Senior Projects Manager - Technical & Access Services

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University Libraries is seeking a full-time Technical and Access Services Project Manager to oversee complex, multi-department initiatives and process improvements. The role emphasizes collaboration with senior leadership to define projects that align with divisional priorities and measurable outcomes.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least five years in large-scale project management, including budgeting, planning, and risk assessment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Five years of related experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to productively assemble, engage, and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.
• Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required to complete project.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation consensus.
• Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project success.
• These elements typically delineate the project management involved at this level: charter origination or scope identification and shaping, scope definition; # of disciplines /stakeholders to manage is across-university impact, and city, county constituents; risk-manage, control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects, affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio and risk sharing and control is skewed further to the project manager; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving decisions; primary university relationship is at the senior associate/administrative dean, faculty and directors level; typical cumulative budget/scope from $250k to $1 million.

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Risk management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Stanford University Libraries is seeking a full-time Technical and Access Services Project Manager to oversee complex, multi-department initiatives and process improvements. The role emphasizes collaboration with senior leadership to define projects that align with divisional priorities and measurable outcomes.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least five years in large-scale project management, including budgeting, planning, and risk assessment.