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Senior Project Manager - Digital ID

10 days ago

Austin

Job Posting Title: Senior Project Manager - Digital ID Hiring Department: Enterprise Technology - Engagement and Experience Position Open To: All Applicants Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 FLSA Status: Exempt Earliest Start Date: Mar 01, 2026 Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Feb 28, 2028 Location: AUSTIN, TX Job Details: This is a fixed term position that ends two years from the employee's start date. Flexible work arrangements are available for this position, including the ability to work remotely within the United States. We would prefer a candidate located in the greater Austin area to be on campus for critical project meetings and client engagement opportunities. This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses). Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state. Your skills will make a difference. You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our campus. The University of Texas at Austin and Enterprise Technology provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include: • 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, • Teachers Retirement System of Texas: a defined benefit retirement plan, • Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b), • Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses, • Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities, • Tuition assistance, • Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets, • Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card, • Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card For more details, please see: ___ and ___ 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. The Senior Project Manager in the Strategic Initiatives Office will coordinate complex IT initiatives that support the university's strategic efforts. This role will facilitate planning, execution, and communication across departments while promoting transparency and alignment throughout the project lifecycle. • Coordinate delivery across technical and functional teams, ensuring collaboration and alignment throughout the project lifecycle., • Identify cross-project dependencies, mitigate risks, and implement strategies to keep initiatives on track., • Lead recurring project meetings, manage action items, and maintain momentum across all workstreams., • Provide clear and consistent status updates, monitor workstream performance and deliverables to ensure high quality execution within established timelines and budgets., • Serve as a central point of contact for project updates, status reporting, and key stakeholder communication., • Foster an environment of continuous improvement by documenting lessons learned, refining internal project coordination practices, and sharing best practices across the team., • Build project roadmaps aligned with institutional priorities., • Create executive dashboards and reports that highlight progress, challenges, and strategic considerations for leadership and governance groups., • Track progress against KPIs and benchmarks to support transparent and data-driven decision-making., • Support preparation of executive briefings, project charters, presentations, and governance documentation to ensure alignment and informed oversight., • Work closely with leaders and subject matter experts to define and refine project goals., • Act as the bridge between clients and technical teams to align expectations and execution., • Represent Enterprise Technology in campus-wide collaboration efforts., • Engage with external vendors and partners as needed to support initiative execution., • Work with Engagement and Experience leaders and other Enterprise Technology leadership to identify and allocate necessary resources to support project execution., • Monitor project budgets, ensuring fiscal responsibility., • Provide input on resource planning and staffing needs. Perform other related functions as assigned. • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field., • Minimum 5 years of experience managing IT projects or portfolios., • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex workstreams and initiatives simultaneously., • Strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills., • Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)., • U.S. Citizen, resident, or officially recognized asylee - Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. • Experience working in a higher education environment., • Certification in project management (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent)., • Familiarity with IT governance and change management processes. $90,000 + depending on qualifications • May work around standard office conditions, • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation, • Use of manual dexterity (ex. Using a mouse) Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, occasional nights and weekends may be required. • Resume/CV, • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor, • Letter of interest Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval. Retirement Plan Eligibility: 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. Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an ___,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original ___ to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: • ___ [PDF], • ___ [PDF], • ___ [PDF] Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in ___. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may ___ or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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