Senior IT Project Manager DEEP (CEMI)

Working Title: Senior IT Project Manager DEEP (CEMI) (Remote/3 Year Term)

No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

This is a three year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs funding availability and performance.

About the Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative

TheCornell Experience Modernization Initiative (CEMI) is a multi-year program designed to improve the experience of students faculty staff alumni donors patients and partners by unifying and enhancing administrative systems and processes across all Cornell University locations. Its name CEMI is said as See Me because the focus is on you: the people who use Cornells systems and data to accomplish your goals.

CEMI Donor Engagement and Experience Project (DEEP)a major multiyear effort to modernize and unify donor and engagement technology across Cornells Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and the Lab of Ornithology.

What will you do:

The DEEP Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for providing high level of project management within the Cornell Enterprise Modernization Initiative (CEMI) with primary responsibility for the CEMI Donor Engagement and Experience Project (DEEP)a major multiyear effort to modernize and unify donor and engagement technology across Cornells Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and the Lab of Ornithology.

The DEEP Senior IT Project Manager will work closely with the CEMI Program Management team that includes the Program Director Program Manager Change Manager Communications and Functional and Technical Leads for the program ensuring a smooth integration of project and program objectives management practices and communication protocols. This role also collaborates with other project managers and business analysts leading other projects/initiatives within and outside of the program.

Senior IT Project Managers are responsible for leading largescale complex and strategically important technology projects that support the institutions academic research and administrative missions. This role manages initiatives with broad campus impact requiring coordination across decentralized units diverse stakeholder groups and crossfunctional technical teams. Senior IT Project Managers provide leadership throughout the full project lifecycleinitiating planning executing monitoring and closing projectswhile ensuring that all work aligns with institutional priorities standards and policies.

This position requires advanced project management expertise strong strategic thinking and the ability to influence decisionmaking across a wide range of technical and nontechnical audiences. Senior IT Project Managers serve as trusted advisors to leadership mentor project staff and contribute to organizational project management standards and continuous improvement practices.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead large complex and highvisibility IT projects from initiation through implementation and closeout.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans schedules milestones and resource allocations.
• Drive execution and maintain accountability for project outcomes ensuring delivery on time within scope and within budget.
• Resolve project issues and remove barriers through collaboration negotiation and strategic decisionmaking.
• Identify any leadership role gaps and work with project and program leadership teams to develop solutions including assumption of sub-program leadership responsibilities guiding multiproject initiatives.

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Engage and coordinate with faculty staff administrators and external partners across diverse institutional units.
• Facilitate governance processes including steering committee updates decisionmaking sessions and executive briefings.
• Build consensus among stakeholders with differing priorities and expectations.
• Foster strong relationships and maintain alignment between technical teams and institutional leadership.

Scope Schedule & Budget Management

• Lead definition and management of project scope ensuring proper documentation and evaluation of change requests.
• Develop and monitor project budgets forecasts and financial reports.
• Proactively identify and manage dependencies constraints and crossfunctional impacts.
• Ensure project controls methodologies and documentation standards are upheld.

Risk Issue & Quality Management

• Identify assess and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement robust riskmanagement strategies to minimize project disruption.
• Oversee project quality assurance to ensure technical and functional deliverables meet institutional requirements.
• Coordinate and support user acceptance testing validation and compliance reviews.

Communication & Reporting

• Develop communication strategies and project documentation including status updates dashboards presentations and executive summaries.
• Lead project meetings facilitate discussions and ensure transparency in decisionmaking and progress reporting.
• Communicate complex technical information clearly to nontechnical audiences.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Coordinate and motivate crossfunctional teams including developers analysts engineers and administrative staff.
• Mentor coach and provide guidance to project managers project coordinators and junior team members.
• Support continuous improvement of project management practices and contribute to PMO or organizational standards.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Lead vendor selection contract negotiations and procurement activities when applicable.
• Manage vendor performance ensuring deliverables and timelines meet contractual expectations.

Project Closeout & Organizational Transition

• Oversee project closure postimplementation evaluations and lessonslearned documentation.
• Ensure solutions transition smoothly to ongoing operational support teams.
• Recommend process enhancements based on project outcomes.

Continuous service improvement (CSI)

• Provide structured feedback and participate in efforts to refine project management methodologies across the organization.

This is a three year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs funding availability and performance.

While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in information technology business project management or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5-7 years of project management experience preferably managing IT software development or web/technology projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects of varying size complexity and scope.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall Agile Scrum hybrid approaches).
• Experience with requirements gathering scope definition scheduling resource coordination and risk management.
• Proven success leading crossfunctional technical teams in complex organizational environments.
• Advanced skills in communication negotiation facilitation and consensusbuilding.
• Proven ability to build relationships facilitate collaboration manage stakeholder expectations and lead teams without formal authority.
• Ability to work effectively in decentralized matrixed or highereducation environments.
• Strong analytical critical-thinking and problemsolving skills with sound judgment and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently manage priorities and adapt to shifting organizational needs.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g. Jira Asana MS Project Smartsheet Trello Confluence SharePoint Teams).
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students faculty staff and community members.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) PMIACP Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification.
• Experience managing largescale IT projects in a highereducation non-profit medical or publicsector environment.
• Experience with enterprise systems custom software development integrations cloud migrations or infrastructure modernization.
• Knowledge of highereducation governance accessibility standards research computing needs and security/compliance frameworks.
• Experience with vendor management RFP processes and contract oversight.

Application Information:

• A resume is required for further consideration for this position. A cover letter expressing alignment with Cornells mission and this role is strongly encouraged. When applying through our system please remember to attach your application materials (Cover Letter and Resume) in PDF format.
• No Visa Sponsorship of any kind is available for this position.
• No Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is based in Ithaca New York however the successful applicant may perform this role remotely anywhere within the United States. Employees who work remotely may receive multiple W-2 Forms depending on their work location. The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State. The university reserves the right to modify suspend or terminate the remote or hybrid work arrangement at any time.
• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health wellbeing and sustainability. Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options generous retirement contributions access to wellness programs and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits Working at Cornell.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off Working at Cornell
• Cornells impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program tuition aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits Working at Cornell
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