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# Project Manager II - Information Technology

- **Company:** Emory University
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Project Management Software, Scrum Methodology, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/170630/project-manager-ii---information-technology/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-336056043

## About the Role

* A bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of Project Management experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
 * Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

## Description

* Coordinates, plans, supports, and executes enterprise-wide IT projects.
 * Provides strategic input for project plan development, budget, and scope.
 * Manages the Project Management Life Cycle from beginning to end and establishes cohesion for achieving multi-disciplinary stakeholder and project team buy-in.
 * Applies industry-accepted methodologies (i.e., Project Management Institute [PMI] with a focus on Agile/Scrum delivery) to ensure adherence to project management standards and requirements and to provide stakeholders with continual reports on project progress and performance.
 * Assists and supports Project Management Office (PMO) employees.
 * Performs project management research to improve and refine skills and to identify trends and best practices for improving PMO performance.
 * Meets with stakeholders to validate business cases and to gather facts for establishing and gaining agreement on project charters.
 * Creates project charters and analyzes business cases to validate and clarify issues, justify use of project resources and to anticipate risks.
 * Consults with project sponsors to clarify project directives, scopes, deliverables, and timelines and to analyze risk.
 * Conducts bid sessions and/or vendor RFP efforts to select and manage suppliers and supplier payments.
 * Applies PM tools and methodologies to ensure project milestones are achieved and scope is maintained.
 * Observes project team dynamics to ensure effective team member synergies and to resolve issues.
 * Creates progressive project milestones for facilitating smaller-scale achievements and to motivate the project team.
 * Gathers and analyzes project metrics to evaluate project performance and to manage issues, risk and changes of scope.
 * Communicates with stakeholders, senior management, and project leaders to review project progress, discuss issues and resolutions and to authorize scope changes.
 * Utilizes PM tools to manage project timelines and accuracy, ensure project resource commitments are met, and to track activities and variances.
 * Performs assessments throughout projects to identify risks and potential impact and to develop response strategies for managing and mitigating risk factors.
 * Closes project contracts to validate supplier statements of work (SOWs) and verify deliverables.
 * Conducts project management research and studies trends and developments under the direction of the PMO Director to support PMO team members and industry colleagues.
 * Assists the School of Medicine IT Director in prioritizing project work.
 * Performs related responsibilities as required.


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