Public Sector Tech Project Manager — Drive Citywide Initiatives

City Of Gainesville, FL; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site fitness centers

Tuition reimbursement

On-site medical staff

Wellness program

Job summary

City of Gainesville is seeking a Technology Project Manager to lead complex technology initiatives, including large-scale infrastructure transitions, cloud migrations, and lifecycle management. You will manage resources, schedules, budgets, and vendor coordination under the Assistant Technology Director, ensuring quality and timely delivery.

This role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in technology projects; government experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience managing complex projects with at least five (5) years of experience managing technology projects.
• Experience in a government environment is preferred, though not required.
• Desired certifications: PMP; PMI-ACP or CSM; ITIL; PMI-PBA or CBAP; CAST or CSTE.

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple technology projects simultaneously, including scoping, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, and resource coordination.
• Utilizes project management tools to track project deliverables, monitor progress, and maintain project documentation.
• Provides project management support to technology teams and serves as a liaison between internal departments, consultants, vendors, and external partners.
• Coordinates technology planning, requirements elicitation, procurement, testing, and implementation activities related to technology projects.
• Prepares, reviews, and administers project budgets, change orders, and contract amendments.
• Supports the development and implementation of technology improvement plans and strategic initiatives.
• Facilitates project team meetings, develops project plans and schedules, and tracks milestones and deliverables.
• Communicate effectively with team members, customers, vendors, consultants, other municipalities, and community stakeholders.
• Facilitates RFPs, RFQs, SOWs, change orders, and proposal evaluation with technology teams and procurement staff.

Skills

PM skills

Budgeting

Resource coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

PMBOK/SDLC knowledge

Agile & Waterfall

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Planner

Smartsheet

Change management tools

Job description

City of Gainesville is seeking a Technology Project Manager to lead complex technology initiatives, including large-scale infrastructure transitions, cloud migrations, and lifecycle management. You will manage resources, schedules, budgets, and vendor coordination under the Assistant Technology Director, ensuring quality and timely delivery.

This role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in technology projects; government experience