Sr Project Mgr, Facilities

University of Rochester•Seneca, SC

3d•$70,600 - $105,800•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr Project Mgr, Facilities manages multiple simultaneous projects from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals. The role leads project development and multidisciplinary teams, defines project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior leadership and stakeholders, and manages planning, resources, staffing, supplies, subcontracting, reporting, troubleshooting, and project execution. It ensures results meet requirements for technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost, and recommends schedule, cost, or resource adjustments as needed. The position leads large-scale, complex projects, formulates systems-based project plans, monitors progress, identifies barriers and solutions, and manages scope, timelines, risks, mitigation plans, and competing priorities. It facilitates project meetings, creates leadership reporting dashboards, and provides status updates to leadership and governance steering committees. The role also manages a predefined budget, supports business improvement plans and presentations, maintains departmental relationships, and drives continuous improvement in project management processes and methodologies. The position is full-time, scheduled for 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the University of Rochester campus at 271 East River Road, Rochester, New York. The compensation range is $70,600 to $105,800 annually. A bachelor's degree and five years of related experience are required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A PMP certification is preferred upon hire.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and five years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Extensive computer literacy, including experience with Smartsheet, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.
Detail-oriented, with a proven ability to manage projects.
Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
Effective presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing large project budgets and complex resource allocation.
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI upon hire.

Responsibilities

Lead large-scale, complex projects from inception to completion.
Develop project plans specifying activities, dependencies, timeframes, resource requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
Monitor project progress and proactively identify barriers and solutions to ensure implementation criteria are met.
Determine project scope in collaboration with the executive project sponsor, key users, and other stakeholders.
Gather team input and translate required work into project plans.
Lead multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate activities to achieve project objectives.
Facilitate project meetings, including objectives, agendas, participants, and meeting minutes.
Develop and maintain reporting dashboards for communicating project status to leadership.
Provide status reports to leadership and governance steering committees.
Manage project scope and timelines through appropriate governance bodies and leadership direction.
Identify, track, and manage project risks and mitigation plans, escalating as appropriate.
Manage competing priorities and maintain internal departmental relationships.
Manage a predefined budget and support business improvement plans and presentations.
Drive continuous improvement in project management processes and methodologies.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Manage project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management.
Monitor project performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments, or resource additions.