About the position
The Senior Technical Project Manager position at Jenzabar is part of the Managed Services team and involves managing simple and complex technical projects. This includes tasks such as managing technical consulting requests, application deployments and upgrades, SSO implementations, and customer cloud migrations. The Project Manager will work closely with customers and internal resources to develop project timelines, ensure projects stay within scope, and are completed on schedule and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of technical vernacular and best practices, along with 7+ years of project management experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepare a full project plan that includes all tasks and resources required for project delivery
- Schedule resources and identify milestones for project completion, including tasks to be completed by the customer
- Negotiate timelines with the customer effectively
- Coordinate and manage project planning and execution for multiple projects
- Provide timely responses to customer questions
- Manage and communicate information on multiple projects effectively
- Ensure Change Management controls are in place to stay within project scope
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor
- Possess a strong understanding of technical vernacular and technical best practices
- Have at least 7 years of project management experience, preferably in higher education
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira or SmartSheet
- Excellent communication skills
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent related experience
- Strong understanding of technical vernacular and technical best practices
- 7+ years project management experience including managing technical projects from start to finish, preferably in a higher education
- Experience with Jira or other project management tool
- Experience with SmartSheet or other project collaboration tool
- Excellent communication skills
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Days
- Paid Holidays
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- 401K
- Educational Assistance