Tech Project Manager - Citywide IT & Transformation

City of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 86,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Pittsburgh seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead complex IT initiatives across enterprise applications, cloud services, cybersecurity, GIS, and infrastructure. You will coordinate discovery, requirements, procurement, governance, and vendor management to ensure on-time delivery and measurable value for City employees and residents.

This role requires strong communication, systems thinking, and the ability to drive work in a matrixed environment, translating business needs into

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of full-time project management experience with IT projects.
• Bachelor's degree in a fully accredited information technology, computer science, information systems, business administration, project management, engineering, public administration, or related field.
• Equivalency: seven (7) years total of work experience and education to meet the Total Qualifying Requirement.

Responsibilities

• Leads multiple concurrent technology projects from initiation through deployment and operational stabilization.
• Develops and maintains project plans, schedules, resource allocations, budgets, communication plans, and governance documentation.
• Facilitates discovery sessions, requirements gathering meetings, workshops, and technical reviews.
• Translates business needs and operational challenges into clear project scopes, requirements, success measures, and implementation plans.
• Coordinates system implementations involving enterprise software, cloud platforms, cybersecurity improvements, GIS technologies, web applications, network and infrastructure initiatives, and integrations.
• Collaborates with architects, developers, infrastructure engineers, GIS staff, cybersecurity teams, analysts, and external vendors.
• Manages risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change requests throughout the project lifecycle.
• Plans and coordinates system testing, UAT, deployment strategies, and production cutovers.
• Supports procurement tasks, including business case development, RFP/RFI processes, evaluation criteria, vendor selection, contract coordination, and SOWs.
• Monitors vendor performance against SLAs and ensures deliverables meet contractual standards.
• Tracks project KPIs, produces dashboards and status reports, and communicates updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensures compliance with City policies, cybersecurity standards, procurement rules, accessibility requirements, and technology governance processes.
• Documents requirements, decisions, risks, lessons learned, and project outcomes to support continuous improvement and reporting.
• Identifies barriers to project delivery, clarifies ownership and next steps, and escalates unresolved risks or delays when appropriate.
• Participates in departmental initiatives and contributes to shared Innovation & Performance team goals.
• Performs other related tasks and duties as assigned or required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Vendor management

Requirements gathering

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Information Systems / Business Administration / Project Management / Engineering / Public Administration

Job description

The City of Pittsburgh seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead complex IT initiatives across enterprise applications, cloud services, cybersecurity, GIS, and infrastructure. You will coordinate discovery, requirements, procurement, governance, and vendor management to ensure on-time delivery and measurable value for City employees and residents.

This role requires strong communication, systems thinking, and the ability to drive work in a matrixed environment, translating business needs into