(Senior) IT Project Manager

Job Description

The IT Governance Planning and Strategy (ITGPS) is seeking an individual with demonstrated Project Management experience within a complex enterprise environment, who will be responsible for managing multiple concurrent projects across diverse and cross-functional teams. This position will report to the Director, IT PMO, and provide leadership to project teams following PMO best practices, including project management guidelines, project standards, project scope, risk identification and mitigation, quality management, project budget, reporting and documentation. The PM will work with the Director and project sponsors to review and report on project work plans, task management, timelines, issue escalation, and risk mitigation strategies, and has overall responsibility for reporting on status of project activities, milestones, and deliverables. The PM is responsible for assessment of project effectiveness, applying best practices and collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement projects that achieve intended results. The PM will, in coordination and collaboration with the Director and the Division of IT, work with distributed IT units to facilitate training and education about project management practices to help drive adoption more broadly across the institution.

The position may be filled at the Senior IT Project Manager dependent on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.

 

Please Note: Sponsorship is not available for this position. This position has a hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of five (5) working days per month onsite at the Blacksburg campus. 

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in relevant field, such as business administration, management, information technology, or computer science, etc., or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• PMP certification required, or employee must acquire it within 18 months of the hire date (required at the senior level)
• Proven experience as a project manager
• Demonstrated experience with the Microsoft Office suite
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in concise business terms to all levels of management, including senior leaders
• Strong organization, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail
• Ability to provide high-level expertise across a broad range of business and/or IT-related subject matter areas (e.g., SDLC, Waterfall, Agile methodologies)
• Success in building and maintaining customer relationships at multiple levels

Preferred Qualifications

• Documented experience in Project Management in similarly structured organizations to higher education (e.g. healthcare, government and higher education)
• Knowledge and experience in Scrum framework
• Experience working with project teams with limited exposure or knowledge of project management methodologies
• Experience leading, managing, and mentoring multiple project teams
• Experience with identifying project management-related training needs to align with professional development opportunities
• Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow or other project management software applications

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Starting at $103,550, commensurate with experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

4/14/26

Additional Information

Sponsorship is not available for this position.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

 

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