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Program Manager (ACP Technical)

City of New York

New York, NYFull-time$62–114K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$62–114K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Program Manager supports Advanced Capital Planning and Sponsor Engagement by helping City agencies plan capital needs and address strategic goals for public buildings. The role leads technical staff conducting facility assessments, reviews building conditions and operational needs, defines design and construction scope, identifies deficiencies, prioritizes funding, and works with cost estimators to prepare itemized assessment reports and estimates for budget planning.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Design and ConstructionFacility AssessmentBuilding SurveysCost Estimating

Qualifications

Administrative Project Manager or Promotional List EligibilityBachelor's in Engineering or RelatedHigh School Diploma or Equivalent5+ Years Planning or Construction Experience9+ Years Planning or Construction Experience2+ Years Managerial ExperienceMaster's, Law Degree, or Professional License Substitution

Full job description

Job Description

Hours: Full-Time Position – 35 Hours

Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

Only candidates who are permanent in the Administrative Project Manager title or those who are reachable on the DDC promotional list (exam #5565), or the open-competitive list (exam #5164) may apply. Please indicate a copy of your Notice of Result card or indicate if you are already permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.

The Program Manager will work with the Deputy Director of Advanced Capital Planning and the Program Manager of Sponsor Engagement to support the Sponsor agencies in planning their capital needs and address Citywide strategic goals for public buildings, including, but not limited to:

  • Building Conditions

  • Accessibility

  • Coastal and stormwater resiliency

  • Energy use reduction and decarbonization

Duties include providing expertise in design and construction and lead a team of experienced technical staff who perform facility assessments of sponsor agency portfolios. Through review of sponsor programmatic needs, operation and maintenance requirements, energy use, and analyses of existing building conditions, selected candidates will develop a comprehensive understanding of the capital needs of each building to advise in the preparation of future funding requests and building lifecycle budget planning. Responsibilities include defining necessary scope in the design and construction of diverse building types, especially older buildings from the 19th and 20th century, leading team(s) conducting in-depth building surveys, identifying deficiencies, and prioritizing funding. Selected candidate will work with a cost estimating team to produce fully itemized facility assessment reports and cost estimates suitable for budget planning purposes.

Please note: All candidates must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States (U.S.). In compliance with Public Law 99-603, candidates are required to present original documents proving citizenship or the legal right to work in the U.S. DDC is unable to support or sponsor any visa application or visa extension, including but not limited to OPT/STEM visas, H-1B visas, F-1 practical training, permanent residence sponsorship, or any proposed change of visa type. DDC does not offer a training program as required by U.S. immigration law and is not hiring temporary employees. Candidates must have proper work authorization when an employment offer is made.

Additionally, educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. A list of providers (fees apply) is available at: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dcas/downloads/pdf/employment/nyc-dcas-foreign-education-evaluation-guide.pdf.

All applicants, including City Employees:

Please go to NYC Government Jobs | Explore Careers | City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job ID # listed above. Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self-Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax your resume to DDC directly.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER - 8300B

Qualifications

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, business administration, or public administration, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project, two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or

  2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and nine years of experience as described in "1" above; two years of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity; or

  3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. An accredited Master's degree in one of the disciplines described in "1" above, a law degree, or a valid New York State license as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect or Landscape Architect may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However, all candidates must have the two years of the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 62,407.00

Salary Max: $113,966.00

How this job compares

Set against the 10,631 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–114K/yr
  • New York median$125–185K/yr564 salary ranges
  • US median$126–201K/yr7,670 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $88K, is 44% below the New York median midpoint ($157K) — in the lowest quarter of Program Management salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 793 open Program Management jobs in New York and 10,631 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (9,157 postings).
Education
4,271 of the 10,631 open Program Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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