Universities of Wisconsin · 1 day ago
Senior IT Project Manager
The Universities of Wisconsin is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to assist the Office of Data, Academic Planning, and Institutional Research in transforming UW-Madison's data environment. The role involves managing large, complex IT and data projects, assembling project teams, and collaborating with stakeholders to drive project completion and deliver business value.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Participate in internal and external associations and professional development opportunities relevant to project, strategy, and organization change management
Serves as a main point of contact for clients in the development and implementation of complex and enterprise-wide projects
Provides advanced technical and analytical guidance to project teams. Identifies and estimates tasks and applies established project management, process improvement, and budget and cost analysis methodologies to drive project completion
Schedules and facilitates communication for the integration of vendor workflow and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables for complex, enterprise-wide projects
Drafts and delivers project status communications and reports
Qualification
Required
Project management and program experience implementing large, complex information technology projects with diverse, cross-functional project teams comprised of functional stakeholders, technical teams, and executive sponsors
Certification in Project or Program Management from PMI
Experience managing project teams consisting of 10+ members both remote, in person, and hybrid
Experience developing reports, communications, and documentation for diverse stakeholders (technical, non-technical, executive, etc.)
Demonstrated experience in group facilitation and delivering presentations to various audiences
Preferred
Experience working in higher education
Organizational change management experience & certification (PROSCI)
Portfolio Management experience
Experience implementing enterprise cloud data warehousing or similar large scale data projects
Demonstrated experience managing projects & programs within multiple SDLC environments (waterfall, agile, hybrid, etc.) and experience implementing SDLC improvements
Benefits
Generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave
Competitive insurances and savings accounts
Retirement benefits
Company
Universities of Wisconsin
13 universities. 1 mission. To make Wisconsin...Future Ready. For All.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7MKey Investors
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2019-01-01Grant· $7M
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