State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, Academic Workforce Technology
About The Position
This position provides project management and operational support for Academic Workforce Technology initiatives across Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, with a primary focus on the strategic implementation, integration, and sustainment of the Faculty Workload Management (FWM) solution in alignment with Workday HCM, Financials and Student. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional, matrixed teams; manages scope, schedule, and budget; and ensures deliverables meet institutional goals and compliance requirements. In addition to day-to-day project operations, the role contributes to business process design, testing, and a structured continuous improvement cycle that delivers sustainable, high-impact outcomes for all institutions.
Requirements
- Four (4) years of professional experience supporting or managing projects, programs, or process improvement initiatives in human resources, higher education, or government.
- Experience implementing Lean, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement programs.
- Experience coordinating diverse project teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large projects from inception through evaluation, including scope definition, requirements, budgets, constraints, and communications.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, and the ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders from business and technical communities.
- Experience facilitating meetings, workshops, and/or training sessions with diverse stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Proficiency using analytical tools to interpret, cleanse, organize, and present data.
- Experience interpreting employment law, rules, regulations and personal agreements sufficient to ensure compliance and mitigate risk
- Demonstrated ability to make well-informed, timely, and data-driven decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with leaders and other key stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to create an environment that encourages cooperation, motivation, innovation, and high performance teamwork.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates cross-functional, matrixed teams
- Manages scope, schedule, and budget
- Ensures deliverables meet institutional goals and compliance requirements
- Contributes to business process design, testing, and a structured continuous improvement cycle
Benefits
- 11 paid Holidays
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- six weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500)
- a Pension Plan
- 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options
- pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts
- employer paid life insurance
- short and long term disability
- professional development
- a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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