IT Project Manager - Journey - Lacey

Washington State Department of Transportation; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 121 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible hybrid work

Paid holidays

Vacation

Tuition assistance

Health benefits

Retirement options

Employee benefits

Résumé du poste

Washington State Department of Transportation seeks an IT Project Manager for the Enterprise Technology Project Management Office. Based in Lacey with flexible hybrid work, you will oversee low- to mid-risk technology projects and coordinate with contracts and technical teams.

Responsibilities include requirements development, risk tracking, stakeholder communication, and process improvements. Strong written and verbal skills with a service-oriented mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing IT projects using established frameworks and templates.
• Knowledge of PMBOK and Agile; experience with IT project lifecycle.
• Coordinate projects, develop documentation, monitor scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and issues.
• Resolve routine project issues and maintain compliance.
• Facilitate meetings and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Communicate project status to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analyze business needs, document requirements, and develop artifacts.
• Knowledge of requirements elicitation, process mapping, and functional documentation.
• Support risk identification, issue tracking, and change control.

Responsabilités

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor project team activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage assigned low- and medium-risk technology projects under general supervision.
• Coordinate requests for proposals, quotations, and information with the Administrative Contracts Office.
• Support risk identification, issue tracking, and change control processes.
• Help ensure compliance with state laws, WaTech policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders, participate in meetings, and coordinate site visits as needed.
• Develop and document business requirements and support engagement with customers and technical groups.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in project management practices and tools.
• Coordinate with customers, technical teams, and stakeholders to identify needs and document requirements.
• Track scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies per standards.

Connaissances

IT project management

PMBOK/Agile knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Documentation & coordination

Cross-functional teamwork

Business analysis basics

Risk & change control

Office productivity tools

Outils

Microsoft Office

Project

Teams

SharePoint

Visio

Description du poste

Salary: $90,096 - 121,173 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience independently managing IT projects using established frameworks and templates.Working knowledge of project management principles, methodologies such as PMBOK and Agile, and the IT project lifecycle.
• Ability to coordinate projects, develop documentation, monitor scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and issues, and apply relevant standards.
• Experience resolving routine project issues and maintaining compliance.
• Professional experience facilitating meetings, preparing documentation, and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences, including the ability to build collaborative relationships and communicate project status.
• Experience analyzing business needs, documenting requirements, and developing analysis artifacts.
• Knowledge of business analysis methods, requirements elicitation, process mapping, and functional documentation.
• Experience supporting risk identification, issue tracking, and change control, with knowledge of project governance and risk management practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Project, Teams, SharePoint, Visio, and related collaboration tools; ability to learn new technologies.
• Ability to research and document business and functional requirements and project constraints, diagram processes and basic system workflows, and apply structured analytical thinking.
• Commitment to learning and growth, with a service-oriented approach to meeting others needs.
• Preferred: Knowledge of state procurement processes and contract management, including reviewing documentation and coordinating with vendors and procurement staff.
• Preferred: Familiarity with continuous improvement principles and tools, including Lean or Six Sigma, and the ability to recommend and support process enhancements.
• Preferred: Experience supporting organizational change management, including change models, communication materials, and change activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage assigned low- and medium-risk WSDOT technology projects under general supervision.
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor project team activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate requests for proposals, quotations, and information with the Administrative Contracts Office.
• Support risk identification, issue tracking, and change control processes.
• Help ensure compliance with applicable state laws, WaTech policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders, participate in meetings, and coordinate site visits as needed.
• Develop and document business requirements and support engagement with WSDOT Technology Services Division business customers and technical groups.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in project management practices and tools.
• Coordinate with business customers, technical teams, and stakeholders to identify project needs, document requirements, and organize work.
• Track project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies in line with statewide and WSDOT project management standards.

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We are the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), a multimodal agency recognized for excellence. Our workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that moves people and goods safely and efficiently across Washington. We maintain more than 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, lead an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manage the worlds longest floating bridge, and operate the nations largest ferry system. Our Technology Services Division is hiring a permanent, full-time journey-level IT Project Manager for the Enterprise Technology Project Management Office. The position is based in Lacey, Thurston County, Washington, with flexible hybrid work options, and offers an annual salary of $90,096 to $121,173. We offer flexible scheduling and eligible telework, paid holidays and vacation, tuition assistance, healthcare and retirement options, and other employee benefits. We value a respectful, inclusive workplace where employees can contribute their perspectives and grow professionally.