Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. College of DuPage is a comprehensive community college committed to student success and an inclusive community environment. The Project Manager bridges business-needs analysis and technical solution development while managing IT projects, stakeholder collaboration, implementation, compliance, and ongoing system support.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a liaison with all departments to understand, analyze, and maximize the effectiveness of all system and workflows. Communicates effectively with each internal customer to fully understand needs, and successfully communicates/translates those needs into solutions
- Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
- Determines solutions or configurations by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes
- Drives full utilization/maximization of current systems, ensuring the practice effectively implements the latest system enhancements, and that workflows are adapted to maximize the combination of system and operational efficiency
- Analyzes, documents and tests program development, logic, process flows and specifications
- Support cross-functional IT projects from initiation to closure, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, and create detailed project plans
- Manage project resources, timelines, and risks, and communicate progress to stakeholders regularly
- Helps to ensure proper support and maintenance for IT systems are in place and participates in major incident management processes
- Maintains a working knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements and ensures that compliance with all laws and regulations is maintained
- Fosters an atmosphere of continuous improvement through ongoing collaboration among stakeholders and resource teams
- Manages the introduction of change to multiple parts of a large, diverse organization
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent years of experience required
- Minimum of two (2) years related experience as a project manager required
- Strong proven written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Excellent understanding and experience with managing business complexity, project interdependencies, and organization change
- Skill in developing, implementing, administering, and improving work processes
- Must be able to operate a variety of machines and equipment including computer, office equipment, telephone, etc
- Physical demands include sedentary work, on campus meetings, and day and overnight travel
- Tasks may require extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation
- Industry certifications such as PMP preferred
- Knowledge of and experience implementing Agile methodologies is preferred
- Working knowledge of Change Management principles and practices is a plus
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Tuition discounts for employees and dependents
- Medical coverage effective the first day of employment
- Dental coverage effective the first day of employment
- Vision coverage effective the first day of employment
- Retirement benefits
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