Technical Project Managers

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 74,535 - 90,779; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah's Utah Data Coordinating Center seeks a Technical Project Manager, III, to lead planning, delivery and cross-team collaboration across complex health data projects.

You will coordinate requirements, budgets, milestones, and risk management, mentor junior managers, and partner with clinical researchers and national collaborators to advance trusted data infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• This is a Career-Level position in the General Professional track.
• Job Code: P35243
• Grade: P20
• Expected Pay Range: $74,535 to $90,779

Responsibilities

• Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery.
• Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality parameters; escalate and remove blocks as needed.
• Manage risk, issues, and documentation in formal logs with clear action owners and timelines.
• Lead, mentor, and coach junior project managers; influence talent development within the team.
• Collaborate to improve IT delivery methodology, tools, processes, and quality assurance.

Skills

PMP Certified

Spanish (Proficient)

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalency

Master’s degree or equivalency

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

Technical Project Manager, III – Join the Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) as a Technical Project Manager, where your work will directly enable innovative clinical research at the University of Utah and across national partners. This position will be responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of projects across the DCC. This is a growth-focused role ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. The Utah DCC supports large-scale health data infrastructure that underpins national emergency response, clinical registries, and federal research initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery. Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management. Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules. Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.
• Delivery Process: Accountable for the various projects that are under the ownership of this role. Ensure delivery to agreed time, cost and quality parameters. Ensure project goals are achieved on time in alignment with the stakeholders’ expectations. Ability to manage both large, small, simple and complex projects. Ability to escalate and remove blocks to progress. Have proven delivery experience and capability which enables this role to provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to junior project managers.
• Quality, Risk & Compliance: Ensure all risk and issues associated with owned projects are recorded and managed in the appropriate Risk & Issue logs in a timely manner, according to project standards. Ensure all Risks and Issues have clear action/mitigation/contingency plans defined, with named action owners and timelines for completion.
• Team Leadership: Contribute to the development of talent and capabilities. Use experience to bring new ideas and to identify and challenge practices. Guide, mentor and coach the junior project managers in the team. Manage the selection of project managers.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with others to improve IT delivery methodology covering tools, sourcing, processes and quality assurance.
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of projects. Think creatively about solutions to technical and non-technical problems. Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences. Facilitate effective meetings that produce clear action and consensus. Ensure that IT plan is consistent with project design and requirements. Build trusting relationships within and beyond the IT Team to achieve the goals and contribute to the success of the Utah DCC.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• This is a Career-Level position in the General Professional track.
• Job Code: P35243
• Grade: P20
• Expected Pay Range: $74,535 to $90,779

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience. The department may hire at the following levels: Technical Project Managers, III requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified
• Proficient in Spanish
• Experience with Confluence / Jira
• Experience with Microsoft Project
• Familiarity with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data

Type

Benefited Staff

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (URS). Eligible new hires with URS service may elect to enroll if they make the election before becoming eligible for retirement. The University may require a criminal background check and/or drug screen. The University values candidates with experience in settings with students and a commitment to improving access to higher education. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants. Reasonable accommodations in the application process are available to individuals with disabilities. The University of Utah is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. For more information, visit the University’s Non-Discrimination page and related resources.

Application Materials

Required documents: Resume, Cover Letter. Optional documents may be requested by the department.

How to Learn More

For more information about the Utah DCC, visit the University of Utah website at the official Utah DCC page.