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Greetings from Sierra Consulting INC, Please have a look at the below opportunity and reply to me if you are interested.
Job: IT Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: Contract
Additional Responsibilities:
Governance & Compliance Facilitation
- Assist with the development, review, and maintenance of IT policy and procedure documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and enterprise standards.
- Support IT governance activities and provide committee support by preparing meeting materials, documenting meeting minutes, and tracking action items.
- Collect, analyze, and report on IT quality metrics to inform decision-making and support continuous improvement efforts.
- Prepare clear, concise, and accurate written communications, summaries, and reports related to IT governance, quality metrics, and policy activities.
- Facilitate communication and training related to IT policy requirements, reporting resources, and compliance protocols.
- Assist with the escalation and documentation of suspected policy violations in accordance with established GDOT IT procedures
- Ensure all project requests comply with internal IT governance frameworks, enterprise architecture standards, and applicable technology policies.
- Prepare projects for formal review by internal governance boards or steering committees as required by project scale or impact.
- Support documentation of funding justifications, risk assessments, and policy compliance as part of the intake package
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve the project intake and evaluation process.
- Assist in developing guidelines, templates, and training materials to support business users in submitting high-quality project requests.
- Draft new policies, procedures, guidance, and/or regulations for management approval within assigned time frames.
Project Intake & Review
Review project submissions to assess completeness, technical feasibility, and alignment with IT strategy. Analyzes information to determine nature and extent of customer requirements and concerns.
- Collaborate with enterprise architects and technical leads to validate technology choices and integration implications
- Demonstrates leadership skills through effective interpersonal skills, verbal/non-verbal communication and active participation in departmental or organizational committees/workgroups
Stakeholder Communication & Facilitation
- Facilitate meetings with stakeholders to refine project scopes, clarify requirements, and outline expected IT involvement.
- Serve as a liaison between business units and IT to align expectations and communicate process timelines and outcomes.
- Serve as the primary IT contact for reviewing project requests and technology proposals submitted by agency stakeholders.
- Assess technical feasibility, strategic alignment, and clarity of scope for incoming IT project requests.
- Engage IT architects, engineers, cybersecurity teams, and operations to validate solution integrity and compatibility with enterprise systems.
- Develops, maintains, and fosters effective working relationships across multiple departments
- Acts as liaison between multiple parties to identify solutions to problems.
- Communicate updates to department leadership regarding project timelines, changes, and/or additional requirements when needed.
AGENCY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated proficiency in research, information analysis to make recommendations
- Ability to determine functional needs and system requirements
- Ability to devise solutions based on analysis and critical thinking
- relevant analytical abilities
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with functional and technical teams
- Ability to coordinate between multiple workgroups
- Knowledge of agency laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze documents accurately to determine compliance based on applicable statutes and regulations.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and attention to detail skills.
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage tasks to meet internal and external deadlines using independent judgment.
- Ability to secure and protect sensitive documents and/or records.
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Associate's degree in Operations Management, Information Technology, Business Administration, Communications, or related field. 3-5+ years of experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC).
- Solid understanding of IT governance, software development lifecycles (SDLC), and regulatory compliance (e.g., data privacy, cybersecurity standards).
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills, with previous experience motivating and guiding others toward accomplishment of office/department goals.
- Exceptional communication, both orally and in writing, and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Possesses strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to express ideas and facts to groups and individuals effectively
- Demonstrated experience identifying and solving problems and applying innovative solutions to make organizational improvements Committed to providing quality customer service
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience negotiating contracts
- Seeks innovative approaches to improve the process of delivering IT solutions to customers
- Experience working with multiple departments/units to accomplish a specific task.
- Project management experience
- Ability to quickly shift priorities and manage unexpected changes to priorities
- Experience leading teams
- Strong communication and organizational skills, ability to multitask, strong attention to details, excellent problem solving and follow-up skills required
- GRC experience with a strong understanding of how to design and execute compliance activities.
- Experience working within or alongside public sector or regulated industries.
- Familiarity with regulatory standards (e.g., NDAA, HITRUST, NIST) and compliance practices.
- Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuous improvement
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