Enterprise Project Manager - Higher Education

Howard University; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Howard University is seeking a Project Manager/Coordinator to provide operational, project management, and administrative support for the Office of Operational Excellence. You will coordinate governance, meetings, and enterprise initiatives across multiple units and vendors.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration to keep initiatives on schedule, align stakeholders, and manage documentation, risks, and progress in a dynamic university environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, Management, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, or a related field.
• Three to five years of progressively responsible experience coordinating projects, programs, operations, or organizational initiatives in higher education or a similarly complex organization.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders and organizational units.
• Experience developing project plans, tracking deliverables, coordinating meetings, and preparing project documentation and executive reports.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate governance meetings, steering committees, and project working groups, including scheduling, agenda development, meeting materials, documentation, and follow-up actions.
• Manage project intake processes, maintain project documentation, and support prioritization of enterprise initiatives within the Office of Business Optimization.
• Develop and maintain project plans, implementation schedules, milestone tracking, action item logs, and status reports to support successful project execution.
• Coordinate communications across project workstreams to ensure stakeholders remain informed of project status, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Support coordination with external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners to facilitate project activities and monitor deliverables.
• Prepare executive briefings, presentations, dashboards, and other materials for University leadership, governance committees, and project sponsors.
• Maintain project repositories, governance documentation, project records, and other official documentation to support transparency, continuity, and institutional knowledge.
• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and implementation progress, escalating concerns to project leadership as appropriate.
• Provide day-to-day operational support for the Office of Business Optimization, including coordination of meetings, calendars, reporting, and administrative activities that support the Office's enterprise portfolio.
• Support the implementation of enterprise initiatives, including the Process Optimization Initiative, Workday Governance, Centers & Institutes, Research Administration, Development and Alumni Relations, and other University business optimization efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Project management tools

Collaboration platforms

Job description

Howard University is seeking a Project Manager/Coordinator to provide operational, project management, and administrative support for the Office of Operational Excellence. You will coordinate governance, meetings, and enterprise initiatives across multiple units and vendors.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration to keep initiatives on schedule, align stakeholders, and manage documentation, risks, and progress in a dynamic university environment.