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Project Management

Project Management Managers direct the organization's portfolio of projects through a team(s) of subordinate project managers; develop and implement project management practices, processes, methodologies, and metrics; oversee coordination of personnel and resources required to successfully complete projects; monitor and report on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing; ensure adherence to internal and external quality standards; identify/resolve obstacles to completing project on time and on budget; serve as a liaison between project teams, external customers, or other functional areas of the organization. Project Management positions at this level require industry project management certification.

• Provide leadership and direction to project management activities, including major organizational transformation efforts; maintain best practices for project management
• Direct the work of project managers and teams, including hiring, development, and performance management
• Establish and coordinate improvements to project management processes for the organization
• Meet with various stakeholders, including those at the executive level, to analyze needs, and design and develop solutions; participate in thought leadership with unit or University decision makers
• Incorporate the goals and mission of both the unit and the customer in all work assignments and procedures
• Implement, review progress, and evaluate results on complex work assignments
• Analyze and evaluate vendor proposals; determine the feasibility of proposals and provide or evaluate cost benefit analysis
• Evaluate and initiate the change processes necessary to enhance programs
• Provide formal functional liaison with other units to collaborate and integrate large scope projects
• Maintain an awareness of developments in the industry for growth, and impart that knowledge to others
• Demonstrate an advanced competency in business analysis and organizational change management
• Participate in the strategic planning process and provide input into strategic decisions for unit(s)
• May be responsible for various administrative and budget tasks

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00