Responsibilities:

• Leads projects of very large size and/or high complexity, and/or multiple projects of mixed complexity levels and sizes.
• May provide support to one or more projects of high complexity as part of a program or portfolio team.
• Manages project with budget responsibility up to (USD)5 million, and may require matrix supervision of staff from other IT departments and divisions, and contractor/vendor resources.
• Responsible for achieving project objectives and completion on time, on budget, and in conformance to enterprise, departmental, and IT methodologies and practices as required.
• Solicits technological input from senior technical resources assigned to their project team(s), and facilitates technology problem-solving activities.
• Works directly with institutional committees and oversight bodies to understand priorities, develop project action plans, facilitate approvals, and work across organizational boundaries to develop and/or implement project proposals that meet the objectives of those groups.
• Supports strategic planning and execution of multi-year initiatives that may involve multiple inter-relationships and complexities, requiring the development and execution of complex communication and management plans to achieve.
• Makes judgments and takes any reasonable action required to accomplish agreed to project objectives under general guidance.
• Serves as subject matter expert regarding both departmental and institutional project management practices, methods and standards.
• Leads the ongoing adoption and continued evolution of a Project Focused Culture within the Information Technology department.
• Manages multiple competing objectives and communicates complex technical information in clear and unambiguous terms to management and end user personnel.
• Strictly adheres to budget management and guidelines of both the Information Technology department and the institution.
• Performs additional job-related functions as detailed by immediate supervisor.

Skills:

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, expecting frequent interactions at all levels including with executives - CIO, CISO etc.
• Experience coordinating several workstreams simultaneously
• Self-directed, ability to learn and adapt quickly. (Ask questions)
• Highly assertive yet persuasive
• Experience working within a team with many PMs and Program Managers
• Strong planning skills, strategic objectives driven
• Prior experience with leading projects related to identity access management (IAM) or cyber security
• Knowledge of managing Agile teams