Job Description Summary
GW Information Technology (GW IT) provides empowering tools and caring support for all members of The George Washington University (GW) community. We are focused on driving digital transformation and innovation to enable the academic and operational excellence of our students faculty staff and researchers. At GW IT we are committed to cultivating a team culture that values diversity inclusion respect and collaboration and invests in each of our team members to grow in their technology and career skills. As the Senior Audiovisual Project Manager you will report to and directly support the Manager of Audiovisual Design and Engineering serving on the team focused on designing and supporting enterprisegrade audiovisual solutions that serves GWs academic mission. The AV Design and Collaboration Spaces team works collaboratively with all engineering and support entities and enduser groups across the university at large. With an emphasis in strong collaboration and communication skills this senior Individual Contributor position is the subject matter expert overseeing the overall coordination completion and budget reporting of AV systems integration projects across the University. Oversees the audiovisual design engineering teams workflows and deliverables for project . Serves as GW ITs representative to various academic planning committees and provides consultation on GW Classroom Design Standards. Facilitates internal and external project kickoff meetings ensuring that all project participants are well informed of the project goals timelines resource alignments and work assignments. Creates and manages project schedules and coordinates appropriate resource scheduling for all relevant project tasks. Analyzes resource load and advises leadership on staffing impact. Compiles quotes for project material/equipment orders performs equipment allocation project budget & asset tracking. Performs status/progress reporting for all projects and communicates to internal stakeholders and external clients. Raises issues requiring escalation to management. Continually analyzes project risks and proposes mitigation recommendations to upline management. Ensures project changes are handled in accordance with the proper Change Management procedures. Performs project intake and triage by consulting with stakeholders and clients to perform needs analysis and translate into functional system requirements. Manages and ensures the quality of work performed by internal and/or subcontracted resources by actively visiting job sites and inspecting/verifying progress Develops and maintains strong relationships with customers by direct interaction with focus on understanding the customers perception of ontime delivery quality communication responsiveness and problem solving. Participates in the GW IT Community of Change Practitioners to ensure effective expectations management and proper communication of timelines and & changes Collects maintains and analyzes data on GWs collaboration spaces to inform the continuous improvement needs of our environment. Key contributor to the development of GW ITs annual Classroom Technology Refresh program Serves as a trusted partner with colleagues by fostering collaborative working relationships with internal IT teams and organizations at GW. Actively engages with architects general contractors integrators and other tradespeople to ensure the successful delivery of technology in GWs collaboration spaces. Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelors degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 5 years of relevant professional experience or a Masters degree or higher in a relevant area of study plus 3 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education training and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts for people unfamiliar with those concepts while avoiding jargon Demonstrated track record of delivering large audiovisual projects Demonstrated ability to use industry knowledge to solve problems in an innovative and creative way Demonstrated ability with applying project management principles with managing large projects and with reporting project/task status and problems to upline management Experience with both waterfall and agile methodologies and with establishing and managing work breakdown structures within a Project Management platform Working competency in productivity suites such as Microsoft Office Google Suite MS Teams and Monday and with cloudbased workflows Industry Certifications: AVIXA CTS PMI PMP preferred; preferred product certifications: Crestron NVX Extron Biamp Tesira Familiarity with Change Management best practices within a framework such as ProSci Able to occasionally climb ladders and work from heights of 15 feet
Work Schedule
MondayFriday 9am 5pm
Required Experience:
Senior IC