Western Governors University

Western Governors University

Project Manager II

Raleigh, NC · Mid · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$113kDetected 3 hours ago
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About the role

  • Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
  • This position is accountable for ensuring that the scope, dates, commitments, and project plans are communicated to all stakeholders and updated as necessary.
  • The individual monitors and reports project status-including risks, issues affecting project schedules, and milestone achievements-to stakeholders and departmental leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains a thorough and detailed understanding of all department projects, purpose and status and ensures projects meet outlined processes.
  • Documents project deliverables, outputs, and notes that capture why key project decisions were made and keeps project management records and systems accurate and up to date.
  • Provides input to develop or refine project management procedures and processes for the purpose of improving efficiency.
  • Conducts retrospective work on closed/ completed projects to document lessons learned, and prepares retrospective documentation.
  • Manages traffic of incoming new requests - validates that appropriate requirements are included.
  • Develops realistic project plans and schedules by analyzing organizational process assets, enterprise environmental factors, task dependencies, resource requirements, work breakdown, and departmental strategy and priorities.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • The Project Manager II will work with multiple teams, project requesters, and creative teams to develop project plans according to strategic development priorities, as defined by project requesters and leadership.
  • The Project Manager II develops project plans and schedules and ensures projects meet departmental requirements, standards, policies, and deadlines.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
  • Three (3) years of experience as the assigned project manager with responsibility for project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
  • Experience applying change management methodologies and practices.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree from an accredited institution or higher in relevant field.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
  • Green or Black Belt Certification.
  • Position & Application Details
  • Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages

Skills

  • The Project Manager II oversees the execution and process of assigned projects and monitors change management strategies and outcomes.

Compensation

  • $75,200.00 - $112,700.00

Benefits

  • Professional integrity that represents the educational standards within higher education.

Equal opportunity

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
  • Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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