Project Manager Sr IT Job at EdPlus at Arizona State University
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about innovation, inclusivity, access to education, and who loves working on complex, high-visibility projects that push the status quo. The right candidate will have a deep understanding of technical requirements, capabilities, and data flows. They will be a strong communicator - able to clearly articulate the next steps and push the project forward through an interactive, iterative approach. They will take initiative, demonstrate a sense of urgency, have strong organizational skills, and follow through on commitments to achieve high-quality, repeatable results. If this sounds like you, join us!
The ideal candidate will possess the following traits:
- You are collaborative, self-motivated, passionate, dependable, and a fast learner.
- You have the ability to adapt to an ever-changing digital environment and respond to change quickly.
- You are task-oriented and able to steer teams toward delivery.
- You tend to over-communicate, are responsible, empathetic, and if we asked past colleagues, they’d say you’re great to work with.
- You are very organized and can keep track of the minutiae as well as how it all fits into the big picture.
- You feel comfortable diving into various tech platforms to review data, make recommendations, and advise on achieving our goals.
- You have experience in - and a passion for - design thinking and prototyping.
Essential Duties
- Plans, organizes, directs, and supervises overall management of complex technology-based projects to ensure thorough articulation of project scope and control of expectations, deliverables, outcomes, issues, needs and constraints involved to achieve optimal stakeholder satisfaction.
- Recommends strategies and develops technical specifications for large technical projects; coordinates all aspects of planning, production, implementation and evaluation of complex technology development efforts.
- Collaborates with the cross-functional project teams across project workstreams to align scope, deliverables, tasks, and metrics.
- Determines and defines clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for team members required for specific projects or initiatives.
- Responsible for moving forward all technology-related deliverables. Leverages technical and project management expertise to contribute to concept development and execution; works collaboratively with stakeholders, leadership, and other related staff to define and identify all required project scope.
- Facilitates communication with leadership and other key strategy stakeholders, including regular reports and strategy progress meetings.
- Holds regular workstream meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects. Documents and follows up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
- Plans, develops, implements, and manages a project or product through full sprint cycles, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
- Communicates proactively with all involved personnel to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
- Manages multiple projects confidently yet carefully with incomplete information; brings structure where there is ambiguity.
- Prepares and maintains all project status reports and schedules; tracks deliverables, and dependencies; re-sets expectations as needed in consideration of project progress/outcomes
- Responds to all inquiries regarding project status; maintains and updates Jira project boards and related documentation
- Communicates clearly and concisely while running meetings or delivering presentations and written communications to large stakeholder audiences and executive leadership teams. Explains the status of technical risks and issues in a business-friendly manner that helps drive alignment.
- Builds, develops, and maintains collaborative working relationships across the university and global partners, including managing stakeholders, differing priorities, and conflict resolution.
- Assumes, coordinates, and/or manages other duties or projects as assigned or directed to successfully deliver projects.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Technology or related field AND eight (8) years experience providing information technology services, which includes three (3) years as Project Manager and/or Project Lead experience; OR,Twelve (12) years experience providing information technology services, which includes three (3) years as Project Manager and/or Project Lead experience; OR Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.Certificate from recognized programs that indicate mastery of tools and techniques relevant to the assignment may substitute for up to six months of experience.
Desired Qualifications
- Evidence of a Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
- A strong understanding of technical infrastructures and bottlenecks (ability to dive into various tech platforms to review data, make recommendations, and advise on achieving our goals). This may include prior experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, or other similar roles.
- At least one year of experience managing technical projects (implementing new technologies, integrating technologies together, or data and reporting projects), preferably with Agile methodologies and tools (such as Jira).
- Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, or PMP certification.
- Experience working with academic units and knowledge of higher education learning management systems (such as Canvas).
- Demonstrated knowledge of project management software, methodologies, and change management practices.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
- 8 years
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Scottsdale, AZ 85257
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