Senior Project Manager, Information Systems

PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Philadelphia School District in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Senior Project Manager for the Information Systems department to oversee large-scale IT initiatives, including ROI analysis, budgeting, and lifecycle management. The role acts as a liaison among clients, technology staff, vendors, schools, and community partners to ensure project success.

The position requires coordinating teams, preparing status reports, and applying PMI-aligned project management practices to drive on-time delivery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Six years of full-time, paid, professional experience in either operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project manager. OR Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work.
• Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads.
• Prepares reports related to project status and projections.
• Directly supervises technical business analysts as required.
• Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise.
• Works with vendors/internal developers to implement software solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends technology and software solutions that will satisfy the needs of schools and offices.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Strategic thinking

Budget oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Gitea

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Visio

Job description

Title: Senior Project Manager, Information Systems Department: Information Systems Reports To: Executive Director Salary Range: $88,606 - $114,798

For forward-thinking administrators and educators, opportunities abound in the School District of Philadelphia. The School District of Philadelphia is committed to transforming the education opportunities it offers the city’s more than 203,000 school-aged children. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools, principals and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?

Job Summary

This is administrative and managerial project work, overseeing all components of a large-scale Information Technology projects and initiatives, inclusive of project scope preparation, return on investment (ROI) analysis, financial projection, project and life cycle implementation, staffing coordination and/or management, contract administration, and budget oversight. Employees in this class are responsible for facilitating dialogue between internal customers, technology staff, developers, vendors, external agencies, schools and community partners. Serves as a point of contact for clients with projects in progress. Work additionally involves formally employing industry-recognized projects management principles, techniques, and best-practices, to develop, monitor, report, and coordinate all aspects of a project from inception to post-implementation support. Ensures that actions are strategic and include a plan on the evaluation of progress. Project oversight activities may additionally include coordination of support activities inclusive of training, outreach, and customer relationship management. Projects in this class are classified as large and complex enterprise-wide information service, application software, technology infrastructure initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work.
• Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads.
• Works with selected teams on specific aspects of meeting project goals in a timely manner.
• Prepares reports related to project status and projections.
• Directly supervises technical business analysts as required.
• Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise.
• Works with vendors/internal developers to implement software solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends technology and software solutions that will satisfy the needs of schools and offices.

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited college or university.
• Six years of full-time, paid, professional, experience in either operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project manager. OR Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• ERP systems – technical configuration of finance and human capital modules. Oracle ERP Cloud is preferred.
• Google products
• Gitea, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Visio, or other productivity tools.
• Basic understanding and using SQL
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Understand and apply basic industry recognized project management principles and processes as defined by PMI, PMP certifications.
  • Apply best practice standards to a product’s design, test, and production phases.
  • Review and comprehend technical documentation.
  • Manage large or complex projects and/or budgets.
  • Lead and implement strategic initiatives under aggressive deadlines.
  • Function as an entrepreneurial self-starter, a team leader, a facilitator, and as a member of a team.
  • Work on multiple projects simultaneously, as evidenced by an ability to balance and prioritize multiple competing priorities.
  • Formulate solutions to complex problems and develop strategies to address the identified issues based on quantitative and/or qualitative evidence.
  • Build and maintain strong, effective working relationships across all levels of an organization.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams.
  • Adapt to different situations, particularly when new information is provided.
  • Represent a superior at meetings and conferences.
  • Present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
  • Strong leadership skills with conflict resolution