Senior Project Leader - External Relations

Texas State Technical College; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas State Technical College seeks an External Relations Project Manager to lead the division’s project execution, modernization, and operational improvement efforts. This role translates priorities into actionable roadmaps and ensures alignment with TSTC’s overall goals, while coordinating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across External Relations.

The ideal candidate will bring senior-level project management experience, a track record of driving process improvements, and the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, project management, organizational leadership, higher education administration, or a related field.
• Four years of experience in project management, operational improvement, organizational effectiveness, or related work involving complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Two years of experience leading continuous improvement, modernization, service delivery improvement, operational transformation, or organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Experience developing project plans, roadmaps, reports, dashboards, or other tools used to support executive visibility, project monitoring, and operational decision-making.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders to plan, coordinate, and execute complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Leads divisional project intake and planning processes by vetting new initiatives, proposals, and taskforce concepts and translating business priorities into project scopes, timelines, roadmaps, and recommended next steps.
• Serves as project lead for select divisional initiatives and manages planning, execution, implementation, and transition to operational ownership as appropriate.
• Leads divisional initiatives focused on improving operational efficiency, service delivery, execution consistency, and organizational performance across External Relations.
• Supports divisional accountability for project execution by monitoring milestone completion, surfacing roadblocks, and identifying at-risk efforts that require intervention or escalation.
• Prepares operational plans, project summaries, executive briefs, status reports, dashboards, and related documentation to support divisional leadership reporting and decision-making.
• Builds strong working relationships across External Relations and with internal stakeholders across TSTC to support project alignment, communication, and execution.
• Partners with divisional leadership to support strategic planning, divisional goal setting, organizational evolution, and implementation of high-priority initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Process improvement

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Decision making

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, project management, organizational leadership, higher education administration, or a related field

Job description

Texas State Technical College seeks an External Relations Project Manager to lead the division’s project execution, modernization, and operational improvement efforts. This role translates priorities into actionable roadmaps and ensures alignment with TSTC’s overall goals, while coordinating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across External Relations.

The ideal candidate will bring senior-level project management experience, a track record of driving process improvements, and the