University of Texas at Austin Staff

University of Texas at Austin Staff

Principal Project Manager

AUSTIN, TX · Principal · Contract

No sponsorshipDetected 5 days ago
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About the role

  • Flexible work arrangements, including remote work, are available for this position.
  • This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses).
  • If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our campus.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as program or project lead for the organization's most complex, multi-year technology initiatives, including major enterprise system implementations, institutional transformation programs, and cross-functional modernization efforts.
  • Drive resolution of escalated risks, issues, and strategic decisions by coordinating across institutional units, technical teams, and senior leadership.
  • Support governance bodies ensuring sound oversight of major initiatives and clear documentation of institutional decisions.
  • Oversee coordination across the broadest organizational scope, spanning academic units, administrative departments, external implementation partners, and technology vendors for the university's most complex programs.
  • Identify and manage strategic-level dependencies across concurrent institutional initiatives, proactively surfacing conflicts, capacity constraints, and integration risks to senior leadership.
  • Design and facilitate governance structures and cross-institutional working groups that enable effective decision-making and accountability at the enterprise level.
  • Lead change management efforts for enterprise-scale technology transformations, applying structured methodologies such as PROSCI ADKAR or equivalent to plan and execute comprehensive change strategies.
  • Partner with academic and administrative unit leaders to assess organizational readiness, tailor change approaches to institutional culture and operating context, and address resistance effectively.
  • Build long-term institutional capability for managing change and sustaining adoption, evaluating and reporting on change effectiveness throughout each program.
  • Assess organizational PM maturity and develop improvement roadmaps covering tooling, training, process changes, and governance enhancements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of progressive project and program management experience, including 5+ years in enterprise-level roles.
  • Experience establishing or significantly contributing to PM organizations, centers of excellence, or communities of practice.
  • Proficiency with project tracking tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira).
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing, full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
  • This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work.
  • Occasional nights and weekends may be required.
  • Required Materials
  • Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section

Nice to have

  • PMP or equivalent advanced certification.
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent scaled Agile certification.
  • PROSCI Change Management Practitioner or equivalent.
  • Master's degree in a related field.
  • May work around standard office conditions
  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
  • Use of manual dexterity (ex.
  • 3 work references with their contact information

Compensation

  • $124,968.00 + depending on qualifications

Benefits

  • Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
  • Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
  • Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
  • a defined benefit retirement plan
  • Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
  • Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
  • Tuition assistance
  • The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. ----
  • Retirement Plan Eligibility:
  • Maintain end-to-end accountability for program outcomes including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and benefits realization across the full program lifecycle.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Must be authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing, full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
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