IS Project Manager II - Limited Term (Open)

Note: The job announcement was amended on August 5, 2026 to extend the recruitment and make it continuous. 

The County of San Mateo's Technology Services Department seeks qualified candidates for the position of a limited term IS Project Manager II.

Candidates must possess recent work experiences of managing:

• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) implementation projects
• IT infrastructure network implementation and upgrades

The incumbent in this position plans, coordinates, and manages a variety of complex, County-wide and/or interdepartmental technology services projects through their entire project life cycle, including identifying users' needs, gathering detailed requirements, analyzing project feasibility, developing project scope and estimating budget, designing and programming systems applications, technical review and systems testing, and overseeing implementation; administering professional services contracts; and performing related work as required.

The incumbent receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel, and may exercise technical and functional direction over and provide training to lower-level staff on a project basis.

This is a journey-level project management class responsible for oversight of complex, County-wide and/or interdepartmental technology services projects. The incumbent is required to conduct complex business requirements, needs, and other detailed review and analysis of various information technology strategies necessary to automate departmental processes and to resolve organizational issues.  Incumbents perform work within a broad framework of general policy requiring creativity and resourcefulness to accomplish goals and objectives, apply concepts, plans, and strategies which may deviate from established methods and practices, and regularly lead projects of critical importance and substantial consequence of success or failure to the County.
  
The ideal candidate will:

Understand the principles and practices of project management, identifying technology needs and issues, researching and evaluating technology, applications, and the most effective courses of action, and implementing solutions.

• Have experience with contract administration principles and techniques.
• Have knowledge and recent experience of: 
• Managing VoIP implementation and IT infrastructure network upgrade projects
• Current trends in applications technology, including web-based architecture, security, workflow and systems design; government enterprise business processes; project management and technology systems development and maintenance.
• Architectural, civil, structural, and engineering design and specifications; financing, estimating and budgeting, calculating overhead, design and construction costs.
• Legal requirements for City and County projects; regulations and commissions affecting planning, zoning, design and construction.