IT Project Manager

Job Purpose: Provide project/program leadership and support for information technology project teams - from project initiation to completion. Assignments are typically small projects or associated components of mid- to large scale projects related to implementing new or revised information management systems. Teams are comprised of technical experts, functional area subject matter experts and project managers.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead or participate (depending on project size) in defining project goals, objectives, scope and estimates of schedules, resources and costs.
• Support 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.
• Coordinate communications among project teams, customers and appropriate levels of management.
• Prepare and deliver project status reports and presentations.
• Develop and manage budgets for smaller projects; participate in budget management associated with larger projects.
• Participate in acquisition of project related goods and contract services. May initiate acquisition process for lower costs acquisitions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Work Experience: Four to six years job related experience.
• Certifications: N/A
• Skills: This job requires skills in project management, budget administration, written and spoken communications, and leadership/supervision and public sector acquisitions. Knowledge of technical concepts, capabilities and limitations for specific technologies or solutions is required as is and understanding of matrix management concepts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred Education: N/A
• Preferred Work Experience: N/A
• Preferred Certifications: PMP Project Management Certification, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
• Preferred Skills: Experience with the IT Service Management (ITSM) Framework.

Additional Information: Please note that this is a limited term position.1 to 2 positions available.

Impact & Influence: This position will interact on a consistent basis with: project team members, department heads and managers within OIT and other academic and business offices across campus; contractors and consultants. This position typically will advise and counsel: principal and lead project managers and department heads.

This position will supervise: N/A (project/program leadership only).

The Georgia Tech Library is reimagining library spaces, services and collections on a campus where the students, faculty, and staff live and work on the leading edge of technology, research, and innovation. The Information Technology and Development (IT&D) team reorganized to align with the Library 's operational and academic direction to support the next generation of library services with an emphasis on online services and digital experiences. In order for the library to realize its strategic objectives, we are seeking an IT Project Manager Senior (1 to 2 positions available).

The IT Project Manager Senior is a limited term position that will manage the day-to-day execution of technology projects in the portfolio. Technology projects support initiatives that are facilities based (e.g. Library Store, Digital Media and Scholarship Commons) and initiatives that are primarily online (e.g Virtual Browsing, Web Redesign). The duration of the position is 2-4 years or until project completion or project can no longer be funded.