Program Manager
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Job summary
The University of Texas System Administration in Austin, TX seeks an experienced leader to direct a program of complex capital projects across education, healthcare, and research facilities. This role will plan, design, and oversee construction management and contract administration to deliver major initiatives across UT institutions.
Responsibilities include strategic leadership, budget oversight, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with campus executives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 15 years of complex project management experience.
- Ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT System Administration and its infrastructure.
- Registration as Professional Architect or Engineer, or an advanced professional degree is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership and management for a program of multiple complex capital projects.
- Monitor program budgets and schedules to ensure CIP budget and project goals; approve expenditures.
- Ensure compliance with Board rules, state statutes, federal regulations, and law on all projects; liaise with campus executives.
- Monitor and manage relationships among OCP staff, project managers, architects/engineers, consultants, contractors, and staff.
- Monitor and evaluate performance of contract project managers; provide training and resources.
- Serve as liaison and public spokesperson to promote UT System initiatives including ROCIP and HUB.
- Stay current in applicable codes and regulations for design and construction.
- Collaborate with campus representatives and OCP staff to initiate process improvements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills
Education
Job description
Posted: 10/15/26
Deadline: 11/30/25
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience
Reference Number: 16339
The University of Texas System Administration
Job ID: 16339
Location: Austin, TX
Full-Time, Regular
FLSA Status: Exempt
Earliest Start Date: Immediately
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience
Hours per Week: 40 hours weekly
Hiring Department: Office of Capital Projects
About Us
For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans — and people all over the world — through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.
The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System’s thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives – not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.
Purpose of Position
Provide leadership and direction to UT System project professionals on higher education academic, healthcare and research facilities for program development, project planning and design, construction management, and contract administration. Provide strategic leadership for OCP campus-based project teams. Support other UTS offices as needed. This is an Austin, Texas based position.
Essential Functions
- Provide executive leadership and management for a program of multiple complex capital projects by providing program and project staffing, resource coordination, communication, conflict resolution, and oversight/quality monitoring at the system level. Program portfolio: Typically, up to 15 active projects with total value between $500 million – $1.5 billion.
- Monitor program budgets and schedules to ensure compliance with approved CIP budget and project goals. Approve, monitor, and develop detailed budget formats to track expenditures in collaboration with local campus accounting procedures. Review and approve project expenditures for consultant services, service contracts, construction pay applications, and Owner-provided technical services (e.g., geo-tech, survey, Test and Air Balance, audit, forensics, etc) within authority limits.
- Ensure compliance with Board of Regents Rules and Regulations, State statutes, Federal regulations and laws on all projects under OCP management. Ensure that operations are efficient and cost effective, that assets are safeguarded, and that financial information is reliable. Primary program liaison with campus executive management for program activities, from program development through scoping, budget and schedule definition; execution; and reporting.
- Monitor and manage the relationship between OCP staff, contract project managers, project architect/engineer, consultants, contractor, and institution staff. Creatively resolve conflicts between project stakeholders to ensure program goals are met.
- Monitor and evaluate performance of contract project managers. Provide training and resources on new policies and procedures as required.
- Serve as liaison, public spokesperson, and interface with campus executives, architects, contractors, industry and community associations, utility cooperatives, and general public to promote all UTS initiatives including ROCIP and HUB.
- Stay current in Codes and Regulations applicable to design and construction, including International Building Codes, NFPA 101, TDLR, OSHA, ADA, ASHRAE 90.1, SWPPP, and any special requirements of the building type (e.g., healthcare, research labs, special campus project types, etc.) or the local jurisdictions.
- Collaborate with campus representatives, UTS departments and OCP staff to initiate and develop process improvements for the UTS Capital Program.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Team building
- Negotiating
- Strategic planning
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field and 15 years complex project management experience.
- This position requires the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT System Administration and its infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications
- Registration as Professional Architect or Engineer, or advanced professional degree is preferred.
Austin, TX
Posted: 10/15/26
Deadline: 11/30/25
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience
Reference Number: 16339
The University of Texas System Administration
Job ID: 16339
Location: Austin, TX
Full-Time, Regular
FLSA Status: Exempt
Earliest Start Date: Immediately
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience
Hours per Week: 40 hours weekly
Hiring Department: Office of Capital Projects
About Us
For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans — and people all over the world — through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.
The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System’s thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives – not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.
Purpose of Position
Provide leadership and direction to UT System project professionals on higher education academic, healthcare and research facilities for program development, project planning and design, construction management, and contract administration. Provide strategic leadership for OCP campus-based project teams. Support other UTS offices as needed. This is an Austin, Texas based position.
Essential Functions
- Provide executive leadership and management for a program of multiple complex capital projects by providing program and project staffing, resource coordination, communication, conflict resolution, and oversight/quality monitoring at the system level. Program portfolio: Typically, up to 15 active projects with total value between $500 million – $1.5 billion.
- Monitor program budgets and schedules to ensure compliance with approved CIP budget and project goals. Approve, monitor, and develop detailed budget formats to track expenditures in collaboration with local campus accounting procedures. Review and approve project expenditures for consultant services, service contracts, construction pay applications, and Owner-provided technical services (e.g., geo-tech, survey, Test and Air Balance, audit, forensics, etc) within authority limits.
- Ensure compliance with Board of Regents Rules and Regulations, State statutes, Federal regulations and laws on all projects under OCP management. Ensure that operations are efficient and cost effective, that assets are safeguarded, and that financial information is reliable. Primary program liaison with campus executive management for program activities, from program development through scoping, budget and schedule definition; execution; and reporting.
- Monitor and manage the relationship between OCP staff, contract project managers, project architect/engineer, consultants, contractor, and institution staff. Creatively resolve conflicts between project stakeholders to ensure program goals are met.
- Monitor and evaluate performance of contract project managers. Provide training and resources on new policies and procedures as required.
- Serve as liaison, public spokesperson, and interface with campus executives, architects, contractors, industry and community associations, utility cooperatives, and general public to promote all UTS initiatives including ROCIP and HUB.
- Stay current in Codes and Regulations applicable to design and construction, including International Building Codes, NFPA 101, TDLR, OSHA, ADA, ASHRAE 90.1, SWPPP, and any special requirements of the building type (e.g., healthcare, research labs, special campus project types, etc.) or the local jurisdictions.
- Collaborate with campus representatives, UTS departments and OCP staff to initiate and develop process improvements for the UTS Capital Program.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Team building
- Negotiating
- Strategic planning
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field and 15 years complex project management experience.
- This position requires the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT System Administration and its infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications
- Registration as Professional Architect or Engineer, or advanced professional degree is preferred.
Working Conditions
- May work around standard office conditions
- 25% Travel
- Requires occasional evening or weekend hours
Additional Information
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in TRS is mandatory.
A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.
EO/AA Statement
The University of Texas System Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.
For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.
A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.
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