Senior IT Project Manager

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The Senior IT Project Manager is a senior member of the IT PMO and is a recognized leader in project management at Creighton University. This person will have a proven and consistent track record of managing multiple complex technology-based projects.  In this role, you will lead, plan, organize and direct complex projects and perform program management. You will mentor and advise other IT resources and project managers on project management methodologies and best practices.  This role contributes to the development and implementation of program and portfolio management, project management methods tools, techniques, policies and procedures.

 

The Senior IT Project Manager assists stakeholders in clarifying the business challenges/objectives to accurately set the scope of projects.  This role facilitates the development of business cases with quantitative information.  In this role, you will develop relationships and partner with campus stakeholders to understand their needs.  You will define project approaches and deliverables to most efficiently and effectively meet project objectives and stakeholder needs.  This position leads and/or collaborates with Solution Analysts to guide stakeholders and project team through requirements gathering, solution design and develop comprehensive project proposal to facilitate governance.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Independently lead, plan, organize, direct and manage multiple complex technology projects/programs, including planning, controlling, risk mitigation, issue escalation, budgetary control, and execution of implementation activities. 
• Preparation of status reports and provision of updates to project stakeholders, sponsors, governance groups.  Closing out projects and collecting lessons learned to improve PMO processes.
• Defining project objectives and developing business cases for proposed projects, including requirements elicitation, drafting project-related documents, creating time/resource estimates, cost estimates for proposed projects and change management of feature requests.
• Be a recognized expert - mentor and advise other IT resources and project managers on project management methodologies and practices. 
• Identify, define and implement continuous improvement efforts within the PMO, and help define standards, policies and practice for the Creighton PMO.
• Other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience in leading/managing complex IT projects and programs using both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Must currently hold or pass the ITIL Foundation Certification Exam within 12 months of start date
• Proven and consistent performance utilizing project management methodologies and practices to deliver complex projects on time, and on budget
• Master’s degree in relevant field preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM) preferred
• Experience in Higher Education preferred      

 

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Expert to Mastery level in most of the following skills.  A strong combination of intermediate and expert-level soft skills is required. 
• Expert proficiency in Project Management skills: Communications Management, Cost Management, Human Resource Management, Integration Management, Procurement Management, Risk Management, Scope management, Stakeholders Management, Time Management
• Demonstrated working knowledge to perform Requirements Gathering, Process mapping, Quality Management, Contract management, Process improvement, Program Management
• Project management skills should be with projects of varying complexity and size
• Proficiency with Application Development Methodologies – Waterfall and Agile
• Experience leading network infrastructure projects related to new installations, upgrades, and refreshes
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Working knowledge in financial management and ROI calculations            
• Proficiency in at least 1 PM tool suite
• Strategic and tactical planning
• Strong Analytic skills
• Good understanding of advanced technical components and system interactions
• Expert proficiency in Business case, functional and technical requirement documentation
• Soft Skills
  • Communication including technical writing and verbal
  • Customer relationship management
  • Collaboration
  • Teamwork focused
  • Strategic planning and resource allocation
  • Mission and Service Orientation
  • Accountability and adaptability
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Motivated, self-starter

 

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Disclosure Statement 

This description describes the general nature of work to be performed and does not include an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, or abilities required. Regular, reliable attendance is an essential function and all employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor. Employees may also be required to work in excess of normal working hours as workloads and seasonal activities necessitate. A complete description is available in the Human Resource office located at 3006 Webster Street Omaha, NE. Creighton University reserves the right to modify duties, responsibilities and activities at any time with or without notice.