Senior Project Manager – Information Technology

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Job Description

Department: Information Technology

General Statement of Job

The Senior Project Manager – Information Technology has the overall responsibility for the success of assigned technology projects with cross functional effort. The Senior Project Manager – Information Technology is responsible for the total quality of direction, coordination, implementation, and timely completion of special projects and ad hoc assignments within the Information Technology department in accordance with its mission and goals.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Creates and executes full-scale project work plans and schedules as appropriate for the projects being initiated or managed by the Information Technology department.
• Performs risk assessment analysis. Based on assessment, develops project execution plan including work breakdown structure and project schedule in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Verifies with customer that project will be delivered on time, within budget and meet customer expectations.
• Proactively evaluates potential project problems and initiates action to limit negative outcomes. Uses project integration management to consistently resolve disputes without the need for escalation.
• Monitors and evaluates all project activities for compliance with project management methodologies, policies and procedures.
• Provides direction and support to project teams and office staff.
• Produces high quality communications adhering to college standards.
• Creates, maintains and archives all project documentation, from initiation to closure.
• Communicates with project customer(s) and key stakeholders project scope (costs, benefits, risk and schedule) and progress and effectively communicates financial and physical project status to management.
• Prepares and coordinates the preparation of periodic and special reports, including monthly and weekly activity reports, financial reports, Institutional Effectiveness plans and reports and other reports as assigned.
• Develops presentations for assigned projects and presents to faculty and staff.
• Assists with project resource management and departmental budgets in relation to project outcomes.
• Facilitates the IT Coordination Committee
• Acts as team lead for the IT Project Management team
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• At least three (3) years of experience related to the specified duties and responsibilities required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge in handling multiple projects, large budgets, making difficult decisions and implementing action plans in a cooperative yet responsive team environment to achieve desired goals.
• Proven excellence in planning, decision-making and organization.
• Proven background in the fields of information technology, project management, or business.
• Extensive practical knowledge on the use of project management software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flowcharts.
• Demonstrated experience working with core software applications including Banner.
• A thorough understanding of issues that confront information services in higher education.
• Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or issues from internal/external clients, vendors and consultants.
• Ability to effectively present information to administrators, faculty and staff.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and/or act upon findings.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• Security sensitive position: In addition, subject to federal background check.
• Information technology project management certification (Project+, CAPM, PMP) or comparable, preferred.
• Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Requirements

• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. Including color, depth perception, and field vision.
• Visual Acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Minimum Compensation
$79,261.00 Annual
Desired Start Date
March 02, 2026
Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)
19 February 2026 11:59pm