(Remote) Project Manager - ITS Modernization Program

The Department of Information Technology Services at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Project Manager for the WVU Modernization Program.

About the Opportunity

This position provides strategic leadership and oversees highly complex enterprise projects, coordinating the efforts of multiple employee teams and consultants. The incumbent will be expected to be an experienced technical project management professional with higher education experience preferred. In this role, you will need to build and maintain effective customer relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, advise senior leaders on strategies and best practices within a project context and use best practices and functional expertise in project management to drive organizational change.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.
• Wellness programs

What You'll Do

• Manage projects from inception to completion to help drive forward the University Modernization Program goals and objectives using PMP best practices.
• Provide project management leadership to a variety of stakeholders in projects relating to financial, human resources, student experience, with an emphasis on leading information technology projects.
• Create project artifacts including project schedules, project charters, project management plans, and executive reports.
• Communicate and give presentations across the organization to ensure all project stakeholders, including senior executives, are effectively updated on project status, issues, schedules, risks, budgets, and resources.
• Engage with highly technical resources to build project plans and communicate deliverables with non-technical staff.
• Serve as liaison with consulting agencies and well as units across the University campuses to direct and manage assigned resources.
• Integrate new and existing projects into strategic and tactical plans tracking team progress against schedules and work plans, negotiating changes in scope or project schedule, and closely monitoring and mitigating potential risks to the project.
• Responsible for the anticipation, identification, and possible resolution of risks from a multiple project perspective throughout the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for detailing, prioritizing, and communicating potential risks to avoid unnecessary departmental expenditures or inefficient assignments of project resources.
• Participate in the risk mitigation, resolution, or contingency decision-making process.
• Assist in the development of "lessons learned" documentation to avoid similar issues on subsequent projects.
• Analyze user department needs, make proactive recommendations to improve existing processes and identify where technology changes may create opportunities.

This position is a remote position, however, there will be a few times a year that on-site meetings will be required.

• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of project management experience.
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered.
• All requirements must be met by the time of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, problem solving skills
• Ability to comprehend technical documentation including system and architecture diagrams
• Experience working on projects in the software development life cycle or SAAS implementations
• Experience working with software developers, network engineers, system architects, business analysts, and other highly technical resources
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical peers
• Ability to lead diverse teams and engage in cross collaboration idea sharing as well as conflict resolution where appropriate
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills to anticipate and identify issues and concerns, analyze options and establish and implement solutions which balance and meet the needs of all parties within the program
• Ability to work independently to follow projects through to competition by applying time management and multi-tasking skills Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring that project tasks, budgets, timelines, and resources for the project stays within scope, on time and within project budget
• Experience creating comprehensive project schedules, timelines, and work plans
• Experience managing external vendor resources
• Experience with risk identification, risk mitigation, contingency planning, tracking, escalation, and resolution in consultation with the Senior
• Leadership Develop and deliver progress reports and presentations to senior management
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service to faculty, staff, internal and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening, collaboration, and problem solving

Technical Skills:

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required in the technical area:
• Understanding or familiarity of project management principles and creation of project schedules using industry standard tools
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, efficiently, and effectively in a complex business and technical environment.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Workday preferred
• Demonstrated ability to appropriately manage and prioritize multiple work assignments to ensure timely and quality completion.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive materials or information.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with employees at all levels within the university, and external consultants, vendors, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree.
• Higher education or IT project management experience.
• PMI PMP certification.

West Virginia University is a place of purpose and community. We take pride in our profound impact on the state of West Virginia and are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees.

From the groundbreaking R1 research at our flagship campus in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs at WVU Potomac State in Keyser, and the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley, the contributions of WVU employees resonate across the state, touching lives and shaping futures.

At WVU, you will discover a supportive community that champions work-life balance and fosters a collaborative atmosphere. Our core values - service, curiosity, respect, accountability and appreciation - unite us as Mountaineers.

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive and engaging working environment and actively seek candidates who bring diverse ideas, approaches and experiences.

Join us at West Virginia University, where your work will make a lasting impact. To learn more about WVU, visit wvu.edu.

West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and received an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. We value diversity among our faculty, staff and students and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.