Job Description

Our client, an Ivy-League University, is urgently looking to add an IT Project Manager to their team on a contract basis. This is a 3-month contract on W2, potential to extend.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, conduct, and manage complex information technology projects in a unit or department, requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.
• Assembles project team, assigning responsibilities, identifying resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project.
• Responsible for project discovery.
• Serve as expert regarding scope and project objectives, solutions value and technology, as well as the role and function of each team member.
• Ensure work completion within schedule, budgetary and design constraints.
• Make decisions about analysis, design and testing and provide alternative methods as needed.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to leverage resources for successful project completion.
• Make independent decisions within the confines established by sponsors/business owners.
• Serve as primary contact with user groups and stakeholders.
• Leverage steering and executive committees for decision-making, change management, and communications.
• Absorb and leverage project related technology to ensure effective project management and collaboration.
• Advise unit/school regarding post project operations.
• Provide training needs as applicable.

Requirements:

• Must have a Bachelors Degree
• 3-5 years of working within higher education in cross functional roles
• Knowledge of how to execute a project and navigate the higher ed culture
• Strong SIS/ Student Information System previous work experience is required UNLESS candidate has worked 5+ years as a Project Manager in Higher Ed, then SIS experience can be optional.
• Comfortable cross functionally working with IT, Application Analysts, Data Analysts, the MBA and/or Doctoral Programs and stakeholders
• Standard MS Office skills required. Smart Sheet and Service Now a plus

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