IT Project Manager II

The IT Project Manager II is a member of a cross-functional team where teamwork, collaboration, balancing competing priorities and continuous learning are the norm. Responsibilities include end-to-end project management services of small to medium projects or management of portions of large projects with coaching and guidance, upon request of leadership. Conforms to established guidelines, standards, and conventions for project management and business requirements documentation., * Manages small to medium assigned IT projects independently. Gathers input from team members on required tasks and translates into a project plan with tasks, activities, dependencies, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, and deliverables. Monitors progress of project activities and ensures all critical implementation criteria are met.

• Coordinates with Architects, Team Leads, Resource Managers, IT Leaders, and Sponsors as needed to ensure project team follows department processes for quality assurance, migrations and promotions, end-user acceptance/validation, and training and support. Facilitates project meetings using effective meeting techniques for objectives, agendas, participants, and meeting minutes. Develops and maintains reporting dashboards suitable for Senior Leadership to communicate project status. Conducts post-project “lessons learned” sessions to identify successful project elements and areas for future improvement.
• Provides status reports to steering committees. Utilizes a variety of project management methodologies as appropriate to the project. Manages project scope and timeline, using appropriate governance bodies and Project Office leadership direction.
• Identifies, tracks, and manages risks and mitigation plans within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate. Identifies, tracks, and manages issues to resolution within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate.
• Determines scope of the problem/project through collaboration with the executive project sponsor, key users and system, and application analysts. Collaborates with technical team leads and/or Resource Managers to assign appropriate resources to the project. Obtains necessary approvals.
• Keeps current with business and strategic goals. Understands other University service providers. Stays apprised of teams roles, processes, tools, and architecture to better understand how the team works together to meet users’ needs. Attends webinars, reads case studies and white papers, and participates in other opportunities to further refine skills and stay apprised on project management topics. Builds and maintains internal departmental relationships.
• Makes presentations to staff on work-related issues. Serves on committees and attends meetings as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience required
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in healthcare or higher education field preferred
• Service Now, Jira, Smartsheet, Clarity PPM, or Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software experience preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Detail-oriented with a proven ability to manage projects required
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, analytical and problem solving skills required
• Extensive computer literacy, including Microsoft Project, Teams and Powerpoint preferred

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI within 1 year required

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job’s compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

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