The position is hybrid – 2 days on site or more depending on project needs. RIGHT TO HIRE.
Top 3 requirements to hire?
- Ability to manage large and complex IT infrastructure projects (such as wired and wireless network, telephony, A/V, cabling infrastructure, and cellular network) preferably for new construction buildings and/or building renovations in a fluid environment with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to look at the big picture, proactively lead and guide the project team, improve processes, manage project budget, know when to escalate issues and/or to remediate risks, and consistently provide useful project meeting notes/documentations to propel the project forward.
- Embrace UIT best project management practices, and ability to provide updates to executive sponsors.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of related experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education and relevant experience.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven experience with Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies strongly desired.
- Knowledge of project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) strongly desired.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details.
- Proven experience in developing and maintaining complex and integrated project plans with proper work breakdown structure (WBS) strongly desired.
- Proven experience in people, change, risk, and conflict management strongly desired.
- Solid experience with Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides), MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio), Smartsheet, ServiceNow Project Portfolio Manager (PPM), Zoom, and Slack are strongly desired.
- Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite desired.
- Experience with PeopleSoft Student and HR Administration desired.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certified completion of a Project Management Certificate program, or certification in process
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) completion or certification in process is desired.
- ITIL Certification desired
This contractor position reports to the UIT Project Management Office (UIT PMO), working with a group of technical project managers assembled into multidisciplinary teams to complete a broad range of critical University-wide technology projects, including Discovery and Implementation projects for enterprise applications and system integrations across domain areas like collaboration or content management, cloud services, data analytics and reporting, research computing, or information security or privacy. The project manager is responsible for managing large and complex technical projects leveraging project management best practices to drive continuous improvement and ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes. The project manager is expected to weigh the interests of multiple stakeholders, act with the highest professionalism, and exercise independent judgment and decision-making.
Core Duties*
Project Management (90%)
Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.
Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required to complete projects.
Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation and consensus.
Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project success.
Responsibilities include but not limited to: charter origination; scope identification and shaping scope definition; manage stakeholders, constituents and disciplines across the client and beyond, including local cities/counties; risk-manage, control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects, affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving decision.
Adapt to tools, methodologies, and practices used by the UIT PMO.
PMO Process, Methodology and Tools (10%)
Assist with administering the UIT PMO project intake process and procedures including coordinating project qualifications and demand management, creating resource plans, and evaluating resource constraints.
Assist with PPM/PMO process improvement initiatives as defined in the PMO roadmap.
