Announcement
Details
Open Date
11/12/2026
Requisition Number
PRN46755B
Job Title
Technical Project Managers
Working Title
Senior IT Project Manager
Career Progression Track
P00
Track Level
P5 - Expert
FLSA Code
Management
Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No
Standard Hours per Week
40
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time
Shift
Day
Work Schedule Summary
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm hybrid
VP Area
President
Department
00428 - UIT - Network & Comm. Srvs
Location
Campus
City
Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment
External Posting
Pay Rate Range
$70,535 - 136,705
Close Date
01/15/2027
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary
Technical Project Managers
Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery. Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management. Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules. Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.
Responsibilities
Technical Project Managers, V
• Leads planning and implementation of assigned projects.
• Coordinates and/or facilitates project kick-off meetings, workshops, and other meeting formats within the scope of the project.
• Defines project plans including scope, tasks, resources, schedules, budgets, risks, etc.
• Tracks project deliverables and monitors budget expenditures using standard project management tools.
• Continuously monitors and reports on progress and quality activities of the project to all stakeholders.
• Implements and manages project change management, risk management and mitigation actions to achieve project success.
• Performs appropriate project closure that includes evaluation, assessment of results and closure
documents.
• Lead, coach and motivate project team members on a proactive basis.
• Project recovery for failing or challenging projects, as needed
Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.
This is an Expert-Level position in the General Professional track.
Job Code: P35245
Grade: P22
Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Technical Project Managers, V: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.
Preferences
• 6+ years of experience with large, cross-functional IT projects.
• Progressively more responsible experience with IT projects of high complexity.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Business Administration,
Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with predictive (i.e., waterfall) and familiar with adaptive (i.e., agile) methods.
• Experience with Higher Education.
Type
Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information
The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.
