What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. IT Project Manager position at Universal Technical Institute and Careers?
Overview:
Pay Range: $100,000 - $125,000
What We Offer:
Abilities
Work Environment
The Sr. IT Project Manager oversees the success of assigned projects by managing all stages from initiation to completion. They are a highly organized people and process leader with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. They prepare reports for upper management regarding status of the team and projects. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals of the team. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically will manage two to three medium to large projects at any one time.
Pay Range: $100,000 - $125,000
What We Offer:
- Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
- Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
- Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
- Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
- Competitive Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
- Pet Insurance: Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
- Health Plan Enrollment: Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment
- Lead project management functions for IT teams to deliver highly scalable and flexible solutions to support growth and diversification strategies.
- Plan and manage multiple complex technical projects to ensure on-time delivery of products
- Facilitate kick off meetings, project planning, and solutioning meetings
- Determine and define project scope and objectives
- Develop and maintain project plans and project documentation to drive efficiency
- Drive on-time delivery of project including business case, requirements, project planning, testing, and implementation.
- Identify and resolve issues that may negatively impact a project or project deliverables to ensure on-time delivery and product quality.
- Define and monitor key project metrics and prepares status reports and dashboards to keep stakeholders informed.
- Continuously evaluates project risks and implements risk mitigation plans and strategies.
- Coordinates activities and deliverables across multiple teams including IT, business, and external vendor service providers.
- Leads efforts to continually improve project delivery processes
- Other duties as assigned
Education / Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems management, computer science, engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience with demonstrated ability required
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
- Minimum five (5) plus years’ experience working as a Project Manager or in a project leadership role required.
- Project Management experience within Information Technology, Software Development, or other Technical Engineering industry strongly preferred
- Working knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, FERPA, GLBA, DoE Blue Book, Accreditation Standards, etc.) preferred
Skills
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines and adapt smoothly to rapidly shifting work priorities and schedules.
- Competent in organizing, planning, and prioritizing work
- Innovative, agile learner with a desire for continual process improvements
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Adept at applying disparate elements of information to understand complex problems
- Organization and attention to detail skills.
- Perform work independently with little or no direct supervision
- Demonstrates flexibility and ability to proactively seek new solutions; seek new opportunities for optimized team and platform performance
- Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), MS Project, Azure DevOps, and Teams strongly preferred
Abilities
- Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 5 pounds 5% or less of the workday
- Must be able stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 5% or less of the workday
- Must be able to talk, see, hear, concentrate, think, learn and reason for all of the workday
- Must be able to sit and walk or otherwise move around for prolonged periods of time throughout the workday.
- Must be able to use a keyboard and do manual tasks for prolonged periods of time throughout the workday.
- Will require less than 5% overnight travel
Work Environment
- Work is performed indoors in a climate controlled environment.
- Regular business hours; occasional extended hours required
- This position is designated as Fully Remote
Salary : $100,000 - $125,000