Senior Project Manager
About The Position
This is administrative and managerial project work for the Office of the Superintendent, inclusive of project scope preparation, return on investment (ROI) analysis, financial projection, project and life cycle implementation, staffing coordination and/or management, contract administration, and budget oversight. Employees in this class may be responsible for facilitating dialogue between Central Office staff, vendors, external agencies, schools and community partners. Work involves meeting with Central Office staff and key stakeholders to discuss their needs, documenting goals and requirements for various projects, and/or identifying and implementing professional learning with central offices, schools and community partners. Serves as a point of contact for clients and key stakeholders with projects in progress. Work additionally involves formally employing industry-recognized projects management principles, techniques, and best practices, to develop, monitor, report, and coordinate all aspects of a project from inception to post-implementation support. Ensures that actions are strategic and include a plan on the evaluation of progress. Project oversight activities may additionally include coordination of support activities inclusive of training, outreach, and customer relationship management. Ensures that data pertaining to programmatic activities is systematically collected, reviewed and analyzed. Projects in this class are classified as large and complex enterprise-wide or cross-functional in scope/impact generally with a multi-year life cycle.
Requirements
- Completion of a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited college or university.
- Six years of full-time, paid, professional, experience in either administration, operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project manager.
- Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
- All work experience related to the position must be included on the resume.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the procedures and methods utilized to implement systemic change in a timely, accurate, and effective manner.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Google Workspace suite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and/or other productivity and scheduling tools.
- Demonstrated ability to be a champion for K-12 public education.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large or complex projects and/or budgets.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and direct project activities and allocate staff resources to tasks efficiently.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve complex problems.
- Demonstrated ability to represent a superior at meetings and conferences.
- Demonstrated ability to present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effectives working relationships.
Nice To Haves
- An applicant who does not meet the minimum education or work experience requirements listed above may be considered if, at the sole discretion of the Talent Office, they have a unique combination of education and work experiences that indicates potential for success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work.
- Participates or directs contract negotiation and/or preparation.
- Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads.
- Works with selected teams on specific aspects of meeting project goals in a timely manner.
- Prepares, manages, audits, and maintains direct responsibly for project budgets.
- Prepares reports related to project status and projections.
- Directly supervises project or department staff as required.
- Develops and builds good communications and relationships with District leaders and staff.
- Facilitates meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Uses data on process effectiveness to identify potential improvements and codify successful approaches.
- Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise.
- Supports administrative and managerial project work for projects and initiatives under the responsibility or oversight of the Deputy Chief of Staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
