Technical Project Manager

• Shift: Hybrid (2x a week in office)
  
• Location: Redwood City
  

• Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating planning executing monitoring and controlling and closing. Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.
  
• Direct development of an action plan and estimate requirements for resources including management labor materials and time required to complete projects.
  
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation and consensus.
  
• Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project success.
  
• Responsibilities include but not limited to: charter origination; scope identification and shaping scope definition; manage stakeholders constituents and disciplines across Stanford and beyond including local cities/counties; riskmanage control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving decision.
  
• Adapt to tools methodologies and practices used by the UIT PMO.
  

• Assist with administering the UIT PMO project intake process and procedures including coordinating project qualifications and demand management creating resource plans and evaluating resource constraints.
  
• Assist with PPM/PMO process improvement initiatives as defined in the PMO roadmap.
  

• Proven experience with Agile Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies is strongly desired.
  
• Knowledge of project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) strongly desired.
  
• Strong analytical skills and attention to details.
  
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining complex and integrated project plans with proper work breakdown structure (WBS) strongly desired.
  
• Proven experience in people change risk and conflict management strongly desired.
  
• Proven ability to build relationships and motivate crossfunctional teams to achieve results in a consensus driven environment is strongly desired.
  
• Ability to lead and direct a team of internal and external technical and business staff and align technical needs with business goals strongly desired.
  
• Solid leadership negotiation persuasion and facilitation skills are strongly desired.
  
• Ability to navigate stressful situations and make/negotiate decisions on complex problems strongly desired.
  
• Solid experience with Google Suite (Docs Sheets Slides) MS Office tools (Word Excel Project PowerPoint Visio) Smartsheet ServiceNow Project Portfolio Manager (PPM) Zoom and Slack are strongly desired.
  
• Experience with Oracle EBusiness Suite desired.
  
• Experience with PeopleSoft Student and HR Administration desired.
  

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in a related field
  

• Five years of related experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk including project planning scheduling tracking and budgeting or combination of education and relevant experience.
  

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified completion of a Project Management Certificate program or certification in process
  
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) completion or certification in process is desired
  
• ITIL Certification desired
  

Benefits

• Health/Vision/Dental Insurance
  
• Sick Time Off