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Description The Department of Information Technology Services at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Project Manager for the WVU Modernization Program. About the Opportunity This position provides strategic leadership and oversees highly complex enterprise projects, coordinating the efforts of multiple employee teams and consultants. The incumbent will be expected to be an experienced technical project management professional with higher education experience preferred. In this role, you will need to build and maintain effective customer relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, advise senior leaders on strategies and best practices within a project context and use best practices and functional expertise in project management to drive organizational change. We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including: 37.5-hour work week 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar) 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave) 18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof) WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's. Wellness programs What You'll Do Manage projects from inception to completion to help drive forward the University Modernization Program goals and objectives using PMP best practices. Provide project management leadership to a variety of stakeholders in projects relating to financial, human resources, student experience, with an emphasis on leading information technology projects. Create project artifacts including project schedules, project charters, project management plans, and executive reports. Communicate and give presentations across the organization to ensure all project stakeholders, including senior executives, are effectively updated on project status, issues, schedules, risks, budgets, and resources. Engage with highly technical resources to build project plans and communicate deliverables with non-technical staff. Serve as liaison with consulting agencies and well as units across the University campuses to direct and manage assigned resources. Integrate new and existing projects into strategic and tactical plans tracking team progress against schedules and work plans, negotiating changes in scope or project schedule, and closely monitoring and mitigating potential risks to the project. Responsible for the anticipation, identification, and possible resolution of risks from a multiple project perspective throughout the project lifecycle. Responsible for detailing, prioritizing, and communicating potential risks to avoid unnecessary departmental expenditures or inefficient assignments of project resources. Participate in the risk mitigation, resolution, or contingency decision-making process. Assist in the development... For full info follow application link.

West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.