About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  New hires are typically brought into the organization between $110,000.00 - $160,000.00.  We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position you can expect to be in person up to 3 days a week at Denver International Airport. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

Since opening on Feb. 28, 1995, Denver International Airport (DEN) has become one of the world’s busiest airports. In 2025, 82,427,962 passengers passed through DEN, making DEN 4th busiest airport in the U.S. and the world’s 10th busiest airport. DEN is Colorado’s primary economic engine, generating $47.2 billion in annual economic impact for the state. At DEN, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We celebrate individuality and strive to keep Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) at the center of all that we do

DEN is looking for an IT Project Manager Specialist to join our Business Technologies (BT) team.  The IT Project Manager Specialist will lead multiple of the most complex, critical and visible projects, primarily focused on hardware, network, datacenter and other infrastructure implementations.  The PM will act as a liaison between BT and airport business divisions and requires strong communication and management skills to control the interdependence and minimize operational risk to DEN.  The IT PM Specialist will provide the level of management required to successfully implement these mission critical upgrades, while maintaining an acceptable level of risk to the overall implementation of the efforts.

Specifically, as the IT Project Manager Specialist you will:

• Defines and initiates project objectives, manages budget, scope and schedule of multiple projects

• Develops, implements, and monitors project budgets that are complex in nature; allocates shared resources among projects within the program; prepares reports detailing the status of the project budget and compliance with any requirements as specified by funding sources

• Provides status updates and reports as required to project sponsors and stakeholders

• Develops, negotiates, implements and monitors contracts, ensuring conformance to approved plans and contract specifications; acts as a liaison to the City Attorney’s Office, follows prospective contracts throughout the review process, and coordinates actions for breach of contract situations

• Facilitate planning meetings with various technical and client teams to gather the necessary input to build detailed schedules

• Develops and implements plans to ensure compliance with information technology industry standards, internal architecture and infrastructure protocols, and established business practices; conducts risk and cost/benefit analyses, manages risk associated with projects, and devises strategies to deal with unexpected crises and unresolved risks

• Ensures the quality of project deliverables and obtains user acceptance of completed products or services; performs project closure activities including release of contract and permanent staff from the project, and completing lessons learned and project implementation review of best practices

• Assists with the development and implementation of project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Experience supporting data management, storage, analytics, and business intelligence, or infrastructure-related projects

• Broad understanding of networking, compute and storage, telephony, application development, and desktop/hardware configurations

• Extensive experience managing third-party professional services

• Proven ability to lead vendor project managers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

• Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Agile certifications preferred

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field.

• Experience Requirement: Four (4) years of experience managing medium-to-large-sized information technology projects to include experience at the type and level of the IT Project Manager II.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.
  
  Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until 4/30. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than April 30th at 11:59 PM.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CI2422 IT Project Manager Specialist

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$109,134.00 - $180,071.00

Target Pay

$110,000.00 - $160,000.00

Agency

Denver International Airport

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

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