Senior Project Manager

Harvard University; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard University is seeking a Project Manager – Network to lead end-to-end delivery of campus network infrastructure projects, coordinating with network engineering, security, facilities, and vendors.

You will translate requirements into executable plans, manage risks, track milestones, and ensure projects stay on scope, schedule, and budget. The role emphasizes execution discipline and collaboration across IT teams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end network infrastructure projects.
• Ability to translate requirements into executable project plans.
• Strong communication with engineering, security, facilities and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of network infrastructure projects from planning to turnover.
• Prepare status reports and track decisions that affect scope, cost, and schedule.
• Develop and maintain standard project processes, playbooks, and checklists.
• Coordinate procurement, installation, testing and cutover activities with milestones.
• Support post-project reviews and implement continuous improvements.

Skills

Project management

Network infrastructure

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Budgeting

Vendor coordination

Team coordination

Job description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Why join Harvard University Central Administration?

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high-quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

More About HUIT

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to understanding our users and devoted to making it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work through the effective use of information technology. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines – and depth in specific areas of expertise. HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service-focused environment. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user-focused and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment we are looking for you!

IT Academy (designed for IT Staff)

HUIT’s IT Academy aims to enable each IT staff person to grow professionally and become a trusted partner to her or his team. The IT Academy is built on the belief that every IT staff member across the University (including technology employees at each school and campus) can grow in her or his area of expertise as well as building strong people and project management skills. Learn more here: https://itacademy.harvard.edu/.

The Project Manager – Network is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of network infrastructure projects across campus, including LAN/WAN, wireless, structured cabling, and data center connectivity work. This role leads project execution for a defined set of Network Services initiatives, coordinating closely with engineering, security, vendors, and campus stakeholders to ensure that projects are delivered on scope, on schedule, and within budget.

This position ensures that network-related projects and initiatives are well-managed, clearly documented, and operationally sound. The Project Manager partners closely with Network Engineering leadership, service owners, campus IT partners, and vendors to translate project requirements into executable plans, track delivery, manage risk, and support consistent, repeatable project practices.

This role is primarily execution-focused, providing structure, coordination, and day-to-day project management rigor that allows technical leads and service owners to focus on design, architecture, and long-term strategy.

Service Context

Project Management – Network Infrastructure

• Manage a portfolio of network infrastructure projects and maintain visibility into:
• Project status and milestones across planning, design, implementation, and turnover.
• Dependencies between network projects and related Voice, OT, security, and facilities work.
• Risks related to budget, schedule, vendor lead times, and site or access constraints.
• Resource and capacity constraints across internal engineering teams and vendor/contractor partners.

Support consistent project practices by:

• Preparing project status reporting tailored to network and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Tracking decisions, design changes, and follow-ups that affect project scope, cost, and schedule.
• Escalating risks and issues appropriately to service owners and engineering leadership.
• Helping ensure network initiatives deliver against agreed scope, timeline, budget, and outcomes.

Operational Discipline & Process Improvement

• Support consistent operational practices for network project delivery.
• Assist in developing, maintaining, and operationalizing standard project processes, playbooks, and checklists for network infrastructure work, from intake through turnover.
• Maintain documentation and reporting standards to ensure traceability of design decisions, changes, and as-built network information.
• Participate in post-project and post-incident reviews, helping track follow-up actions and improvements across future projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, clarity, and coordination among engineering, vendors, and project stakeholders.

Stakeholder Coordination & Communication

• Serve as a primary coordination point between network engineering, vendors, service owners, and project stakeholders.
• Coordinate closely with network engineering, security, facilities, and vendor teams to align project plans and schedules.
• Coordinate procurement, installation, testing, and cutover activities with project milestones.
• Support preparation of materials for leadership updates, project reviews, and stakeholder communications.
• Help ensure information flows clearly and consistently across engineering, vendor, and stakeholder teams.
• Build effective working relationships with peers across Infrastructure, HUIT, and external vendor partners.

Business Operations & Financial Support

• Support project stakeholders in maintaining well-managed business operations for network projects, including:
• Budget tracking and reporting for assigned network infrastructure projects.
• Cost transparency that clearly connects scope decisions to budget impacts.
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