Project Manager - Digital Workflow Automation

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Agency Description

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”) works to modernize city government and improve the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and accessibility of City services by strengthening the city’s administrative functions and enabling resident-facing departments to evaluate, plan, and continually improve their service delivery.

The following departments and functions report to the CAO: Office of Talent and Employee Success, Office of Innovation and Technology, Procurement, Records, Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Review, Bureau of Administrative Adjudication, and the Office of People with Disabilities.

Position Summary

The Project Manager supports application development requests through the City’s Digital Workflow Transformation Program. The Digital Workflow Transformation Program helps City departments digitize and streamline administrative processes by creating custom, digital applications using a variety of low-code/no-code software.

The Project Manager reports to the Senior Project manager and assists in coordinating and managing technology-focused projects that improve business processes and service delivery across City departments. This role works closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, document requirements, support IT initiatives, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope. Acting as a liaison between technical teams and business users, this position plays a key role in translating operational needs into effective digital solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and manages cross-departmental projects involving efforts to improve public sector efficiency and process improvement.

• Prepares work plans, budgets and funding recommendations for CAO projects

• Monitors and manages project progress, performance, costs and contracts.

• Designs collaborative processes to facilitate the productivity of project stakeholders for optimal outcomes.

• Ensures adherence to laws, regulations, policies, procedures, codes and guidelines relating to assigned projects.

• Provides technical assistance to staff as needed to support project implementation.

• Serves as project contact point to provide information to relevant stakeholders, including City leadership, community groups, and other institutions.

• Prepares material for updating and commuting to leadership about projects and their development status.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Organized: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, estimate timelines, adapt project approaches to unforeseen challenges, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.

• Action-Oriented: Ability to identify opportunities, navigate barriers, work independently, and develop solutions that enhance City processes and deliverables.

• Flexible and Adaptive: Comfortable with change and able to learn from feedback and evolving requirements.

• Strong Communicator: Effective at engaging stakeholders and conveying project information clearly.

• Policy Analysis: Ability to consider policy implications in project planning and implementation.

• Technical Aptitude: Experience with or interest in low-code/no-code platforms such as Quickbase or similar application development tools.

• An IT design-related degree or relevant technology industry experience.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience managing project relationships with colleagues, clients, and project stakeholders.

• Experience using and building applications with the software Quickbase, or other low-code/no code platforms is preferred.

• Knowledge of City of Philadelphia government and/or experience working across City departments is a strong plus.

TO APPLY: Interested candidates must submit a cover letter and resume.

Salary Range: $75,419 - $80,000

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• Parental Benefits: The City offers its employees 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options are available
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*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire

Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required for new employees that work in non-medical, non-emergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result, only employees in positions providing services that are patient-facing medical care (ex: Nurses, doctors, emergency medical personnel), must be fully vaccinated.

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