Senior IT Project Manager

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The University System of New Hampshire is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join the ERP program team implementing Workday Student. This transformative and strategic initiative will bring all USNH institutions together in one fully integrated system with the goals to improve cross campus collaboration, drive system wide efficiencies and provide a user-friendly experience for students, faculty, and staff. Ideal candidates have experience implementing complex IT projects in Higher Education. Workday or other ERP implementation experience preferred.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for management, planning, and implementation of university system wide complex IT projects that are large in scope, budget, organizational impact and have high risk.
• Applies best practices in project management, such as those in the PMBOK Guide, to assure outcomes that fulfill project goals within scope, schedule, cost and quality parameters.
• Fosters project management by mentoring project managers both within and outside of the Project Management Office.
• Through the use of Lean principles and tools advance a culture of Continuous Incremental Process Improvement.
• Manages University System IT-wide projects.
• Applies best practices in project management, such as those in the PMBOK Guide, to assure outcomes that fulfill project goals within scope, schedule, cost and quality parameters.
• Perform portfolio planning for IT related projects across the University System.
• Partners with project sponsor to define projects objectives, scope, schedule and budget.
• Also partners with various internal and external departments to ensure effective teamwork in the planning, development, operation and support of assigned projects.
• Establishes project charter and plan, including success criteria.
• Establishes and coordinates project team.
• Leads project meetings and manages team members to ensure objectives are achieved within prescribed timeframe and budget.
• Working with resource managers and project team estimate resource requirements, develop project plans and scheduling for projects.
• Assesses project risks and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality and client-satisfaction levels.
• Tracks and reports project progress with respect to baselined time, budget and target vs. actual business results.
• Communicates and provides project progress reports for executive project sponsors.
• Manages appropriate change control procedures and processes.
• Maintains technical/functional documentation for accuracy and clarity. Implements effective communication strategies to meet the needs of project stakeholders.
• Manages vendor relations and assures contractual fulfillment as required.
• Analyze existing business practices and implement process improvements within assigned projects.
• Fosters project management by mentoring project managers both within and outside of the Project Management Office.
• Develop institution wide project management standards and practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT Project Management or related field, and five years of experience as a Project Manager, or a combination of education and experience equal to twelve years.
• Experience in managing cross-functional IT projects of moderate complexity and impact.
• Experience in leading merger and integration projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of PMBOK or Prince2 as well as Agile, and or other Iterative or predictive methodologies, processes, and tools.
• Ability to analyze project data for governance and compliance against key process indicators such as: project objectives, deliverables, schedule, cost, scope, and quality.
• Experience in developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, quality reports.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate business and technical objectives and requirements as they relate to project goals.
• Ability to analyze portfolio data for governance and compliance against key process indicators.
• Experience with Finance Management within Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as Workday.
• Experience with related project management software (e.g., MS Project, TeamDynamix).
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to negotiate with clients, staff and outside vendors as required.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, facilitation, presentation and consensus building skills.
• Experience in business process analysis and process redesign methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma a plus.

Applicant Instructions:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Contact Information for 3 Professional References

Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration. Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Location:

Durham
Salary Grade:
Exempt Staff 29