Project Manager II (Cybersecurity) - Information Technology

Emory University is a leading research university seeking a Project Manager II to assist the Cybersecurity Program Manager and support the information technology project portfolio. The role coordinates enterprise-wide IT projects, manages the project management life cycle, supports stakeholders and PMO employees, and oversees project planning, execution, risk, scope, vendors, and reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates, plans, supports, and executes enterprise-wide IT projects
• Provides strategic input for project plan development, budget, and scope
• Manages the Project Management Life Cycle from beginning to end and establishes cohesion for achieving multi-disciplinary stakeholder and project team buy-in
• Applies industry-accepted methodologies (i.e., Project Management Institute [PMI] with a focus on Agile/Scrum delivery) to ensure adherence to project management standards and requirements and to provide stakeholders with continual reports on project progress and performance
• Assists and supports Project Management Office (PMO) employees
• Performs project management research to improve and refine skills and to identify trends and best practices for improving PMO performance
• Meets with stakeholders to validate business cases and to gather facts for establishing and gaining agreement on project charters
• Creates project charters and analyzes business cases to validate and clarify issues, justify use of project resources and to anticipate risks
• Consults with project sponsors to clarify project directives, scopes, deliverables, and timelines and to analyze risk
• Conducts bid sessions and/or vendor RFP efforts to select and manage suppliers and supplier payments
• Applies PM tools and methodologies to ensure project milestones are achieved and scope is maintained
• Observes project team dynamics to ensure effective team member synergies and to resolve issues
• Creates progressive project milestones for facilitating smaller-scale achievements and to motivate the project team
• Gathers and analyzes project metrics to evaluate project performance and to manage issues, risk and changes of scope
• Communicates with stakeholders, senior management, and project leaders to review project progress, discuss issues and resolutions and to authorize scope changes
• Utilizes PM tools to manage project timelines and accuracy, ensure project resource commitments are met, and to track activities and variances
• Performs assessments throughout projects to identify risks and potential impact and to develop response strategies for managing and mitigating risk factors
• Closes project contracts to validate supplier statements of work (SOWs) and verify deliverables
• Conducts project management research and studies trends and developments under the direction of the PMO Director to support PMO team members and industry colleagues
• Assists the School of Medicine IT Director in prioritizing project work
• Performs related responsibilities as required

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of Project Management experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Background in Cybersecurity and/or Higher Education