Project Manager for Partnerships
| Company | University of Texas – Austin |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $65000 – $65000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or related field of discipline.
- Five years’ experience in project or program management in an enterprise or educational environment.
- Demonstrated success at leading multiple projects concurrently under pressure of deadlines and evolving requirements and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated strong customer ideas, processes, and requirements.
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated experience creating project documentation, including process mapping, schedules, budgets, communication plans, and test plans.
- Able to work effectively both independently and rapidly to adapt to change in high-pressure environments.
- Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Responsibilities
- Advises and provides solutions on continuous and functional process improvement opportunities, efficiencies, cross-team reporting mechanisms, and impacts of the Project Management Methodology.
- Develops, strengthens, and cultivates effective working relationships with project sponsors and teams to ensure cross-team communication, transparency, consistency, and successful achievement of project goals and outcomes.
- Evaluates assigned projects and plans utilizing standard Project Management Methodology. Effectively communicates and consults with project sponsors and project contributors to ensure fidelity, consistency, and alignment of the methodology for successful project delivery and implementation.
- Manages end-to-end operational tactical aspects of cross-unit projects varying in size, scope, business impact, and risk. Creates and maintains quality project documentation and assets based on the standard set as delivered through the Project Management Office.
- Recognizes, identifies, and anticipates problematic situations, magnifies/mitigates risks and impact, makes sound decisions, and takes corrective action for issue resolution. Collaborates with project sponsors and project teams to evaluate and resolve conflicts to produce successful outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree.
- More than five years’ experience managing projects in an enterprise or educational environment.
- Experience with Project Management Tools, Learning Management Systems, Human Resources Systems, such as Smartsheet, Canvas, Workday.
- Two or more years of experience working in Event Planning and Management.