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 a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
Existing project implementation experience leading technical team efforts in a multi-Cloud environment for AI and RaaS initiatives. Modernize IT infrastructure to support secure, scalable cloud and AI services that accelerate research, reduce time to innovation, and align with institutional strategic priorities. Manage project life cycles and milestones, stabilize project components, perform quality assurance, project planning, project tracking and variance analysis, corrective action decisions, escalation and issue management, work authorization and change control, and support the direction and strategy of project management competency for the organization.  This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.  

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience
  5 years managing a medium size information technology related project or
  9 years in lieu of bachelor’s degree, nine(9) years managing medium to large scale information technology related projects and
  Experience in communicating with executives.

Preferred

• Education
  Master’s Degree

• Licenses and Certifications
  (PMP) Project Management Prof Cert Upon Hire

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.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
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.