IT Project Manager (31612)
- Employer
- University of Central Oklahoma
- Location
- Edmond, OK
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- Administrative Jobs
- Technology, IT Support & Training
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Position Type: Staff
Description Position Overview:Under supervision of the Manager of the Project Management Office in the Office of Information Technology, the IT Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. This position works closely with both functional and technical areas coordinating the project phases from beginning to end. This position has a focus on new construction where the types of projects could include: selection of a new or replacement business application, on-premise software and software-as-a-service implementations, improvement or automation of a business process and technology integration for campus construction projects. Department Specific Essential Job Functions:Coordinate and monitor technical projects or programs from initiation through delivery. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaisons between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Ensure technical projects are completed on schedule and within budget. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results. Supports and delivers on assigned PMO projects with requirements developed through the collaborative effort of cross-functional teams and clients. Job functions include:- Working with functional areas to identify and document requirements for projects.Facilitating the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables.Defining project tasks and resource requirements.Developing full scale project plans.Assembling and coordinating the project staff.Managing the project budget.Managing project resource allocation.Planning and scheduling project timelines.Tracking project deliverables through the use of project management tools.Providing direction and support to the project team.Ensuring quality assurance of the project deliverable.Monitoring and reporting on the progress of the project to all stakeholders.Presenting reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions.Implementing and managing project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.Providing project evaluations with a breakdown and assessment of results.Communicates and fosters professional relationships with clients and departments through interaction with customers and development teams to gather and define requirements.Creates and maintains documentation including diagrams, operational and support procedures. Publishes client-facing support documents to improve user experience. Collaborates with Technology Resource Center trainers and support staff to create online training modules and deliver scheduled and just-in -time application training opportunities.Researches and communicates new features of application(s) and unused tool functionality to drive the platform expansion and adoption, which includes developing road maps, guides, standards and procedures.Interacts with end users, service desk, team members and stakeholders in gathering information to define and document required changes to the environment. Assists IT management in preparing business and use cases.Performs other duties as assigned.
Organization
The University of Central Oklahoma prepares future leaders in an opportunity-rich environment, ideally located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Central offers an innovative learning community to its more than 17,000 students, where teaching comes first, a commitment seeded in the university's roots as a teaching college. Students at Central develop personal relationships with more than 450 full-time faculty, 450 adjunct faculty and over 850 staff, like 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Dr. Wei Chen, who are committed to transforming lives.
With 117 undergraduate majors and 59 graduate programs, Central is a smart investment for students dedicated to their future success. Notable academic programs include Forensic Science, Music Theatre, Mass Communications, Accounting, the region's only accredited Professional Golf Management program, Jazz Studies and the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO, located in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district.
Central's appealing 210-acre campus is on track to become a certified botanical garden, offering both a pleasing learning and living environment and a source of pride for students, employees and alumni. In fact, Central is ranked among the top universities nationally in residence life and as one of the top universities to work for by the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Central is also an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, and hosted the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships on campus. Founded in 1890, Central is the state's first public institution of higher learning, and continues to cultivate creativity and innovation in every corner of campus, bringing to life its core values of Character, Community and Civility each day.
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MISSION
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.
VISION
UCO will become one of the Top 10 metropolitan universities of our kind in the United States by providing a transformative education as well as development experiences that help learners achieve their highest level of leadership potential.
CALL TO ACTION
The University of Central Oklahoma transforms each student by focusing our resources on the Central Six tenets of transformative learning.
All students will be transformed with:
- Discipline Knowledge
- Leadership
- Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Global and Cultural Competencies
- Health and Wellness
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experience.
About Edmond/Oklahoma City Metro
The University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, a part of the growing, thriving Oklahoma City metropolitan area. At Central, our students, faculty and staff get the best of both worlds - the "small town" feel of Edmond, with the big city excitement of the Oklahoma City metro. Both the Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro consistently rank nationally among the safest, most affordable and most exciting places to live. In fact, Edmond recently ranked among the best places to live in the nation by Money Magazine and Family Circle magazine, and Oklahoma City ranked sixth in the nation for the "Best Places for Young Adults" by Portfolio.com. From year-round arts, music and theater offering, to exciting sporting events like the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, to first class shopping, dining and more, Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro offer a diverse, active, culturally enriched lifestyle that's on the move to even bigger and better opportunities.
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