IT Project Manager I

$60,431 - $84,603/Yr

University of Rochester - Rochester, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Rochester, NY

Educational Services

About the position

The IT Project Manager I at the University of Rochester is responsible for managing small to medium IT projects within a cross-functional team environment. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders, including team leads and application build teams, to ensure successful project execution while adhering to established project management guidelines and methodologies. The position requires effective communication, project planning, and risk management skills, with oversight and coaching from senior project managers.

Responsibilities

• Manages small to medium assigned IT projects with oversight and coaching from manager or more senior level Project Managers.
• Gathers input from team members on required tasks and translates into a project plan with tasks, activities, dependencies, timelines, milestones, resource requirements and deliverables.
• Monitors progress of project activities and ensures all critical implementation criteria are met.
• Coordinates with Architects, Team Leads, Resource Managers, IT Leaders, and Sponsors as needed to ensure project team follows department processes for quality assurance, migrations and promotions, end-user acceptance/validation, training and support.
• Facilitates project meetings using effective meeting techniques for objectives, agendas, participants and meeting minutes.
• Develops and maintains reporting dashboards suitable for Senior Leadership to communicate project status.
• Conducts post-project lessons learned sessions to identify successful project elements and areas for future improvement.
• Identifies, tracks and manages risks and mitigation plans within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate.
• Identifies, tracks and manages issues to resolution within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate.
• Determines scope of the problem/project through collaboration with the executive project sponsor, key users and system and application analysts.
• Collaborates with technical team leads and/or Resource Managers to assign appropriate resources to the project.
• Obtains necessary approvals.
• Provides status reports to steering committees.
• Utilizes a variety of project management methodologies as appropriate to the project.
• Manages project scope and timeline using appropriate governance bodies and Project Office leadership direction.
• Keeps current with business and strategic goals.
• Understands other University service providers.
• Stays apprised of teams roles, processes, tools and architecture to better understand how the team works together to meet users' needs.
• Attends webinars, reads case studies and white papers and participates in other opportunities to further refine skills and stay apprised on project management topics.
• Builds and maintains internal departmental relationships.
• Makes presentations to staff on work-related issues.
• Serves on committees and attends meetings as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in related discipline such as Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology or Engineering required.
• 3 years of related experience required or equivalent combination of education and experience required; Experience in healthcare or higher education field preferred.
• Detail-oriented with a proven ability to manage projects required.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, analytical and problem solving skills required.
• Extensive computer literacy, including Microsoft Project, Teams and Powerpoint preferred.
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) may be required within a year of hire preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with ServiceNow, JIRA, Smartsheet, Clarity PPM or Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software preferred.

Benefits

• Full-time position with a salary range of $60,431 - $84,603 annually.