Advanced Technology Project Manager Sr
| Job: | Information Technology |
| Primary Location: | Georgia-Atlanta |
| Organization: | Library and Learning Excellence |
| Hiring Range: | N/A |
| Schedule: | Full-time |
Description:
Job Purpose: Direct the planning, execution and completion of large scale, technically complex programs and projects. Provide project management leadership for one or more multi-disciplined project teams comprised of technical and subject matter experts, engineers and project managers working in different phases of unrelated projects. Will serve as the lead project manager and top technical expert in IT project management, leading multiple teams and IT projects.
Major Responsibilities:
- Serve as lead project manager and lead project teams through planning, assigning and overseeing diverse activities; define project goals, objectives, scope and estimates of schedules, resources and costs involving multiple projects being conducted simultaneously.
- Direct project execution through continual coordination of planning, tasking, performance reporting, change control and issue management.
- Confer with functional users within an assigned business or service area to develop plans to address business needs; develop and implement change management strategies.
- Initiate communications among project teams, customers and appropriate levels of management.
- Perform project based management.
- Deliver project status reports and presentations.
- Develop and manage project budgets.
- Manage acquisition of project related goods and contract services.
- Provide mentoring, training and career guidance for team members.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Work Experience: Eight or more years job related experience
- Certifications: N/A
- Skills: This job requires highly seasoned skills in project management, budget administration, written and spoken communications, negotiating, staff supervision and public sector acquisitions. Expert knowledge of technical concepts, capabilities and limitations for a broad range of technologies or solutions is required as is an in-depth understanding of matrix management concepts.
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred Education: N/A
- Preferred Work Experience: N/A
- Preferred Certifications: Project Management Institute/Project Management Professional; Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI)
- Preferred Skills: N/A
Additional Information: Please note that this is a limited term position
Impact & Influence: This position will interact on a consistent basis with: project team members, department heads and managers and other academic and business offices across campus; contractors and consultants. This position typically will advise and counsel: management, user department heads. This position will supervise: may supervise project team members.