IT Technical Project Manager III

The University of Arizona's Information Technology Services (UITS) invites you to apply for the role of IT Technical Project Manager III.

This position supports UAGC (University of Arizona Global Campus) and is responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and tracking of technical projects from start to finish. They are accountable for delivering projects within scope, on time, and within budget, while ensuring that they meet the technical requirements and quality standards. Manage several IT Medium to large projects, following APMO methodology. Manages the organizational portfolio through project-related methodologies and best practices, and bridges leadership with project teams. This may include strategy, planning, organizing, managing, tracking, budgeting, reporting and/or analytics of information technology projects to ensure the delivery of successful outcomes. Projects may include application deployment, system configurations, hardware, infrastructure installation or upgrades.

Candidates working anywhere in the U.S. may be considered for a remote assignment. If you are selected for this position and are employed to work remotely from outside of Arizona, your overtime exemption status will depend on the laws of the state where you perform your work. For employees working outside of Arizona, you may be hired as an hourly employee in accordance with state laws. A comparable hourly rate range would be $41.76 to $54.29 per hour. These changes would not affect the position duties as outlined.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Oversee the planning, execution, and successful delivery of enterprise-scale projects within the IT portfolio.
• Manage the full lifecycle of cross-functional projects with considerable impact across development and business teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Risk Management: Identify and manage project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues when necessary to ensure project success.
• Engage with the Strategic Enterprise Roadmap team to ensure alignment with project prioritization.
• Partner with key contributors from product, engineering, and business teams to capture requirements, identify risks, define milestones and success criteria, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across UAGC.
• Reinvigorate engagement with stakeholders, implementing meaningful touchpoints and consistent communication that instills credibility and confidence.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners.
• Focus on improving processes to drive increased throughput.
• Develop and implement effective change management mechanisms to ensure transparency and stakeholder buy-in.
• Identify gaps between teams, processes, and systems and drive solutions to completion to bridge gaps, improving team dynamics and productivity.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Partner with the product and
  engineering teams to develop a clear roadmap that balances business,
  technology, and experience considerations and that the entire team is confident
  in delivering on.
• Foster a people-focused environment, recognizing contributions and instilling a sense of belonging for team members.
• Collaboratively identify opportunities to improve collaboration, predictability, productivity, accountability, and quality.
• Serve as a trusted advisor
  to business leaders by collaborating on ideas, identifying problems, and
  recommending alternative solutions that create the highest value.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to have viewpoints from a student's perspective.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficiency in program and project management tools and methodologies, including Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), Smartsheet, and Microsoft Project.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Entrepreneurial spirit to create new and imaginative possibilities for revolutionizing the student experience.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to reinforce process change and garner trust via excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to execute multiple parallel assignments in a high-quality manner while meeting deadlines.

This job posting reflects the general nature and level of work expected of the selected candidate(s). It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The institution reserves the right to amend or update this description as organizational priorities and institutional needs evolve.

Bachelor's degree AND minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.

OR

Equivalent combination of education and professional work experience.

• Master's Degree
  
  
• 7+ years experience in Program and/or Product management
  
  
• 5+ years experience managing cross-functional/cross-team projects
  
  
• 5+ years experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
  
  
• 5+ years experience in Higher Education