Project Management Director

Description

Manage execution of project in accordance with organization's project management methodology. Develop, prioritize and submit project plans, budgets and methodologies across a range of key projects. Define project resources, performance reviews and post implementation evaluations. Take ownership of the successful implementation of a set of projects that collectively can comprise a program. Manage the work of project managers. Lead the most complex or critical projects; monitor progress and performance against the project plan; identify and resolve operational problems and minimize delays. Evaluate and authorize changes that significantly impact the scope, budget, or timeline of a project. Select and manage ongoing relationships with external contractors so that the organization receives satisfactory standards of service. Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of project managers to ensure that projects are completed on-time, within budget and according to project specifications. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.