University of Washington
DIRECTOR - ENTERPRISE PMO
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Req #: 238917
Department: UW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Appointing Department Web Address: https://itconnect.uw.edu/uwit
Posting Date: 09/11/2024
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Salary: $125,244 - $221,772 per year
Shift: First Shift
Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf)
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW’s IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides critical technology support for three campuses, UW Medicine, and research operations around the world. UW-IT partners with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service.
The Project Management Office / Enterprise Project Management Office within UW-IT provides project, program and portfolio management, tools and infrastructure to support resiliency, enterprise architecture services, and cloud computing to support the UW broadly. The Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) will strategically manage the project portfolio of major projects as well as streamline technical change initiatives to help our organization manage projects in the most effective and efficient manner. This will encompass both working with internal as well as external resources across the UW. The Director wil manage a team within UW-IT as well as build Project Management capabilities that will be a resource for the broader University on complex, large scale, highly visible, enterprise level programs and projects. As the leader of this division, you will have at play an outsized role in is creation of the Enterprise Project Management Office, its roll out and ultimately its success.
Position Complexities:
The person in this role will help evolve the project management strategy to leverage innovative and tailored approaches that best fit the UW through project management standards, best practices provided by institute guidance including the Project Management Institute (PMI - Project Management, Agile Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Program Management), ITIL, Lead Six Sigma, and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). The Director will assist the PMO staff of senior technical project managers interact with key stakeholders and sponsors with varying degrees of experience with mature project management and work with them to expedite and catalyze the successful completion of major UW initiatives.
This position is expected to work across the UW to engage and present to key stakeholder such as, Deans, administrator and to various governance boards.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or related field or experience.
10 years – managing cross functional teams on a variety of small to large complex projects, especially enterprise-wide projects including a variety of stakeholders, stakeholder communities, and multiple senior leaders.
Demonstrate ability to build teams and foster strong relationships with project teams and senior leadership (internal and external).
Deep and broad knowledge of the variety of project management tools, methods, and approaches available in industry.
Excellent communication and presentation skills and high degree of comfort speaking with senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to be an articulate, consensus-building, and persuasive leader who can serve as an effective collaborator with internal and external teams.
Demonstrated excellent written / oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, and personal interaction abilities with high level of emotional intelligence.
Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt to new methods and techniques and learn quickly. DESIRED:
Supervisory and management experience with teams of more than 5 to 10 is preferred.
Experience working within Higher Education or state institution.
Professional experience building and sustaining enterprise-wide PMOs. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Must be available to work on-site at the University of Washington Seattle campus at least two days every week.Open office environment Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Department: UW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Appointing Department Web Address: https://itconnect.uw.edu/uwit
Posting Date: 09/11/2024
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Salary: $125,244 - $221,772 per year
Shift: First Shift
Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf)
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW’s IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides critical technology support for three campuses, UW Medicine, and research operations around the world. UW-IT partners with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service.
The Project Management Office / Enterprise Project Management Office within UW-IT provides project, program and portfolio management, tools and infrastructure to support resiliency, enterprise architecture services, and cloud computing to support the UW broadly. The Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) will strategically manage the project portfolio of major projects as well as streamline technical change initiatives to help our organization manage projects in the most effective and efficient manner. This will encompass both working with internal as well as external resources across the UW. The Director wil manage a team within UW-IT as well as build Project Management capabilities that will be a resource for the broader University on complex, large scale, highly visible, enterprise level programs and projects. As the leader of this division, you will have at play an outsized role in is creation of the Enterprise Project Management Office, its roll out and ultimately its success.
Position Complexities:
The person in this role will help evolve the project management strategy to leverage innovative and tailored approaches that best fit the UW through project management standards, best practices provided by institute guidance including the Project Management Institute (PMI - Project Management, Agile Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Program Management), ITIL, Lead Six Sigma, and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). The Director will assist the PMO staff of senior technical project managers interact with key stakeholders and sponsors with varying degrees of experience with mature project management and work with them to expedite and catalyze the successful completion of major UW initiatives.
This position is expected to work across the UW to engage and present to key stakeholder such as, Deans, administrator and to various governance boards.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or related field or experience.
10 years – managing cross functional teams on a variety of small to large complex projects, especially enterprise-wide projects including a variety of stakeholders, stakeholder communities, and multiple senior leaders.
Demonstrate ability to build teams and foster strong relationships with project teams and senior leadership (internal and external).
Deep and broad knowledge of the variety of project management tools, methods, and approaches available in industry.
Excellent communication and presentation skills and high degree of comfort speaking with senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to be an articulate, consensus-building, and persuasive leader who can serve as an effective collaborator with internal and external teams.
Demonstrated excellent written / oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, and personal interaction abilities with high level of emotional intelligence.
Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt to new methods and techniques and learn quickly. DESIRED:
Supervisory and management experience with teams of more than 5 to 10 is preferred.
Experience working within Higher Education or state institution.
Professional experience building and sustaining enterprise-wide PMOs. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Must be available to work on-site at the University of Washington Seattle campus at least two days every week.Open office environment Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.