Library IT Project Manager

Reporting to the Director of Library IT and Digital Services, Princeton University Library seeks a Library IT Project Manager to manage all aspects of digital project implementation.

Responsiblities:

• Assist stakeholders with the development of digital and IT project proposals

• Manage the scheduling and planning of accepted digital projects, including timelines, interdependencies, deadlines, and resources required

• Define and help ensure acceptance criteria for projects are met

• Communicate and maintain relationships with digitization vendors, including managing RFPs and overseeing quality control

• Facilitate project meetings and monitor project status, providing project updates and progress reports, and troubleshooting any challenges that arise.

• Train staff to use locally developed software, especially that which is related to digital projects.

• Oversee batch ingest of outsourced digitization work

• Occasionally act as a Product Owner for locally developed or customized digital library software and other special web projects

• Help facilitate change management in relevant areas through communication with stakeholders about changes, upgrades, and planned outages

Princeton University Library, one of the world's leading research libraries, has a dedicated, knowledgeable staff of 300 in a large central library, 9 specialized branches & 3 storage facilities. PUL supports a diverse community of 5200 undergrads, 2700 graduates, 1200 faculty, and many visiting scholars. Holdings include more than 7 million printed volumes, 5 million manuscripts, 2 million non-print items, and extensive collections of digital text, data & images. Further info: http://library.princeton.edu/.

Qualifications

Required qualifications and experience:

• A Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of work experience, including at least a year of project management experience, or an equivalent combination of credentials and work experience. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. The successful candidate will work with a wide variety or technical and non-technical individuals who have different sets of skills and different amounts of professional experience.

• Strong analytical skills; the incumbent will make decisions that may affect all aspects of projects on a regular basis.

• Able to work in a distributed/remote, multicultural, collaborative team environment.

• Aptitude for working on multiple large projects at once, balancing priorities, and meeting deadlines.

• Demonstrated experience with collaborative/office tools,  e.g. Google Drive and Docs, Slack, Zoom etc.).

• Experience with project or content management tools such as Basecamp, Confluence/Jira, Trello, Github, Libguides, 

• Ability to maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops, cultivating a professional network, and participating in relevant professional organizations (e.g. the Digital Library Federation, the International Image Interoperability Framework, Open Repositories).

Desirable experience:

• Work experience in an academic library or other cultural heritage institution, and/or experience working with archives or special collections

• Knowledge of protocols and metadata standards used in libraries

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science

• Training or certification  in one or more project management methodology, e.g. Agile/Scrum

• Experience managing part-time student workers

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO IS THE LAW 

Salary Grade

AIT, 030

Standard Weekly Hours

36.25

Eligible for Overtime

No

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Essential Services Personnel (see policy for detail)

No

Physical Capacity Exam Required

No

Valid Driver’s License Required

No