Enterprise Project Manager

About the role

An experienced executive leader is needed to provide transitional leadership for a Network Infrastructure Services division during a period of significant organizational change. This interim engagement focuses on stabilizing operations, leading organizational transformation, rebuilding culture, improving operational effectiveness, and preparing the department for a successful transition to permanent leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for all departmental operations.
• Lead organizational transformation and culture change initiatives.
• Utilize organizational assessment results to plan and implement structural and operational improvements.
• Identify organizational barriers, cultural challenges, and operational inefficiencies, and execute improvement plans.
• Restructure reporting relationships, staffing models, and operational responsibilities as needed.
• Address performance management issues through coaching, corrective action, reassignment, or separation in accordance with organizational policies.
• Restore accountability, professionalism, customer service expectations, and operational discipline.
• Improve collaboration with stakeholders and organizational partners.
• Establish governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term success.
• Stabilize departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services.
• Supervise managers, supervisors, and professional staff.
• Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
• Make personnel, operational, and resource allocation decisions.
• Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
• Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with executive leadership and organizational stakeholders.
• Manage departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Document organizational recommendations, operational procedures, strategic priorities, succession plans, and transition documentation for permanent leadership.
• Recruit, mentor, and prepare internal leadership where appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 or more years of experience, or an equivalent combination of certification, training, education, and/or experience.
• 3+ years of executive organizational transformation and change management experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading organizational restructuring and culture change.
• 3+ years of executive leadership experience within large, complex technology organizations.
• 3+ years of personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading organizational turnaround initiatives.
• Experience rebuilding organizational culture following periods of instability.
• Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks.
• Experience managing organizational change in higher education.
• Enterprise IT strategy development experience.
• Experience working with executive leadership, governing boards, and cabinet-level administration.
• Knowledge of network operations, project management, change management, and enterprise network architecture and engineering.
• Experience supporting audit remediation and risk management initiatives.

Benefits

• Group Health (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) matching
• Group Life and Disability insurance
• Professional Development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Variety of other perks