Financial Management Services Project Manager

About the role

The FMS work environment is grounded by core values that include cultivating growth, celebration and appreciation, and collaborating with curiosity in order to nurture an inclusive environment where everyone is valued, respected, and can thrive.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the full project management lifecycle: from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closeout; ensuring continuity and accountability at every phase.
• Independently direct complex, cross-functional projects that require a high degree of integration across multiple systems and stakeholder groups.
• Develop comprehensive action plans, including scoping resource requirements across personnel, materials, budget, and timeline.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations among diverse stakeholders to build alignment and drive consensus on recommendations.
• Partner with the change management team to design and execute communication strategies that address project scope, impact, and stakeholder needs.
• Develop a deep understanding of the organization's systems architecture, business owner priorities, and campus needs. Connect the dots across all three to identify dependencies, surface risks, and align project outcomes to institutional goals.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization; from executive leadership to frontline staff, translating complex data and system interdependencies into clear insights that inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years relevant experience or a combination of education and experience.
• Experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to productively assemble, engage, and lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated project management ability to employ integration, scope time management, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement components.
• Experience in the use of AI for project management activities and an understanding of the AI environment for the execution of AI projects.
• Ability to balance customer expectations with project reality.
• Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem-solving skills in a variety of situations.
• Keen grasp of interpersonal and impact awareness.
• Depth of knowledge in technical discipline/domain needed to deliver projects.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified or certificate in progress.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale, complex projects.
• Exceptional and effective written and oral communication skills.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills to influence diverse audiences, including senior leadership.
• Strong self-awareness.
• Experience with project management tools.
• Experience in an academic setting.