University of Missouri-Columbia · 13 hours ago
PROJECT MANAGER-HYBRID
Columbia, MO
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$45K/yr - $75K/yr
4+ years expUniversity of Missouri is seeking a Project Manager for their Division of Information Technology. This role involves defining project scope, overseeing planning and execution, managing budgets, and ensuring communication among stakeholders.
Education
No H1B
Responsibilities
Define scope, build plans, set timelines, align goals; oversee charter authoring and approval process, facilitate planning meetings and status update meetings, align project goals with executive leadership and strategic initiatives at the university
Lead teams, assign work, maintain communication flow; assign tasks and monitor progress, provide guidance and support to team members, foster collaboration and member accountability
Manage budgets, allocate resources, track spending where applicable; work with vendor and executive sponsor to manage project spending. communicate where necessary risks of project running over budgeted amount
Provide updates, manage expectations, centralize communication; prepare progress reports for leadership, maintain project plans and documentation for audits and future reference, serve as primary contact for stakeholder and vendor communications
Identify risks, mitigate issues, remove blockers; identify dependent or project-impacting systems and initiatives, escalate resource requests and advocacy, work with project team leads and sponsors to remove other barriers to completing project tasks, document where risk remediation was not possible and risk was accepted and understood
Monitor progress, adjust plans, ensure quality; validate deliverable progress against project charter, oversee change requests and ensure proper approvals
Finalize deliverables, conduct reviews, document lessons; validate deliverables have been completed, develop project closure documentation including transfer to operations procedures, conduct lessons learned sessions for future reference
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree in project management, business, information technology, computer science, or a related area is necessary
Preferred
Prefer at least four years work experience, managing enterprise-level projects
Project Management Profession (PMP) is preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision plans
Retirement
Paid time off
Short- and long-term disability
Paid parental leave
Paid caregiver leave
Educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses
Company
University of Missouri-Columbia
We are Mizzou! Our distinct mission, as Missouri's only state-supported member of the Association of American Universities, is to provide all Missourians the benefits of a world-class research university.
Founded in 2011Columbia, Missouri, USA
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Carli Carmack
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT COORDINATOR SR
Chad Higgins
Interim Vice Chancellor for Extension and Engagement & Chief Engagement Officer for the UM System
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