Plan, initiate, and manage information technology IT projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

Currently Employed: 740

Projected Annual Job Openings: 50

Typical Hourly Wage: $27.94 - $45.41

Typical Annual Salary: $58,100 - $94,400

• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.
• Establish and execute a project communication plan.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.

• Computer servers
• High capacity removable media drives
• Mobile phones
• Notebook computers
• Special purpose telephones

• Data base user interface and query software
• Development environment software
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Project management software
• Web platform development software