Juneau and Anchorage. IT PMO staff are currently working a hybrid telework schedule; however, it is unknown if this will continue indefinitely. This position is expected to largely work independently and also collaborate with other team members, department staff, and vendor partners via in-person, telephonic, and/or electronic means.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position‑specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort; including those actively involved, those who exert influence over the process and its results, and those who have a vested interest in the outcome (positive or negative).

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for IT Manager 1: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions. This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Data Systems: Knowledge of computer hardware and software development and systems as they apply to the conception, specification, analysis, planning, development, installation, test, modification and use of data handling and computing systems.
• Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment from others; mobilizes people to act, using creative approaches to motivate others to meet organization goals.
• Learning: Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self‑learning and development.
• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Training in information technology, project management, or a similar field or professional experience working in technical project teams alongside business and product owners to identify, prioritize, and adjust project scope, schedule, and budgets.

Some positions may require the incumbent to have/obtain and maintain project management certification such as Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP), or in some combination of Lean/Six Sigma/AGILE, CompTIA Project+, MPM, Waterfall, or similar project management methodologies and curricula. These requirements will be specified in the recruitment bulletin and supporting position description.

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on‑line, self‑study, and on‑the‑job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long‑duration (such as a post‑secondary degree) and short‑duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

• Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
• Current performance evaluation, if available.
• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualifications competencies.

Contact Information

For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:

Name/Title: Kurt Kamletz, IT Policy and Planning Analyst 2

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Phone [phone] (Statewide toll-free number)

[phone] (Juneau and out-of-state callers)