Department: Information Technology
Salary: Commensurate with education and experience.
Description:
Under general supervision, provides project leadership and support for information technology project teams - from project initiation through completion. Assignments are typically small projects or components of mid- to large scale projects related to implementation of new or revised information management systems. Project teams are comprised of technical experts, functional area subject matter experts and project managers.
Duties: - Leads or participates, depending on project size, in defining project goals, objectives, scope and estimates for schedules, resources and costs.
- Supports project execution through ongoing coordination of planning, task assignments, performance reporting, change management, risk management and issue resolution.
- Coordinates communications among project teams, customers and appropriate levels of management.
- Prepares project schedules, timelines; monitor project and technical team's progress to ensure stakeholders remain engaged where appropriate.
- Works in conjunction with functional sponsors, technical subject matter experts, and/or business analysts to gather project requirements.
- Prepares and deliver project status reports and presentations using approved enterprise reporting tools.
- May provide input to the formulating and managing project budgets.
- Participates in the acquisition process for project-related goods and contracted services and perform additional duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in business administration or related discipline.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in managing multiple simple to complex IT projects.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Knowledge of project management lifecycle.
- Ability to communicate fluently and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
- Knowledge of various methods for eliciting and documenting requirements.
- Ability to manage differing perspectives among use groups, negotiate resolutions, and prioritize completing needs.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
- Ability to identify issues and problems, and communicate complex information clearly, concisely, manage complex issues and facilitate resolution.
- Ability to address faculty, staff, and student concerns with a service-oriented approach.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and data visualization tools, including Microsoft Power BI, MS Project and MS Visio.
- Ability to influence, develop and lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve established objectives.
All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.