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Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 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.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences.
- Ability to productively assemble, engage, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated project management ability to employ integration, scope time management, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement components.
- Ability to balance customer expectations with project reality.
- Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem solving skills in a variety of situations.
- Keen grasp of interpersonal and impact awareness.
- Depth of knowledge in technical discipline/domain needed to deliver projects.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proven experience with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies strongly desired.
- Knowledge of project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) strongly desired.
- Proven experience in developing and maintaining complex and integrated project plans.
- Proven experience in people, change, risk, and conflict management strongly desired.
- Proven ability to build relationships and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve results in a consensus driven environment 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 strongly desired.
- Ability to navigate stressful situations and make/negotiate decisions on complex problems strongly desired.
- Solid experience with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio) strongly desired.
- Knowledge and understanding of University operations, administration and community desired.
- Experience with running application, SaaS and enhancement projects.
- Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite desired.
- Experience with PeopleSoft Student and HR Administration desired.
- Knowledge of quality assurance and testing practices desired.
- Knowledge of data integration across different technical platforms desired.
- Understanding of web and/or mobile application architectures and the technology tiers that support them, system architectures, application integration desired.
Certifications and Licenses
- 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
Physical Requirements*
- Frequently sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and grasp lightly/fine manipulation and lift/carry /push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
- Occasionally stand/walk, write by hand.
- Rarely use a telephone, kneel, crawl, climb ladders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, reach/work above shoulder, grasp forcefully.
* Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
Working Conditions
- May be exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures, be exposed to high voltage electricity, radiation or electromagnetic fields, lasers, noise > 80dB TWA, allergens/biohazards/chemicals/asbestos, or heavy metals or work on roofs at heights greater than 10 ft.
- Travel locally and cross-university.
Work Standards
- When conducting university business, must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving requirements.
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
We are not able to provide relocation for this position. Stanford University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
*The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
*Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.