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- Lead technology projects from planning through closing using SPS standards, templates, processes, and procedures
- Communicate with the PMO, project teams, provide status reports and track projects through the phases
- Participate in PMO team meetings, training, and activities
- Attend/facilitate meetings and project work
- Other related duties/activities as assigned
- Industry standards and best practices for Project Management methodology, including the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)
- High level understanding of standard IT business functions that support ongoing operations as well as new functionality
- Knowledge of and experience with complex business application structures and functions.
- Quality Management and Business Process Improvement techniques
- Standard IT and Business analysis techniques
- Standard office productivity tools (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)
- Very strong facilitation skill with solid 'toolkit' of facilitation techniques
- Resource needs identification, selection, assignment, and management
- Scheduling and use of scheduling tools
- Risk and issue identification and management
- Change management
- Vendor/contract management
- Scope identification and management
- Very strong customer focus
- Communicates effectively with all levels and types of stakeholders and project team members including Executive Management, technical project staff and business staff. Able to tailor communications appropriately to the intended audience
- Able to maintain appropriate discretion, tact and confidentiality when dealing with potentially sensitive information. Understanding of communication concerns specific to doing project work in a Public Agency (FERPA, etc.)
- Creates project team environments that allow appropriate empowerment to maximize productivity and effective team collaboration
- Assesses a situation and identifies best facilitation method to use including minimum appropriate participation, method of eliciting input/feedback and managing through to a decision or agreement
- Leadership- Be Empowering: Inspire and help others to grow, succeed, and lead.
- Integrity- Be Committed: Set high standards for your behavior and stick to them even in difficult situations. Stand up for what you believe.
- Respect- Be Culturally Responsive: Support everyone's worth, dignity, and contribution, regardless of background, abilities, or beliefs
- Responsibility- Be Helpful: Understand and advance the group's positive goals. Freely contribute hard work and support to reach the team's goals.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, education, or other related area; or years of project management experience may be substituted for the educational requirement with a PMP certification.
- Eight or more years of project management experience.
- Two or more years as a senior project manager with full project leadership.
- Four or more years of experience successfully managing technology-based projects from initiation to closure.
- Ideally, experience within a K-12 or other educational environment.
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