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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Associate Director, Academics, Arts amp; Administration in Austin, Texas
Lead team of project management professionals providing design and construction management services for higher education projects for all UT Austin campuses. Mentor, guide and direct personnel to achieve maximum success in meeting clients' needs. Conduct recruitment, selection, orientation, training, coaching and evaluation of project management staff. Provide regular executive-level communications with Director, PDC Leadership and clients for project activities, from schematic design through construction.Serve alongside PM to represent the PDC organization to client during project design and construction phases. Provide engaging client leadership through relationship building and understanding clients' business and needs. Lead team to work effectively to meet clients' identified business goals and outcomes. Assign team members to fit client expectations and required outcomes.Use key performance indicators to measure and improve performance. Provide regular updates to PDC Leadership on project performance, in terms of cost, scope and schedule. Monitor project budgets and schedules to ensure compliance with approved budget and project goals. Monitor and manage detailed budget formats to track expenditures in collaboration with other Financial and Administrative Services units. Review and approve project expenditures for consultant services, service contracts, construction pay applications, and Owner - provided technical services within authority limits.Monitor and evaluate performance of all assigned Project Managers (PM) alongside the Team Leads (TL). Provide knowledge, skills and expertise for assigned project type. Serve as a subject matter expert for project management within PDC. With oversight from the Director, continuously review organization structure, work processes and work procedures and adjust as needed to provide the most efficient and effective service delivery.Plan, organize and direct staff activities to provide excellent customer service and meet client and UT mission and vision. Develop best practices to deliver the highest value to our clients. Develop, monitor and coordinate division resource planning in support of institution capital planning needs. Complete special projects. Serve on committees as assigned by the Director.Prioritize and allocate resources to ensure delivery of key initiatives, and maintain flexibility to maximize resource utilization against ongoing changing needs of clients.Ensure compliance with Board of Regents Rules and Regulations, State statutes, Federal regulations and laws on all projects under management by PDC. Ensure that operations are efficient and cost effective, that assets are safeguarded, and that financial information is reliable.Other related functions as assigned.