Project Manager 1 - Project Management Office

University of Miami; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

University of Miami is seeking a Project Manager I to support the PMO on-site at the Coral Gables campus. You will coordinate complex initiatives, align with stakeholders, and drive projects from planning through delivery to advance student success and institutional goals.

You will work with campus leaders, faculty, and staff on high-visibility efforts, mentoring others and overseeing project health across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant project management experience required.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Documents project scope, budget, and justification.
• Leads multiple projects with PMO support to ensure on-time delivery.
• Manages interdependencies and communicates risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Office software

Job description

The Office of Project Management has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Project Manager 1 to work on-site in Coral Gables, FL.

Ready to make campus-wide impacts? As a Project Manager I in the Academy ePMO, you'll be at the center of exciting initiatives that help shape the future of the University of Miami. From improving the student journey and supporting academic innovation to modernizing operations and enabling strategic growth, you'll work alongside experienced project leaders to turn big ideas into meaningful results. Working from our Coral Gables campus, you'll collaborate with university leaders, faculty, and staff to deliver high‑visibility projects that advance student success, academic excellence, research, and institutional growth. Every project offers the chance to solve meaningful challenges, build relationships across the university, and see your work create real impact. If you're energized by collaboration, are eager to learn, and excited to help shape the future of The U, this is an opportunity to grow your project management career while making a difference every day.

Core Job Summary

The Project Manager 1 - PMO - Central supports the general Project Management Office (PMO) teams to deliver complex projects that span across the Enterprise, furthering institutional healthcare goals and objectives. This position oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of various Central projects to ensure the successful development, completion, and implementation of projects and initiatives. The incumbent works closely with stakeholders, cross‑functional teams, and leadership to ensure project deliverables are met on time, within scope, and on budget.

Core Job Functions

• Documents the project's creation, development, and execution and the project's scope, budget, and justification.
• Leads and manages multiple projects and assigns project managers with the support of the PMO Director and Program Manager and oversees results within the project/program/portfolio.
• Manages interdependencies and coordination across projects to ensure that information relating to project deliverables, risks and issues and effectively communicated between stakeholders in and outside of the department.
• Mentors personnel in aspects of the profession such as leadership, methodology, tools, people skills and navigating politics.
• Identifies PM-related training needs. Evaluates the readiness of a project team or organization and recommends the related training required to ensure the effective application of project management and leadership principles.
• Trains and mentors PMs that are required for the successful planning, execution, delivery and support of projects and their products or services.
• Performs project reviews and assesses the health of a project.
• Reviews findings so that the most important problem areas are clearly identified.
• Assists in recruitment, interviewing, selecting members of the project management team.
• Maintains industry knowledge on project management excellence and innovation.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field required

Experience

Minimum 3 Years Of Relevant Experience Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status

Full time

Employee Type

Staff