IT Project Management Specialist

Job Summary

The IT Project Management Specialist responsible for managing the implementation of various IT infrastructure and software projects within NYRR, including project planning, resource allocation and project implementation that is in line with NYRR’s standards and policies.

Description

About NYRR

New York Road Runners was founded in 1958 when a small group of passionate runners vowed to bring running to the people and has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s mission is to empower everyone, of all ages and abilities—beginners and competitive athletes, the young and the elderly, adult professionals and underserved schoolchildren—to improve their health and well-being through the power of running and fitness. 

NYRR’s races, community events, instruction and training resources, and youth programs give hundreds of thousands of people each year the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to start running and keep running for life. NYRR’s premier event, the famed TCS New York City Marathon, attracts the world’s top pro runners and committed amateurs alike while also raising millions of dollars annually for charity and driving economic impact for the City. But NYRR is equally committed to the runners of tomorrow, passionately providing youth fitness programs that educate and inspire more than 100,000 kids in underserved communities in New York City, all 50 states, and around the world. 

Headquartered in New York City, NYRR implements a unique nonprofit model that teams contributed and earned income to make all its efforts possible. To learn more, please visit www.nyrr.org.

New York Road Runners is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

About the Department

Our Information Technology department provides NYRR with technology solutions to keep our information secure, integrate our systems and support our events through incorporating new innovative technology. We have a team of technology enthusiasts, who strategize and engineer solutions, build software and infrastructure –as we continue to develop solutions for our various programs and new opportunities for our runners, volunteers, users, to enable and empower them through technology, from race signup to race results.

About the Position

The IT Project Management Specialist responsible for managing the implementation of various IT infrastructure and software projects within NYRR, including project planning, resource allocation and project implementation that is in line with NYRR’s standards and policies.

Job Responsibilities (primary and secondary duties):

• Create IT project budgets, deliverables and timelines and manage project cross functionally, tracking to the plan and reallocating resources where necessary.
• Highlight and work to mitigate risk on project timelines, workflow changes and deliverables for CP and finding alternative solutions to challenges when needed in order to deliver the plan.
• Handle technical writing to translate business problems into technical requirements professionally and into executable tasks for IT Projects.
• Assisting Director in managing IT vendors and consultants to ensure project plans are met.
• Maintain internal and external relationships with technical teams, content, project management, internal departments, and vendors.

Job Requirements:

Experience:

• 4 years of experience with project management
• Full life-cycle management experience from concept through launch

Education & Certifications:

• College degree preferred not required

Skills and Attributes:

• Solid understanding of software development
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and project management skills.
• Proven experience in driving multiple initiatives and programs.
• Ability to prioritize requests by cross-functional teams to maximize business impact and team efficiency
• Strong planning, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Superb time management skills and a strong attention to detail
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork, aptitude to work with a variety of internal and external constituencies
• Resourceful, strategic thinking combined with a strong work ethic, initiative, and tenacity