IT Project Manager

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking an IT Project Manager 1 for the UIT PMO. The role is hybrid-eligible and requires on-site presence at the Stanford Redwood City campus at least 2 days per week.

You will lead multiple small to mid-size technology projects with a focus on timely delivery and budget adherence. Responsibilities include initiating and controlling projects, guiding stakeholder discussions, and implementing change management.

Qualifications

• Polished written and oral communication to diverse audiences.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated PM ability to apply integration, scope, time, cost, quality, HR, communications, risk, and procurement.
• Resilience, diplomacy, relationship-building and problem solving.
• Depth of knowledge in the technical discipline needed to deliver projects.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and close projects; lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Direct development of action plans and estimate resources.
• Facilitate discussions to drive consensus within scope and responsibilities.
• Develop and execute change management and communication plans.
• Manage risks, budgets, and stakeholder expectations on multiple projects (often $100k–$250k).

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Resilience & diplomacy

Technical domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

PMP certification / certificate in process

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: This position is a one-year, fixed-term role.This role is hybrid-eligible and will require candidates to be on-site at the Stanford Redwood City campus at least 2 days/week.University IT (UIT), part of the Business Affairs organization at Stanford University, is dedicated to delivering world-class service and technological solutions to advance research, teaching and learning, administration, and healthcare.This IT Project Manager 1 position reports to the UIT Project Management Office (UIT PMO), working with a group of technical project managers assembled into multidisciplinary teams to complete a broad range of critical University-wide technology projects, including Discovery and Implementation projects for enterprise applications and system integrations across domain areas like collaboration or content management, cloud services, data analytics and reporting, research computing, or information security or privacy. The project manager is responsible for managing multiple small to medium technical projects, leveraging project management best practices to drive continuous improvement and ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes. The project manager is expected to weigh the interests of multiple stakeholders, act with the highest professionalism, and exercise independent judgment and decision-making.Desired experience includes a proven track record of motivating a diverse team, partnering effectively with sponsors and decision-makers, and identifying and efficiently managing project issues and risks, while successfully managing projects to timely delivery and within budgetary expectations. The position typically focused 80% on project leadership and 20% on technical contribution. The project manager is expected to manage multiple projects, such as vendor selection and implementation, SaaS projects, development, and IT infrastructure projects, and application upgrades simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Core Duties:

• Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating,planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Leadprojects requiring functional integration. Complete sub-project and/orstand-alone elements (or a contained project such as constructionproject).

• Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirementsfor resources, including management, labor, materials, and time requiredto complete project.

• Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendationconsensus within scope of responsibility.

• Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategyand communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders on afocused project; actively manage resistance to change.

• These elements typically delineate the project managementinvolved at this level: Charter- charter and scoping involvement orscope definition, identify and shape scope; # of disciplines/stakeholders to manage is contained to localized department oruniversity constituents; risk- manage and report on risks associatedwith projects to upper management, risk sharing is maintained betweenmanagement and project manager; project complexity involvesstraight-forward technology applications to drive decisions; primaryuniversity relationship is at the individual faculty, department/director level; cumulative budget/scope from $100k to $250k.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Minimum Experience:

Three years of related experience in management of projects ofmoderate size/complexity with limited performance risk, includingproject planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or a combinationof education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Polished written and oral communication skills to address a widevariety of audiences.

• Ability to productively engage and influence cross-functionalteams.

• Demonstrated project management ability to employ integration,scope time management, cost, quality, human resources, communications,risk, and procurement components.

• Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationshipbuilding, and problem solving skills in a variety ofsituations.

• Depth of knowledge in technical discipline/domain needed todeliver projects.

Certificates and Licenses Required

Project Management Professional (PMP) certified completion of aProject Management Certificate program, or certification in process.