Senior IT Project Manager

About the Job: The City of Colorado Springs is looking for a Senior IT (Innovation and Technology) Project Manager who will manage multiple complex IT projects from initiation through close-out while coordinating teams, tracking progress, and proactively addressing risks and issues. This position will also include building strong cross-functional relationships, providing leadership to junior project managers, and translating business needs into technical solutions.

This position is subject to budget required furloughs to be implemented in the 2026 calendar year.

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Your starting pay will be within the posted hiring range based on your years of experience and education. See the full potential of growth for this position here: 2026 Salary Schedule

As a Sr. IT Project Manager, you will:

• Manage multiple large/complex IT projects simultaneously from requirements gathering to project close-out and transitioning to Operations Support
• Complete key project deliverables with minimal oversight (project charter, schedule, relevant plans (communication, risk management, go-live, etc.)
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with business units, technical teams, and vendors to deliver valuable solutions on time and within budget
• Provide leadership and mentorship to junior project managers; act as a subject-matter expert for complex projects 
• Drive project communication by clearly articulating status, risks, issues, milestones, and decision points to stakeholders and leadership
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks and change impacts; acts independently to resolve issues and maintain project momentum
• Oversee project ticket/task management, ensuring timely completion of tasks needed to keep projects on time
• Translate business needs to technical resources and translate technical options to business users
• Other duties as assigned

Learn more about this job by reviewing the class specification on the City of Colorado Springs Class Specifications page

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:
Knowledge of:

• Project management best practices, project management methodologies, and business requirement gathering techniques.

Ability to:

• Independently manage multiple large IT projects
• Communicate clearly across diverse audiences and identify and resolve issues
• Mentor junior Project Managers
• Coordinate business, technical, and vendor teams to deliver high-value solutions on time and within budget
  

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in a related area of study
• Five years of full-time, professional experience in a related field; including three years of administrator and/or supervisory experience. 

We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education.

• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
• Other Project Management or Business Analyst Certificates such as a PgMP (Program Management Professional) certification, CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), ECBA (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis), etc.

The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants. 

The background check process for this position includes being fingerprinted. Fingerprints will be used to check the FBI's criminal history records.