Senior Consultant- Senior Project Manager

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As a senior consultant- senior project manager in the Change Management Learning and Development practice area you will collaborate with team members to provide project management leadership across one or more workstreams within the SUNY Digital Transformation Project supporting planning execution coordination reporting and delivery activities. This role will work closely with SUNY stakeholders implementation teams vendors and the SUNY project management office to ensure project activities are aligned with overall Digital Transformation Project objectives.

Serving as a senior project manager your day-to-day role as a NYSTEC consultant will include managing complex technology implementation modernization or digital transformation projects in higher education and/or state government environments. This individual should bring strong experience leading cross-functional teams managing project schedules and budgets supporting project management office (PMO) governance facilitating requirements and stakeholder working sessions and delivering executive-level status reporting.

• Lead the planning coordination and execution of assigned SUNY Digital Transformation Project workstreams through all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project plans schedules scope milestones resources and project documentation to ensure successful delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including SUNY stakeholders technical teams vendors implementation partners and subject matter experts.
• Facilitate requirements gathering stakeholder meetings and project workshops to support decision-making and align project objectives.
• Monitor and manage project scope risks issues dependencies deliverables change requests and overall project performance.
• Prepare and communicate project status including progress timelines risks resource needs and budget considerations.
• Ensure compliance with PMO governance project management standards and quality expectations.
• Coordinate vendor activities support budget and resource planning and lead project closeout knowledge transfer and transition activities.

• Demonstrated experience managing complex technology implementation modernization digital transformation or enterprise application projects.
• Experience supporting projects in higher education and/or state government environments.
• Experience managing the full project lifecycle including project planning scope schedules budgets risks issues dependencies deliverables and closeout.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams including business stakeholders technical teams vendors implementation partners subject matter experts and executive leadership.
• Experience facilitating requirements gathering sessions stakeholder workshops or similar business analysis and project planning activities.
• Experience preparing executive-level communications project status reports meeting materials portfolio updates and decision materials.
• Knowledge of structured project management methodologies PMO governance and standards-based project delivery practices.
• Ability to work independently manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a complex matrixed environment.
• Advanced communication facilitation organization analytical leadership and relationship management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools including Excel Word PowerPoint Teams SharePoint and Microsoft Project.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• Experience managing technology projects for New York State agencies or other public sector organizations.
• Experience supporting higher education technology initiatives enterprise modernization efforts or large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Familiarity with New York State project management methodologies software development lifecycle practices governance processes and administrative structures.
• Experience supporting PMO Program Management Offices (PgMO) portfolio reporting executive dashboards project health reporting or project governance functions.
• Experience managing application development system modernization legacy transformation or enterprise platform implementation projects using Agile Waterfall iterative or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience coordinating vendors contractors implementation partners or third-party service providers.
• Experience supporting requirements documentation business process analysis solution design coordination testing implementation training transition or knowledge transfer activities.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Scrum Master Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) or related certification is preferred but not required.
• Experience using Asana and/or .

Education and Experience

• A bachelors degree and three-five years of related experience in information technology business or project management.
• An equivalent combination of advanced education training and experience will be considered.

The target base salary for this position is $84497.00 to $109846.00 per year. When determining compensation we analyze and carefully consider several factors including skill set experience location and job-related qualifications.

It is NYSTECs policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals regardless of actual or perceived race color creed religion sex or gender (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status) age national origin ancestry citizenship status physical or mental disability protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law genetic information military service and veteran status sexual orientation marital status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.

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