Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager serves as the project management team lead, managing day-to-day activities across assigned initiatives, overseeing timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables to keep projects on time, within scope, and under budget while contributing to long-range departmental planning.

This role develops, refines, and scales unified project management methodologies and performance improvement processes for research administration, drawing on best practices from peer institutions and other industries. The position also provides active project tracking and risk management summaries for senior leadership, communicates progress internally and externally, and delivers consultative coaching and mentoring to advance process innovation and project management across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline relevant to the area of specialty
• 6 years of related experience
• Equivalency/Substitution: Experience or a combination of education & related experience can be considered in lieu of degree. A one-to-one ratio is used to determine the number of years of experience required in place of a degree.

Qualifications

• None

Benefits

• Eligible: Yes

Work Schedule

• Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends)

Travel

• May be required

Position Introduction

The University of Oklahoma's Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships is home to one of the most dynamic and growing research enterprises in the nation, driving discovery, fostering innovation, and building partnerships that create real impact across Oklahoma and beyond. Are you motivated by collaborative problem-solving and the chance to advance impact-centered research? Join a team that sits at the heart of OU's research mission to answer the question, Where Better Than Oklahoma?

If you're ready to grow your career while helping OU researchers do their best work, we'd love to have you on our team. Learn more at ou.edu/research