The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is advancing a major initiative to assess, rationalize, and modernize over 90 legacy applications used across agency programs. To support this effort, DEC seeks an experienced Project Manager (PM) to coordinate planning, delivery, and oversight across multiple teams, stakeholders, and interagency stakeholders.
The PM will lead the day-to-day execution of the legacy remediation program and various high-priority projects ensuring alignment between technical analysis, business process improvements, and executive priorities. This role will facilitate planning, manage interdependencies, track progress, escalate risks, and ensure transparency across internal and external stakeholders.
Duties
Lead planning and coordination across Systems Analysts, Business Analysts, IT teams, and business stakeholders.
Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
Facilitate working groups, sprint planning, and review sessions as needed.
Track issues, risks, and decisions and manage escalation processes.
Monitor interdependencies across divisions, regions, offices, and technical workstreams.
Ensure consistent communication across internal teams and external agency partners.
Prepare status reports, executive updates, and progress briefings.
Support alignment between project activities and DEC's strategic and operational goals.
Manage task assignments, facilitate coordination, and maintain accountability.
Use project tracking tools such as Planner, Excel, Teams, or equivalent.
Adapt to ad-hoc priorities and provide organizational leadership support as needed."
Mandatory Requirements
Experience (14+Years)
Plans, organizes and integrates cross-functional information technology projects that are significant in scope and impact.
Requirement
This is an 100% Onsite
84 months of experience managing multi-divisional technology or business modernization projects across multiple teams.
84 months of experience developing and maintaining detailed project plans, schedules, and risk logs.
84 months of experience communicating with cross-functional teams, executive leadership, and partner agencies.
48 months coordinating application modernization, remediation, or system replacement initiatives.
48 months managing projects involving both technical and business process components.
36 months of experience managing Agile or hybrid teams.
36 months of experience using project tracking tools such as Microsoft Planner, Jira, MS Project, or similar.
36 months Experience producing executive-level updates and supporting fast-turnaround requests.
PMP, PMI-ACP, or other comparable project management certification.
R sum
Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)
Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)
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