Project Manager III - Technical

About the role

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency‑based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student‑focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing information technology projects through completion.
• Monitor, report, and make visible project status, issues, resource requirements, and project plans.
• Lead sprint planning, daily scrum ceremonies, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Help identify and remove impediments to support consistent delivery and continuous improvement.
• Direct and supervise departmental or cross‑functional teams focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products using Agile Project Methodology.
• Ensure projects meet or exceed technical specifications, customer requirements, policies, budgets, and deadlines.
• Keep stakeholders well informed of area activities and significant problems.
• Plan, organize, and manage all phases of assigned IT projects, including scope definition, scheduling, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, work breakdown structures, estimates, and key delivery milestones.
• Monitor and communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams and ensure collaboration between technical, business, and vendor partners.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards, technical requirements, and compliance expectations.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, support backlog clarity, and promote effective teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Identify and remove project blockers, evaluate alternative solutions, and drive alignment on decisions.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, including requirements, test plans, decision logs, and change requests.
• Support testing, validation, and user acceptance processes to ensure successful implementation and smooth transition to operations.
• Manage project budgets, vendor deliverables, and change orders to ensure financial accountability.

This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business‑related events as needed.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience: 4+ years of project management experience. Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements