Program Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt. Earliest start date: Immediately. Hiring Department: Office of Capital Projects.
About the role
The University of Texas System Administration provides leadership and direction to UT System project professionals on higher education academic, healthcare and research facilities for program development, project planning and design, construction management, and contract administration. It provides strategic leadership for OCP campus-based project teams and supports other UTS offices as needed. Based in Austin, Texas, the UT System Administration employs over 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers across nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and the System Administration, and is committed to a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives and adheres to state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership and management for a program of multiple complex capital projects by providing program and project staffing, resource coordination, communication, conflict resolution, and oversight/quality monitoring at the system level.
- Program portfolio: Typically, up to 15 active projects with total value between $500 million and $1.5 billion.
- Monitor program budgets and schedules to ensure compliance with approved CIP budget and project goals.
- Approve, monitor, and develop detailed budget formats to track expenditures in collaboration with local campus accounting procedures.
- Review and approve project expenditures for consultant services, service contracts, construction pay applications, and Owner‑provided technical services (e.g., geo‑tech, survey, Test and Air Balance, audit, forensics, etc.) within authority limits.
- Ensure compliance with Board of Regents Rules and Regulations, State statutes, Federal regulations and laws on