IT Technical Project Manager – Level 1

Responsibilities

• Manage small to medium-sized IT projects with growing independence, seeking guidance (when necessary) to continually enhance and refine formal project management skills.
• Create and manage communications plans.
• Create and manage risk registers, issue logs, and manage risk/issue analysis, prioritization, and mitigation.
• Create and monitor project plans/project schedules and collaborate with project teams to ensure timely completion of projects and initiatives.
• Create and distribute clear project meeting notes.
• Properly escalate all issues of concern by communicating with project sponsor and the Director of the PMO for Technology.
• Transition projects from PMO management to operational status through transparent processes, including capturing lessons learned results for effective future project management maturation.
• Collaborate with administration, functional managers, and Subject Matter Experts to gather business and technical requirements to continue to move projects forward.
• Utilize Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software for plans and project asset management including charters, RACIs, diagrams, surveys, change requests, and provide formal and ad-hoc reports of project status as needed to the administration as well as project teams.
• Work towards formal PMI recognized certification, such as the CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), to improve the skills necessary to better manage Touro IT projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related fields.
• 2+ years of relevant IT experience required; Prior experience with IT project coordination or management, business analysis, and/or quality assurance preferred.
• Will need to obtain a CAPM, with support of PMO for IT.
• Higher Education experience preferred.