Project Manager II (Special Projects) Office of Innovation, Delivery and Performance Salary Commensurate with experience Position posted until filled SUMMARY The City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office is seeking an experienced Project Manager with a background in both medium to large-scale project management, strategic planning, process improvement, and partnership development. Housed within the Mayor’s Office and reporting to the City’s Chief Operating Officer, the Office of Innovation, Delivery and Performance is charged with driving meaningful progress and tangible results on the Administration’s top priorities, in partnership with City departments and external partners. The Office houses the Budget and Performance Team and the Special Projects and Innovation Team.
As a Project Manager within Special Projects and Innovation, you will be working on short-term, high-impact projects focused on addressing the Mayor’s priority initiatives. You will partner with staff from across the City as well as external stakeholders to identify and assess challenges and opportunities, design strategic implementation plans and manage for results. Projects typically involve increasing the City of Atlanta’s fiscal stability by developing new revenue streams and cost-saving initiatives, improving business services, streamlining departmental operations, facilitating cross-departmental coordination, and policy development.
As a candidate, you should have demonstrated experience in project management, process improvement, strategic planning, user-centered design, and shown that you can manage and deliver both medium and large-scale projects on time and within budget. You will have prior work experience in consulting, public policy, business operations and/or finance.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES - Use project management tools and data-driven analysis to identify problem areas and opportunities, set targets and design and implement action-oriented plans to drive tangible results for the City;
- Partner with and guide departments in identifying strategic opportunities and developing clear and appropriate implementation plans to deliver results on all initiatives in the priority areas;
- Develop performance improvement recommendations and implementation plans within budget/policy constraints and evaluate impact of change on service delivery, productivity and cost efficiency;
- Plan, manage, and follow through to ensure the smooth flow of activities that deliver project results and anticipate obstacles or gaps that would impact project success;
- Actively manage large-scale projects, including leading project meetings, facilitating project team interaction, managing scope, managing deadlines, managing project budgets and ensuring on-time delivery of solutions;
- Produce clear, concise and consistent deliverables to communicate problems and recommendations with attention to presentation and potential audiences;
- Support the team's strategic framework and best practices for Innovation, Delivery and Performance delivery throughout the City of Atlanta organization;
- Manage and maintain strong relationships with a broad set of stakeholders, including senior government officials and private and nonprofit sector leaders; and
- Take initiative to effectively identify solutions and drive departments and partners toward results.
QUALIFICATIONS The ideal candidate is ready to work in a high-energy, openly collaborative work environment. They have a history of demonstrable success in project management, process improvement, partnership development, and data-driven decision making. They are persistent, friendly, and concise. We seek engaged professionals with outstanding strategic and interpersonal skills. Other qualifications include:
- Undergraduate and/or Master’s degree in Business/Public Administration, Finance, Public Policy, Industrial Engineering or other data-driven field;
- 3-5 years of project management, business analysis, finance, operations or consulting experience in a demanding analytic environment; experience in management, strategy or operational consulting preferred but not required;
- Experience delivering medium to large-scale projects on time and within budget;
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with an ability to anticipate challenges and develop solutions on deadline;
- Strong attention to detail;
- Ability to lead transformations that involve multiple stakeholders, constituencies, and/or agencies;
- Enterprising, resourceful results-oriented approach to work;
- Ability to prioritize among competing needs and opportunities and manage multiple projects or work streams at the same time, and
- Ability to thoughtfully communicate with and respectfully engage diverse stakeholders around a shared vision for achieving results.
