Senior IT Program Lead - Education & ERP Systems

PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Philadelphia School District in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Senior Project Manager for the Information Systems department to oversee large-scale IT initiatives, including ROI analysis, budgeting, and lifecycle management. The role acts as a liaison among clients, technology staff, vendors, schools, and community partners to ensure project success.

The position requires coordinating teams, preparing status reports, and applying PMI-aligned project management practices to drive on-time delivery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Six years of full-time, paid, professional experience in either operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project manager. OR Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work.
• Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads.
• Prepares reports related to project status and projections.
• Directly supervises technical business analysts as required.
• Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise.
• Works with vendors/internal developers to implement software solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends technology and software solutions that will satisfy the needs of schools and offices.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Strategic thinking

Budget oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Gitea

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Visio

Job description

Philadelphia School District in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Senior Project Manager for the Information Systems department to oversee large-scale IT initiatives, including ROI analysis, budgeting, and lifecycle management. The role acts as a liaison among clients, technology staff, vendors, schools, and community partners to ensure project success.

The position requires coordinating teams, preparing status reports, and applying PMI-aligned project management practices to drive on-time delivery and