Sr. Project Manager, IT - Central

University of Miami; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Miami's Enterprise Project Management Office seeks a PMP-certified IT Project Management professional to lead complex technology initiatives in a large enterprise. This full-time hybrid role in Miami, FL requires coordinating infrastructure, enterprise applications, and business-facing IT projects while engaging both technical teams and executives.

The Senior Project Manager, IT - Central will direct high-priority projects, assemble teams, develop schedules, and manage scope,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Manages projects with support staff, providing them with a clear understanding of the department’s mission, and directs them in achieving this mission.
• Monitors the performance of the support technicians for quality assurance and ensures that assignments are accomplished as scheduled and according to specified objectives.
• Coordinates the efforts of the functional departments to ensure that the projects are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the project charters.
• Interfaces with customers on schedules, meetings, and problems.
• Keeps customers informed on the project status.
• Anticipates potential schedule or priority delays and initiates plans for alternative actions.
• Creates strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Manages changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs, using appropriate verification techniques, to keep the project plan accurate and updated.
• Ensures a common understanding of project goals by setting expectations in accordance with project plans.
• Records detailed customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions with stakeholders to establish project deliverables.
• Pursues ways to improve operations and provides management with productivity reports.
• Establishes priorities which meet the departmental goals and objectives and identifies areas of improvement.
• Implements an action plan or initiative to achieve goals and objectives.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.

Skills

Learning agility

Teamwork

Technical proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

The Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) is seeking an experienced, PMP-certified IT Project Management professional with a proven track record leading complex technology initiatives in a large, enterprise environment, to work full-time hybrid in Miami, FL. The ideal candidate brings a well-rounded background spanning infrastructure, enterprise applications, and business-facing IT projects. This individual is equally comfortable engaging technical teams and senior executives, driving projects from strategy through implementation, and managing multiple priorities while delivering measurable organizational outcomes.

Core Job Summary

The Sr. Project Manager, IT - Central leads and directs high-priority projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration. Additionally, the incumbent oversees all aspects of projects over their entire life. Further, this employee assembles project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, identifies resources needed, and develops a schedule to ensure timely completion. In addition, the Senior Project Manager, IT interfaces with all parties affected by projects, ensures adherence to quality standards, and reviews project deliverables. Moreover, an employee in this position performs administrative and management duties related to appropriate tracking of Information Technology projects and trains personnel within the organization.

Core Job Functions

• Manages projects with support staff, provides them with a clear understanding of the department’s mission, and directs them in achieving this mission.
• Monitors the performance of the support technicians for quality assurance and ensures that assignments are accomplished as scheduled and according to specified objectives.
• Coordinates the efforts of the functional departments to ensure that the projects are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the project charters.
• Interfaces with customers on schedules, meetings, and problems.
• Keeps customers informed on the project status.
• Anticipates potential schedule or priority delays and initiates plans for alternative actions.
• Creates strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Manages changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs, using appropriate verification techniques, to keep the project plan accurate and updated.
• Ensures a common understanding of project goals by setting expectations in accordance with project plans.
• Records detailed customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions with stakeholders to establish project deliverables.
• Pursues ways to improve operations and provides management with productivity reports.
• Establishes priorities which meet the departmental goals and objectives and identifies areas of improvement.
• Implements an action plan or initiative to achieve goals and objectives.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

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

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