Project Manager

Associate Project Manager/Project Manager

Department: Technology Services
Location: Hybrid in Columbia, Missouri
Type: Full-time, Staff
Pay: $54,121 to $60,000 per year (Associate Project Manager)
$59,533 to $65,000 (Project Manager) (Pay range may vary based on geographic location and experience)

Job Summary: The Project Manager role is responsible for leading high-visibility, complex projects of varying size and impact to successful completion. This position requires a strategic partner who can manage multiple workstreams simultaneously while maintaining alignment with college-wide goals. Typical projects include, but are not limited to, technology implementations, software development, business process transformations, and various other college initiatives. This position will manage the project lifecycle from beginning to end and communicate frequently with stakeholders and project teams to ensure alignment. The role requires a self-starter with strong organization, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, and an aptitude for technology and continuous process/service improvement.

Essential Functions:

• Administer frequent meetings with vendors and colleagues at all levels of the organization; leveraging various technologies to effectively collaborate with in-person and remote participants.
• Build and maintain relationships with departments across the college; partnering with them to help identify, assess and prioritize organizational needs.
• Initiate projects by partnering with stakeholders to define and capture goals/objectives, functional and technical requirements and user stories, and by helping to prepare business cases and perform cost/benefit and ROI analyses as needed.
• Lead project and schedule planning activities, including the development of testing, training, communication, operational readiness and go-live plans.
• Oversee the execution of project plans, monitor progress, communicate status updates to stakeholders, refine plans and schedules where appropriate, track issues/risks, and take corrective actions as needed.
• Actively help manage project portfolios and backlogs, larger program-level initiatives, and the development and refinement of project management approaches, processes and techniques.
• Continually learn and develop soft and technical skills through personal initiative and various training opportunities.
• Maintain a working knowledge of industry trends and best practices to help influence opportunities and/or risks that should be considered.
• Perform job duties in accordance with Columbia College’s vision, mission and values, and contributes to the development of the Technology Services Department.
• Practice superior customer service.
• Fulfill additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Display respect and civility to all constituencies in all communications.
• Attend work timely and on a regular basis during the established hours of operation; work additional hours as business necessitates.

Supervisory Responsibility: No direct reports.
Position reports to: Director, Project Management Office