(Senior) IT Project Manager

Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The IT Governance Planning and Strategy (ITGPS) is seeking an individual with demonstrated Project Management experience within a complex enterprise environment, who will be responsible for managing multiple concurrent projects across diverse and cross-functional teams. This position will report to the Director, IT PMO, and provide leadership to project teams following PMO best practices, including project management guidelines, project standards, project scope, risk identification and mitigation, quality management, project budget, reporting and documentation. The PM will work with the Director and project sponsors to review and report on project work plans, task management, timelines, issue escalation, and risk mitigation strategies, and has overall responsibility for reporting on status of project activities, milestones, and deliverables. The PM is responsible for assessment of project effectiveness, applying best practices and collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement projects that achieve intended results. The PM will, in coordination and collaboration with the Director and the Division of IT, work with distributed IT units to facilitate training and education about project management practices to help drive adoption more broadly across the institution. The position may be filled at the Senior IT Project Manager dependent on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. This position is primarily remote. However, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in structured onsite time in the Blacksburg campus area for activities such as project leadership, collaboration, planning, and relationship‑building. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Requirements

• Master's degree in relevant field, such as business administration, management, information technology, or computer science, etc., or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• PMP certification required, or employee must acquire it within 18 months of the hire date (required at the senior level)
• Proven experience as a project manager
• Demonstrated experience with the Microsoft Office suite
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in concise business terms to all levels of management, including senior leaders
• Strong organization, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail
• Ability to provide high-level expertise across a broad range of business and/or IT-related subject matter areas (e.g., SDLC, Waterfall, Agile methodologies)
• Success in building and maintaining customer relationships at multiple levels

Nice To Haves

• Documented experience in Project Management in similarly structured organizations to higher education (e.g. healthcare, government and higher education)
• Knowledge and experience in Scrum framework
• Experience working with project teams with limited exposure or knowledge of project management methodologies
• Experience leading, managing, and mentoring multiple project teams
• Experience with identifying project management-related training needs to align with professional development opportunities
• Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow or other project management software applications

Responsibilities

• managing multiple concurrent projects across diverse and cross-functional teams
• provide leadership to project teams following PMO best practices, including project management guidelines, project standards, project scope, risk identification and mitigation, quality management, project budget, reporting and documentation
• work with the Director and project sponsors to review and report on project work plans, task management, timelines, issue escalation, and risk mitigation strategies
• overall responsibility for reporting on status of project activities, milestones, and deliverables
• assessment of project effectiveness, applying best practices and collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement projects that achieve intended results
• work with distributed IT units to facilitate training and education about project management practices to help drive adoption more broadly across the institution
• participate in structured onsite time in the Blacksburg campus area for activities such as project leadership, collaboration, planning, and relationship‑building

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees