Junior Project Manager
- Employer
- Suffolk University
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jun 5, 2023
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Teacher Education
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Reporting to the Director, Project
Management Office (PMO) and as a member of the Information
Technology Services team. The PMO is a team of project managers who
are primarily responsible for partner relationship management and
who lead project teams in their day-to-day application of
technology to improve business process at the Suffolk
University.
Responsibilities include:
The PM is responsible for partnering with Suffolk University
administrative and academic departments in support of their
technology needs. Primary focus will be managing projects to meet
project commitments in terms of quality, schedule, cost, and
convenience to meet stakeholder requirements.
The PM is responsible for project discoveries and project
implementations as identified through IT governance and as assigned
by the Director. They will sponsor, lead and/or manage multiple IT
projects ranging in subject matter, scope, and time frame across
the spectrum of third-party integration, hosted/cloud services,
custom application development and web projects.
The PM works with various ITS and non-ITS teams to deliver new or
enhanced software/websites/applications on-time, on-budget, and at
the appropriate quality level. They lead and communicate IT
standards and best practices in project management.
Ensures smooth transition of completed projects into operations,
including coordinating with the IT Support Services teams,
Educational Technology Services, and vendor resources to provide
appropriate training and support. They assess projects at key
milestones if appropriate and upon completion, including production
of a synopsis of the implementation and a lesson learned
document.
Forms strong partnerships with senior department business managers
to ensure that relationships and communications with the ITS Group
remain strong.
The PM may be asked to dedicate a percentage of his/her workload
toward assisting key partners such as Curry College by providing
project management services.
The PM will utilize best practices in
project management and work to embed best practices throughout the
IT organization as well as provide leadership to business partners
shepherding the utilization of best practices in their respective
organizations for business process analysis.
Recommended Skills and Experience:
A bachelors degree is strongly preferred.
1 or more years of project management or related experience.
Active member of the Project Management Institute and member of a
local PMI Chapter is preferred.
Knowledge of agile, scrum, change management, and project
management methodologies.
PMP or similar certification highly desirable.
Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Must be creative and proactive. Must have ability to manage
multiple projects simultaneously and handle difficult
situations.
They will also be highly consultative, effective project manager
and team leader, and an effective written and verbal
communicator.
Successful candidates will also have strong presentation skills and
the ability to successfully communicate technical topics to
non-technical audiences.
Experience providing high-level technology client services in a
higher education or professional services setting preferred.
Prior experience with technology planning and portfolio management
highly desirable.
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