Associate Director of Project and Change Management

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Department Summary

The Division of Strategic Educational Alliances helps UNT pursue some of its most promising opportunities the ones that emerge across traditional boundaries between academic disciplines university units employers institutions and communities. Through Executive and Professional Learning we connect UNTs expertise with professionals and organizations to create relevant learning opportunities that meet evolving workforce needs and prepare our students to be career ready on day one. We expand access and institutional reach through platforms like UNT Online and UNT Frisco. We leverage data to uncover emerging opportunities and develop new models that prepare the university for what comes next. Being a part of our team means working across traditional boundaries to build meaningful outcomes collaborating alongside talented partners and helping to extend UNTs reach relevance and impact across North Texas and beyond.

Position Overview

The Associate Director of Project and Change Management provides leadership and expertise for managing complex multi-stakeholder initiatives within the Division of Strategic Educational Alliances. This position serves as the divisions dedicated leader responsible for project management excellence and change management strategy ensuring initiatives achieve maximum impact through effective planning stakeholder engagement and sustainable adoption. This role develops and implements project management frameworks and change management methodologies that guide initiatives from conception through successful integration. This position exists to transform divisional goals into measurable outcomes by ensuring rigorous project execution and proactive change facilitation. As UNT builds its reputation in Executive and Professional Education and expands strategic educational alliances this role provides the essential infrastructure for managing growth mitigating implementation risks and fostering stakeholder adoption.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree in related field and five years of closely related professional experience.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

(A) Ability to set priorities and complete assignments on time.
(A) Ability to analyze organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.
(A) Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with university faculty and staff students and the general public.
(A) Ability to work collaboratively and building strategic relations with colleagues coworkers constituents and
volunteers.
(S) Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself other individuals or organizations to make improvements or take
corrective action.
(A) Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among
seemingly unrelated events).
(A) Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
(A) Ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation or to develop creative ways to solve
a problem.
(A) Ability to quickly make sense of combine and organize information into meaningful patterns.
(A) Ability to analyze complex information and develop plans to address identified issues.

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in a related field; significant experience working within complex decentralized higher education environments; experience leading organizational change and cross-functional projects; and PMP Prosci CCMP or comparable certification.

Required License/Registration/Certifications

N/A

Job Duties

• Leads project management for large-scale multi-stakeholder initiatives in Executive and Professional Education including platform development program launches and partnership ventures ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder alignment
• Develops and implements change management frameworks and strategies to drive stakeholder engagement adoption and sustainable integration of new programs processes and technologies across the division
• Supervises project and change management team including hiring performance management and professional development to build organizational capacity for managing complex initiatives
• Interfaces with senior leadership to coordinate project priorities communicate progress identify risks and ensure alignment with divisional and institutional strategic goals
• Monitors project outcomes and change adoption metrics providing data-driven insights and recommendations for continuous improvement and future initiative planning
• Other duties as requested

Physical Requirements

Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Hazards

No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

Mon-Fri Fri 8-5

Driving University Vehicle

No

Security Sensitive

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed additional references can be added after the application has been submit a cover letter with your resume and a list of professional references.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit and takes actions to prevent discrimination harassment (including sexual violence domestic violence dating violence and stalking) and retaliation on the basis of race color religion national origin sex age disability genetic information or veteran status in its application employment practices and facilities; nor permits race color national origin religion age disability veteran status or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination harassment and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice file a charge or report or testify assist or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.