Project Manager - Higher Education

Job Title - Project Manager

Client Location - Madison , WI

local candidates but for the right skillset we are open to someone being 100% remote, but they must live in the US and be able to work in the Central Time Zone.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders on assignments to define the scope and magnitude of desired initiatives.
• Gather key, understandable requirements to meet project activities.
• Secure appropriate resources and establish a feasible timeframe/schedule to complete the work.
• Monitor, manage and maintain day-to-day project activities and resource plans.
• Follow existing and/or establish appropriate change control processes to ensure work goes from Development to Testing to Production.
• Communicate with appropriate parties on project needs, progress, issues, risks and outcomes.
• Successfully manage projects to completion.
• Provide Change Management support services to ensure adoption is at its utmost communication, documentation, and training to end-users.

• Education and Qualifications:

  • 7 - 10 years of skills as a Project Manager
  • Experience in both current state and future state of an organization
  • MUST have experience in Higher Education as a Project Manager
  • Demonstrable skills in use of Microsoft Project
  • Demonstrated experience working with the Prosci ADKAR Model