IT Project Manager - 83014

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Lake Saint Louis (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Community College (SCC) is seeking an IT Project Manager to plan and lead complex technology projects that support academic, administrative, and strategic goals.

The role oversees ERP migrations, system implementations, data integrations, and system improvements, coordinating IT staff, faculty, and administrators across the college. The position requires strong project management, vendor coordination, and change management capabilities, with emphasis on delivering on time and within

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, complex IT projects from initiation through implementation.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage vendor relationships.
• Strong planning, budgeting, risk management, and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and deliver complex IT projects from initiation to post-launch evaluation.
• Lead ERP migrations, upgrades, and integrations across the college systems.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including IT staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Monitor scope, timelines, risks, and change requests with regular status updates.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, cybersecurity, accessibility, and regulations.
• Document decisions, requirements, testing results, and implementation plans.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Founded in 1986, St. Charles Community College (SCC) has areputation as one of the best two-year colleges in the state ofMissouri. SCC's service area includes a six-county region with apopulation exceeding 540,000. SCC's main campus, located inCottleville, has won architectural awards for its innovative,contemporary design. The college's Dardenne Creek Campus featuresthe Center for Healthy Living and the Field to Table Institute.Opening Fall 2025, the Innovation West Campus located in Wentzvillefeatures the Regional Workforce Innovation Center. With a focus oninnovation, St. Charles Community College is a leader in deliveringhigh quality education in a state-of-the-art learning environment.The success of SCC is rooted in the mission of serving thecommunity by "focusing on academic excellence, student success,workforce advancement, and life-long learning within a globalsociety."

POSITION SUMMARY

The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning and leading complex technology projects that support the institution's academic, administrative, and strategic goals. This role will oversee major initiatives, including ERP migrations, system implementations, data integrations, and system improvements. The Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and vendor relationships, and ensure effective communication among IT, institutionaldepartments, and executive leadership. The position will also support change management, testing, training, documentation, and the successful adoption of new technologies across the College.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, manage, and deliver complex IT projects from initiationthrough implementation and post-launch evaluation.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with competingpriorities.
• Lead enterprise system initiatives, including ERP migrations,upgrades, implementations, and related integrations.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams that may include ITstaff, faculty, administrators, institutional departments, vendors,and consultants.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and translate institutionalneeds into clear technical and functional projectrequirements.
• Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues,change requests and resolutions.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates toproject sponsors, executive leadership, and otherstakeholders.
• Coordinate data migration, system configuration, testing,validation, and implementation activities.
• Oversee integrations between enterprise applications,third-party platforms, and institutional data systems.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, deliverables,timelines, and project-related performance expectations.
• Support change management efforts, including stakeholderengagement, communication, training, documentation, and useradoption.
• Prioritize projects in alignment with institutional strategicgoals.
• Ensure projects comply with institutional policies, datagovernance standards, cybersecurity requirements, accessibilityexpectations, and applicable regulations.
• Maintain accurate and complete project documentation, includingdecisions, requirements, meeting records, testing results, andimplementation plans.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, steeringcommittee updates, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate project resources and assist with resolvingcompeting priorities, barriers, and resource constraints.
• Evaluate project outcomes, document lessons learned andrecommend improvements to project management practices.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement ofinstitutional IT project management standards, templates, andprocesses.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of theinstitution's technology and strategic priorities.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex IT projects frominitiation through implementation and post-launch support.