Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Duration: 30 Months

Start Date: ASAP

Location : 11 Corporate Woods Blvd. Albany NY 12211,Hybrid

Position Type: Contract

No. of Hours- 40 Hours Per Week

Interview Type: In-Person

Department : Department of Health

Summary:

This position will assist in supporting critical DOL operational functions which include the development, support, and optization of data related functions within the new NYS Unemployment Insurance System.

Required Skills:

• 60 months experience managing operational tasks for a large-scale, complex office or government project involving cross-agency stakeholders. Largescale means projects costing at least two million dollarsengaging more than 50 stakeholders.
• 60 months experience working with Medicaid programs, health information systems, eligibility systems, or other healthcare-related IT or operational projects.
• 60 months experience providing administrative or project management support in a public sector or enterprise IT environment.
• 60 months experience tracking financials, including purchase orders (POs), expense monitoring, funding requests, and preparing or maintaining financial reports or dashboards.
• 60 months experience drafting, maintaining, or updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, or guidance documents for an IT or business operations team.
• 60 months experience reviewing operational or business transmittals, memos, or deliverables for completeness, accuracy and alignment with precedural or business requirements.
• 60 Months experience with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
• Bachelors Degree or higher

Responsibilities:

• Draft, update, and maintain Project Delivery Methodology and Procedures (SOPs) ensuring process accuracy and accessibility.
• Draft project plans and schedules ensuring that DOH staff understand needed level of effort and coordinate completion of their tasks.
• Track project deliverables, timelines, and milestones ensuring compliance with schedules and stakeholder expectations.
• Manage SharePoint sites for documentation and reporting.
• Monitor project activities, including risks and issues and development of mitigations strategies in collaboration with DOH stakeholders and vendors.
• Review vendor activities and deliverables and escalate to leadership when needed.
• Serve as the key coordinator of various tracks and teams engaged on the project - technical, business analysts, security team, testers, etc.
• Facilitate and minutize regular status meetings