Senior IT Project Manager
Company: Creighton University
Location: Omaha
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
At Creighton, you are part of something big. Your skills and
passions unite with thousands of faculty, staff and students
inspired to change the world. Here, we offer meaningful work driven
by a 475-year-old Jesuit tradition committed to social justice and
serving others. Through this tradition, we push the boundaries on
innovation. We pursue new knowledge for the betterment of society.
We seek to improve our world through Catholic and Jesuit values.
And it all starts with you.--
We are hiring a Senior IT Project Manager to join our team. This
role 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.
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.
- Contributes to the development and implementation of program
and portfolio management, project management methods tools,
techniques, policies and procedures.
- Defines project objectives and develops 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.
- Assists stakeholders in clarifying the business challenges and
objectives to accurately set the scope of projects.
- Facilitates the development of business cases with quantitative
information.
- Develops relationships and partners with campus stakeholders to
understand their needs.
- Defines project approach and deliverables to most efficiently
and effectively meet project objectives and stakeholder needs.
- 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.
- Prepares status reports and provides updates to project
stakeholders, sponsors, governance groups. Closes out projects and
collects lessons learned to improve PMO processes.
- Mentors and advises 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
- Required:
- 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
- Proven and consistent performance utilizing project management
methodologies and practices to deliver complex projects on time,
and on budget
- Preferred:
- Master s degree in relevant field
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
- Experience in Higher Education Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- 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 Change the World From Here
AAP/EEO Statement
Creighton University is committed to providing a safe and
non-discriminatory educational and employment environment. The
University admits qualified students, hires qualified employees and
accepts patients for treatment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability,
citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
expression, veteran status, or other status protected by law. Its
education and employment policies, scholarship and loan programs,
and other programs and activities, are administered without
unlawful discrimination.
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.
Keywords: Creighton University, Omaha , Senior IT Project Manager, Executive , Omaha, Nebraska
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