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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 01/09/26

Applications Due01/26/26

Vacancy ID206888

NY HELPNo

AgencyHealth, Department of

TitleProject Manager 3 - 484

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade25

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $96336 to $121413 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address Office of Health Insurance Programs/Division of Operations and Systems/Medicaid Eligibility and Client Management (MECM) Bureau

Division of Operations and Systems (DOS), 11 Corporate Woods Blvd.

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12211

Duties Description The incumbent of this position will be responsible to plan and lead meetings with appropriate project participants, project sponsors and other individuals both internal and external to OHIP. The Project Manager 3 will be responsible for overseein other project managers in developing and maintaining all types of project management plans, including communication plans, risk and issue logs, decision logs, etc., in accordance with standards established by the Project Management Office, for the Medicaid Eligibility and Client Management (MECM) Bureau. The PM 3 will also oversee vendor's project managers in developing a project schedule, including identifying and scheduling project deliverables, milestones and required tasks using scheduling software. The PM 3 will also guide execution activities including status meetings, communications and execution of project plans. The incumbent will be part of a project management team including several vendors who will be part of a multi-year transformation program.

Minimum Qualifications Department of Health employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service as a Project Manager 3 (G-25); OR a NYS employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service in a title at Grade 23 or above and eligible for transfer to a Project Manager 3 under Section 70.1 or Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.

Preferred Qualifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
Bachelor’s degree in Management or Business; Minimum five (5) years leading project teams.
Demonstrated experience and training as a project manager in both the Waterfall and Agile project methodologies.
Demonstrated experience developing project management plans detailing how the project will be planned, executed, monitored and controlled, and closed out.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously to successful conclusion.
Demonstrates strong facilitation skills to work with individuals and groups to surface essential information and to help negotiate priorities and resolve conflicts among project team, consultants and contractors.
Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to express complex information and concepts to project sponsors, managers, technical staff, consultants/contractors and agency users.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities.

Additional Comments The NYS Department of Health is committed to making New York a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. Understanding health equity, social determinants of health and health disparities is critical to accomplish our goal of eliminating health disparities. For more information on the NYS Department of Health’s Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan, please visit: https://health.ny.gov/commissioner/index.htm

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Name Human Resources Management Group

Telephone 518-486-1812

Fax 518-473-3395

Email Address resume@health.ny.gov

Address

Street Room 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12237

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit your resume and cover letter as one (1) document, preferably in PDF format, by email to resume@health.ny.gov, with Reference EM/484/PM3 included in the subject line or by mail to Human Resources Management Group, EM/484/PM3, Rm 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0012, or by fax to (518) 473-3395. Failure to include the required information may result in your resume not being considered for this position.

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