Senior Technical Project Manager

Western Governors University • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

The Senior Project Manager - Technical position will assist in the planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing information technology projects through completion. Responsibilities include monitoring, reporting, and making visible project status, issues, resource requirements, and project plans. This role leads sprint planning, daily scrum ceremonies, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. To be successful in this role, the individual will need a deep knowledge of Agile principles and help identify and remove impediments to support consistent delivery and continuous improvement. This role is key in directing and supervising departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products using the Agile Project Methodology. This position is responsible for ensuring projects meet or exceed technical specifications, customer requirements, policies, budgets, and deadlines. Keeps stakeholders well informed of area activities and significant problems. The Senior Project Manager - Technical position will assist in the planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing information technology projects through completion. Responsibilities include monitoring, reporting, and making visible project status, issues, resource requirements, and project plans. This role leads sprint planning, daily scrum ceremonies, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. To be successful in this role, the individual will need a deep knowledge of Agile principles and help identify and remove impediments to support consistent delivery and continuous improvement. This role is key in directing and supervising departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products using the Agile Project Methodology. This position is responsible for ensuring projects meet or exceed technical specifications, customer requirements, policies, budgets, and deadlines. Keeps stakeholders well informed of area activities and significant problems.

Requirements

• Leadership and project management skills that drive scope, schedule, and delivery outcomes.
• Creates WBSs, project plans, schedules, and milestone-driven roadmaps.
• Deep understanding of project management methods, including Agile, hybrid, and traditional approaches.
• Proficient in development cycles, system processes, software lifecycle standards, and large-scale technology delivery.
• Critical thinking skills that apply things such as analyzing problems, evaluating technical constraints, identifying and recommending effective solutions at scale.
• Experience using project and productivity tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Excel, collaboration platforms).
• Ability to influence, motivate, and coordinate across cross-functional teams.
• Works effectively both independently and within team environments.
• Ability to plan complex work, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and support administrative, reporting, and governance requirements.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
• 4+ years of project management experience
• Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements. Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Nice To Haves

• Scrum Master Certification
• Project Management Professional (Project+, PMP, Prince2) Certification
• Experience in technology and/or higher education
• Experience with Agile development
• Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements. Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and manage all phases of assigned IT projects, including scope definition, scheduling, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, work breakdown structures, estimates, and key delivery milestones.
• Monitor and communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensures collaboration between technical, business, and vendor partners.
• Responsible for ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards, technical requirements, and compliance expectations.
• acilitate Agile ceremonies, support backlog clarity, and promote effective teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Identify and remove project blockers, evaluate alternative solutions, and drive alignment on decisions.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, including requirements, test plans, decision logs, and change requests.
• Support testing, validation, and user acceptance processes to ensure successful implementation and smooth transition to operations.
• Manage project budgets, vendor deliverables, and change orders to ensure financial accountability.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
• ‑related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• bonuses
• medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• health savings account and flexible spending account
• basic and voluntary life insurance
• disability coverage
• accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• legal and identity theft coverage
• retirement savings plan
• wellbeing program
• discounted WGU tuition
• flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior