Senior Project Manager (Application Development)

Position: Senior Project Manager (Application Development)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)
Employment type: Contract position
End-client: A leading university in PA
Interview process: 2 technical interviews (final round will be in-person)

Client note:

• The candidate must be local or nearby because this project is hybrid and the final round of interview will be in-person.

Job description:

The ideal profile should include strong project management experience in application development and/or modernization programs, stakeholder coordination, requirements management, delivery tracking, risk/dependency management, and comfort working in a complex university, healthcare, research, or enterprise environment.

POSITION GOAL:

• Manage key technology projects with the goal of delivering each within scope, on time, and within budget.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to lead all relevant project stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Assist all departments involved in a project to set realistic goals and ensure technical feasibility of solutions.
• Coordinate resource availability, alignment, and allocation across all departments, both technical and non-technical, to ensure project success.
• Develop risk management plans and perform risk assessments.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures, monitor, and track progress against task completion.
• Successfully build and manage relationships with project team members and external partners to the district.
• Develop communication plans and consistently communicate project status to stakeholders in an organized, consistent manner.
• Lead change management of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Assist in coordinating district-wide events and activities as designated.
• Coordinate the development of and monitoring of budgets, including expenditures related to programs and grants.
• Coordinate efforts of personnel outside scope of authority to achieve project goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Chief Technology Officer.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience, degree preferred.
• Three (3) years of work experience implementing, managing, and maintaining multiple simultaneous technology projects.
• Experience leading, to completion, enterprise-level application or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple vendors and subcontractors.
• Having or working toward attaining Project Management Institute Certification (i.e., Project Management Professional (PMP) status.