Provides overall leadership and management of IT project resources, including all project stakeholders and third party resources;

Prepares project scope and develops project plans, defines resource loading, skill requirements, milestones, and metrics per standard methods and practices;

Consults with school system divisions on business requirements and specifications for technology acquisition and distribution;

Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports;

Provides technical and analytical guidance to project teams focused on technology hardware and software;

Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems;

Ensures adherence to quality standards and specifications;

Ensures the IT projects are implemented according to defined requirements;

Interacts and maintains positive relationships with external and internal stakeholders;

Prepares and reports accurate project status and related data to management;

Ensures detailed documentation and records of project implementations, including all changes to deliverables, resources and schedules;

Provides direction for deployment of technology equipment and change management activities;

Provides leadership in developing skills and breadth of product knowledge of technology distribution center team members. Acts as a mentor to team members, and provides constructive feedback on their performance on a regular basis and formally during the performance evaluation periods;

Maintains positive and productive relationships with stakeholders and team members;

Exercises experienced judgment to plan and accomplish goals;

Manages outsourced work, consultants, vendors and relationships; and

Performs other duties as assigned.