Senior Project Manager, Information Resources

Senior Project Manager, Department of Information Resources

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As one of the world’s foremost research institutions, UT Southwestern Medical Center is known for our life-changing research that has led us to 6 Nobel Prizes. With a career in our esteemed Department of Information Resources, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary research facility with opportunities to work with leaders in patient care and medical research.

Job Summary

This role performs tasks and responsibilities and works under general direction to manage project development from beginning to end of project. In this role, you will work with senior IT staff to prioritize and execute Cybersecurity initiatives and support other IT initiatives as time permits, (Construction, Software, Infrastructure, etc.). Initially, projects will be primarily focused on the Cyber Security arena, though assignments for other specialties are a possibility as demands of the enterprise dictate. Our ideal candidate has knowledge of SCCM, SailPoint, Jamf, InTune.  This position is eligible for a hybrid work environment where presence on campus is project and project phase dependent.

Experience and Education

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred) plus five (5) years managing medium to large scale information technology related projects; or
• In lieu of bachelor’s degree, nine (9) years managing medium to large scale information technology related projects.
• Experience in communicating with executives required.
• PMP certification preferred. 

Primary Job Duties

• Project life cycles and milestones – Determine and document life cycle phases and milestones including all inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for all assigned projects and if necessary, identify any additional project phases that fall outside of the standard best practice foundation of initiation/planning/implementation/closing.
• Stabilize project components – Document requirements, scope, objectives, goals, milestones, benefits, deliverables, resources, systems, constraints, standards of performance, risks, and success criteria for all assigned projects and strive to stabilize every aspect impacting the established life cycle iteration.
• Organization, systems, and roles – For each assigned project, define and document roles and responsibilities with clearly communicated accountabilities.
• Quality assurance – Define standards and processes for meeting commitments at practical project phase checkpoints with a continuous emphasis on improvement.
• Planning – Determine project boundaries and establish goals and objectives that align with the business case from the perspective of the sponsor. Create detailed schedules to sequence activities or mediate sprints that include accurate durations and resource requirements. Evaluate personnel needs to establish the basis for project team selection, training and or recruitment. Write and determine frequency for both project status and project progress reports. Systematically define and mitigate risks through an appropriate and approved risk management plan. Establish minimum performance requirements for the project team and perform quality checks to assess the health of assigned projects.
• Tracking and variance analysis – Develop a methodology for each project to identify and resolve schedule slips, cost overruns, scope creep, and new risks that deviate from the predefined baselines established during the planning process.
• Corrective action decisions – Manage tradeoffs with stakeholders and sponsors when variances are identified to bring projects back into alignment with the primary constraint and/or institutional objectives. 
• Escalation and issue management – Define formal processes for each project to identify issues, assign resources to close issues, and escalate resolution of issues in the event they are not addressed in a timely manner.
• Work authorization and change control – Develop strict processes and criteria for each assigned project to request, document, and approve/reject changes encountered during project execution. 
• Performance Level – Executes all essential functions for up to 5 highly complex concurrent projects with virtually no supervision or oversight. Defines processes and procedures, guides, templates for managing projects. Support the direction and strategy of project management competency for the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Work requires demonstrated ability and skills in information technology Work requires demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication skills. Work requires ability to prioritize and organize work to meet deadlines. Work requires strong analytical/problem solving skills. Work requires strong familiarity with project management software such as Microsoft Project or Planview. Following “core competencies” are knowledge, skills, and abilities that are fundamental for all positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center: Ability to provide “customer service focus”. Interpersonal and teamwork skills to contribute to objectives of organization. Adaptability/flexibility to react positively to changes in work environment. Initiative to improve productivity and quality of work. Ability to plan and organize work in logical and efficient manner. Knowledge of SCCM, SailPoint, Jamf, InTune, Nessus a plus.

Working Conditions

Work is performed primarily in general office area.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

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This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.