Job description
Job Description
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an independent, culturally diverse institution providing quality education and research in aviation, aerospace, engineering, and other related fields with residential campuses located in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona. The University's Worldwide campus provides educational opportunities online and at approximately 130 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, and Central/South America.
As the largest and most comprehensive aviation and aerospace-focused university in the world, Embry-Riddle is a unique institution. Over the past 90 years, the University has evolved with industry to break new ground and produce top-level graduates who serve the ever-changing needs of aviation and aerospace and other STEM-related disciplines. Embry-Riddle offers programs in seven primary fields of study including: Applied Science; Aviation; Business; Computers and Technology; Engineering; Safety, Security, and Intelligence; and Space.
For Academic Year 2021-22, there were over 11,100 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students that attended the University's residential campuses and approximately 20,195 students in total enrolled with the University around the world.
The Opportunity:
Information Technology is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee the design, planning, and implementation of innovative technology projects in support of the University’s strategic planning initiatives. This role includes leading the project team, coordinating across the overall program, planning, scope, risk and schedule management and troubleshooting. An in-depth understanding of Project Management Methodologies, such as Waterfall and Agile and the ability to leverage the most appropriate methodology to successfully manage the project is required. This role involves analyzing new and complex project related problems and creation of innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
Lead the planning and implementation of university projects, involving the following:
- Define project scope, goals, and deliverables for technology projects
- Develop full scale project plans utilizing the appropriate methodology
- Assemble and coordinate project staff, which includes IT and non-IT personnel
- Manage project budget
- Plan and schedule project timelines utilizing IT processes
- Track project deliverables using IT tools
- Provide direction and support to the project team
- Identify and manage project risk
- Quality assurance on project deliverables
- Monitor and report on progress or the project to all stakeholders
- Implement and manage project change process to achieve project objectives
- Project evaluations and assessment of results
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree is required and at least five years of technical project management experience.
- Analytical skills with an in depth knowledge of information systems and technical expertise with Microsoft operating systems, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook/email, and Internet end-user applications.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), or other Project Management (PM) professional certification preferred.
- Demonstrated planning skills and a proven ability to lead teams in a multi-project environment
- Strong leadership, negotiation, problem solving, risk analysis, project methodology, and team building skills.
- Excellent Customer Service skills.
- Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate with various levels of users to understand to problem. Must maintain a positive, professional image.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills. Experience with project managements tools and techniques.
- In-depth knowledge of the application of computing technology in support of administrative and/or academic systems.
- Knowledge of network technologies as they relate to the operational capabilities of shared systems architecture.
- Ability to learn new things and keep up with the pace of change in technology.
- Ability to collect the appropriate information from the user to expedite the resolutions to problems. Demonstrate good judgment in investigating and escalating problems.
- Demonstrate ability to tactfully handle difficult situations and ability to maintain composure under pressure.
- Consistently show ability to recognize and deal with priorities. Recognize and perform duties which need to be performed although not directly assigned-assisting others as needed.
- Maintain cooperative working relationships with University and other Campus Information Technology staff members.
- Seek guidance and direction as necessary for performance of duties.
- Ability to support IT Core Values by focusing on improvements, believing in our team and partners throughout the university, learning from mistakes, being accountable for actions and showing determination, focus and tenacity.
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