(Senior) IT Project Manager
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Job Location:
Blacksburg, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
The IT Governance Planning and Strategy (ITGPS) is seeking an individual with demonstrated Project Management experience within a complex enterprise environment who will be responsible for managing multiple concurrent projects across diverse and cross-functional teams. This position will report to the Director IT PMO and provide leadership to project teams following PMO best practices including project management guidelines project standards project scope risk identification and mitigation quality management project budget reporting and documentation. The PM will work with the Director and project sponsors to review and report on project work plans task management timelines issue escalation and risk mitigation strategies and has overall responsibility for reporting on status of project activities milestones and deliverables. The PM is responsible for assessment of project effectiveness applying best practices and collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement projects that achieve intended results. The PM will in coordination and collaboration with the Director and the Division of IT work with distributed IT units to facilitate training and education about project management practices to help drive adoption more broadly across the institution.
The position may be filled at the Senior IT Project Manager dependent on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.
This position is primarily remote. Howeverthe successful candidate will be expected to participate in structured onsite time in the Blacksburg campus areafor activities such as project leadership collaboration planning and relationshipbuilding.
Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Required Qualifications
Masters degree in relevant field such as business administration management information technology or computer science etc. or equivalent combination of education training and experience
PMP certification required or employee must acquire it within 18 months of the hire date (required at the senior level)
Proven experience as a project manager
Demonstrated experience with the Microsoft Office suite
Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in concise business terms to all levels of management including senior leaders
Strong organization time management and interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail
Ability to provide high-level expertise across a broad range of business and/or IT-related subject matter areas (e.g. SDLC Waterfall Agile methodologies)
Success in building and maintaining customer relationships at multiple levels
Preferred Qualifications
Documented experience in Project Management in similarly structured organizations to higher education (e.g. healthcare government and higher education)
Knowledge and experience in Scrum framework
Experience working with project teams with limited exposure or knowledge of project management methodologies
Experience leading managing and mentoring multiple project teams
Experience with identifying project management-related training needs to align with professional development opportunities
Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow or other project management software applications
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
Starting at $103550 commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40
Review Date
4/14/26
Additional Information
Sponsorship is not available for this position.
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
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