These three positions are full-time limited, working on Mayor Ginther's project initiative described below.
ABOUT
This is one of those rare opportunities to be part of something bigger than yourself. The City of Columbus is assembling a safety technologies project management office to support Mayor Andrew Ginther’s priorities for community safety, our city’s first responders, and the city’s investments in its Police, Fire and 911 capabilities.
We seek talented, experienced senior technology program and project management professionals to join our team. We have three positions available each with a particular focus – public safety campus and real time crime center projects; Fire, Police and 911 projects; and safety technology acquisitions, licensing, and contracting projects.
If you have experience, skill and ease with projects of high importance and interest; assessing and resolving complex situations and needs involving multiple stakeholders and interests; planning and managing complicated, sensitive projects; and speaking and writing for large, diverse audiences, let’s talk.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mayor Ginther prioritizes community safety and addressing crime differently alongside investments in proven safety strategies. Public Safety technology investment has doubled in four years and continues to grow. We are building a team to work closely with Fire, Police and 911 project owners and the city’s central technology department to support safety data and technology improvement efforts.
We seek those who have expertise in data and technology program and project management and acquisitions. This is an opportunity to help build and shape the program from its inception.
Duties include:
- Acting as a key point of contact with Fire, Police and 911 project owners.
- Developing and managing client, vendor and stakeholder relationships.
- Supporting project owners in helping scope project priorities, including technologies, data, staffing, funding, time, and policy.
- Managing projects successfully from inception though implementation, including needs, planning, architecture, integrations, scheduling, progress reporting, specifications, adoption or acquisition, and implementation.
- Coordinating stakeholder needs, interests and representation.
- Tracking and reporting progress and identifying and mitigating issues, risks and outstanding items.
- Where adoption of an existing solution is not viable, supporting acquisition by managing need analysis, solicitation development, evaluation, negotiation, licensing and contracting with close coordination with owners, funders, buyers, providers, systems administrators, and legal counsel.