Submit<\/button> <\/div><\/form><\/div> \nSenior Project Manager, IT – ( 23000072 )Description<\/u><\/strong>POSITION SUMMARY<\/strong>Under general supervision, works with internal and external parties to provide oversight and management of various strategic business initiatives and projects throughout the Authority from conception to conclusion. Responsibilities include developing project charters, project scopes, and project management plans including but not limited to work schedules, cost plans, requirement management, testing, training, deployment, and change management support. Also develops and monitors project performance metrics for strategic initiatives and projects. Monitors adherence to established project management methodologies and quality standards for complex strategic projects. This position will at times provide project support for the other project and program managers within IT, the Authority, and with CTA partners.Qualifications<\/u><\/strong>PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong>% time150%Leads strategic business initiatives, proposals, projects, programs, and manages the strategic project portfolio within the Authority.<\/p>\n\nCreates, manages, and monitors proposals, projects, programs, and portfolio planning based upon business strategic, operational, service, security, safety, legal, and compliance requirements.<\/li>\n Defines project strategy documents, top-down and bottom-up scopes, project schedule, resources, cost estimates, success factors, business benefits, assumptions, risks, and constraints.<\/li>\n Facilitates the definition of project requirements, solution design, fit\/gaps, budgets, project acceptance criteria, and resources in conjunction with the stakeholders, vendors, and consultant staff.<\/li>\n Develops and evaluates necessary data gathering, data representation, and data analysis techniques including business benefits, make-or-buy, cost estimates, multi-criteria decisions as necessary.<\/li>\n Collaborates and leads complex cross-functional strategic projects and teams in an integrated program management manner. Meets operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews.<\/li>\n Identifies and resolves project and operational issues and risks. Executes and monitors corrective action plans.<\/li>\n Develops and monitors project performance metrics. Develops and communicates project documents and presentations with executives, internal and external stakeholders, and project team members.<\/li>\n Implements industry, regulatory, and CTA standards and best practices to improve production, safety, productivity, quality, and customer service processes improvements.<\/li>\n Participates in audits of software, programs, and project performances.<\/li>\n Reports and communicates ambiguities, issues, risks, errors and omissions to management as they arise.<\/li>\n Identifies trends, determines business process improvements, and implements changes to increase effectiveness and efficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n225%Acts as knowledge expert and liaison between business sponsor, stakeholders, participating departments, external parties, and consultant staff.<\/p>\n