Project Manager

Job Posting Title:

Project Manager

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Hiring Department:

Enterprise Business Information Technology Solutions

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

Flexible work arrangements and telework are available for this position.

Enterprise Business IT Solutions (eBITS) manages systems and provides IT enterprise support services related to financials, accounting, human capital management (HR/payroll), procurement, and payment services, along with other central business services. For more information, visit https://ebits.utexas.edu.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

The University of Texas at Austin provides an outstanding benefits package. Those benefits include:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Training and conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Athletic ticket discounts
• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Facilitate and coordinate administrative system activities and projects related to the University’s Enterprise Systems supported by the EBITS organization.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate planning sessions, requirement gathering, testing, and end user facing activities in support of the University’s Enterprise System supported by eBITS.
• Support EBS leadership in efforts to appropriately manage workload, deadlines, and processes including prioritization, roadmaps, and reporting needs. 
• Actively engage, monitor, and report on operational Jira to ensure that issues are periodically reviewed, are being worked or have been identified as not needing attention if they are stagnant, working with leads or Directors to keep issues or enhancements progressing, following up as needed, analyzing and reporting on progress.
• Provide support and bring forward improvements to internal work tools and workflows.
• Coordinate Workday brainstorms, and cases; making sure they are reviewed with governance and/or business owners as appropriate.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Training or experience in a project management role, typically achieved through a bachelor’s degree or two years of experience in requirements gathering, project planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting, and testing complex technical processes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional team.
• Proficiency in developing and using work plans for project monitoring and adaptation.
• Familiarity with project planning tools and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to accurately identify, define, and resolve problems.  
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality output.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Self-learning capabilities and confidence in seeking external support.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships across different organizational levels.
• Capability with conflict management.
• Comfort in providing recommendations and managing project deliverables.    
• Self-managed and highly motivated with a strong drive for delivering high quality results.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications​

• Experience managing IT projects.
• Experience with HR processing at