TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER PROJECT/TEMPORARY

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TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER (PROJECT/TEMPORARY)
Req #:
222516
Department:
UW FINANCE
Job Location:
Seattle Campus
Posting Date:
05/30/2023 
Closing Info:
Closes On   06/06/2023
Salary:
$7,374 - $10,834 per month 
Other Compensation:
Limited Recruitment:
Open to UW Employees only
If you are a UW employee and would like to be considered for this position, please login to your UW employee profile
to apply.
Shift:
First Shift 
Benefits:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here.
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.


UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.


UW Finance has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Technical Project Manager to help lead the remediation and retirement of dozens of finance systems which remain after the completion of the Workday finance transformation program.
The Technical Project Manager will coordinate with Finance leadership to maintain project plans, ensure timely completion of deliverables, and support team communications and collaboration. The role requires strong analytical acumen, broad awareness of key organizational objectives, and an ability to prioritize multiple timelines and competing goals. Competitive candidates will have excellent project management skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to work with minimal supervision, both independently and in a collaborative team environment.


Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Management
Develop and manage detailed work plans for multiple projects across UW Finance.

Proactively identify potential risks, dependencies, and obstacles that may hinder successful completion of deliverables and achievement of project goals.

Monitor and evaluate specific roadmaps, keeping stakeholders informed of scheduled updates and framing associated decision points.

Manage sprint process as scrum master - including prioritization, backlog grooming, sprint retrospectives, and other scrum ceremonies. Mentor others on the scrum process.

Coordinate status reports.

Manage scope and change requests.

Actively work to ensure quick closure of risks and issues and communicate to UW Finance leadership

Coordinate with Workday Operational Support Program to ensure priorities are aligned with project management goals.

Coordinate day-to-day work of Business Analysts, Developers, and other resources.

Work closely with business analysts, SMEs, and Services analysts to ensure a clear understanding of the business requirements. Manage scope, identifying areas of confusion where priorities need to be set by program leadership.

Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.


Analysis
Identify, develop, and evaluate alternative solutions.

Collaborate with architects (across various disciplines), functional managers, business analysts, leads, directors, and others on analysis, design, and development.

Create user stories, requirements, test cases, and other documentation as necessary in support of agile development methodologies.

Facilitate collection of work estimates as input into managing scope/schedule/budget, conducting capacity planning across contributed and vendor resources, and raising issues when boundaries are exceeded.

Assist in developing a shared understanding of Finance Business Processes.

Facilitate discussions and ask prompting questions across a complex and diverse set of stakeholders to ensure alignment and move discussions toward decision-making.


Project Leadership
Define and manage project scope, schedule, and resourcing. Generate project status reports and project communications.

Understand project governance structure and effectively facilitate the resolution of issues within that structure.

Work with leadership to balance competing priorities.

Lead, organize, and influence positively. Effectively maneuver through unstructured problems and create the necessary structure to drive results.

Create and implement project plans, communications plans, risk mitigation plans, and other planning materials to support project execution and control activities

Define, track, and monitor the project scope, schedule, and resource plan. Identify and implement non-technical process improvements as well as technical solutions.

Facilitate team development of project milestones, work breakdown structures, document handoffs and dependencies, critical paths, project statuses, project risks, and contingency plans.

Other duties as required. 


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
 

Bachelors degree and five years of project management experience, including at least three years as a technical project manager.

Certification in project management.

Experience creating, implementing, and managing small and large projects within a team environment.

Experience managing multiple software projects concurrently. 

Scrum master certification and experience as a scrum master on multiple software development projects.

Ability to utilize disciplined project management methodologies and tools, such as project management systems, issue tracking, risk management, and requirements management systems. 

Ability to develop efficient project procedures and quality control methods.

Leadership experience, including direction of diverse resources in a deadline-driven environment and cultivation of trust, strong collaboration, and professional development on a high-performing team.

Experience communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders, including customers and key process stakeholders.

Familiarity with grant administration and basic familiarity with financial accounting concepts.  

Ability to manage a diverse range of activities in a very visible and pressured environment, exercising independent judgment in resolving problems.

Ability to speak and write about technical issues for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience communicating with executive management during project charter development, priority setting, status and budget reporting at the Director, VP, and Executive level.

Excellent written/oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities.


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience at a large university or medical center.

Experience with Workday.

Experience participating in the implementation of a large enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or similar software.

Experience using SharePoint, JIRA, and SmartSheet.


This position is funded through 6/30/2024.
Application Process:
   The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select Apply to this position. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your My Jobs page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your My Jobs page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
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Posted:
2023-06-01
Expires:
2023-07-01
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