Sr. Project Manager

Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: CA, Remote ((US Based only) candidate must understand they will need to be available, accessible, and responsive between the hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm PT regardless of their current time zone)
Duration: 6-12 months (targeting Oct 2026 – Jun 2027 (high potential for extension based on performance)

Senior Project Manager supporting our portfolio of critical and highly complex projects. It would be highly beneficial for the candidate to have had overall PeopleSoft project management experience managing such modules Benefits, GL, Payroll, Absence Management, WFA, etc,
Before submitting candidates, please carefully review the required qualifications outlined in the attached job description. We are specifically seeking candidates with demonstrated PeopleSoft HCM project leadership experience and expertise in managing multiple, complex, or multi-phased approach initiatives. Candidates who do not meet the required qualifications will not be considered.
To assist with the screening process, please include a brief summary explaining how each candidate meets the required qualifications, including relevant PeopleSoft HCM project management experience as well as strong project leadership experience.
Please note:
• Candidates submitted without the required PeopleSoft project management experience will be removed from consideration.
• Only candidates who closely align with the required qualifications will be selected for interviews.
• Due to the anticipated volume of submissions, individual feedback will not be provided for candidates who are not selected for interview.
• Please do not follow up regarding candidates who have not been contacted for an interview.
• Consulting firms will be contacted for candidates selected to move forward regarding next steps.
• We are not seeking prior developers or Business Systems Analysts that have no significant experience as a Sr. Project Manager

Years' Experience Required: 8-10+ years' experience serving as overall Project Manager directly handling end to end responsibilities

To streamline the process, please do not present candidates that have dual function titles (i.e., Project/Program Manager, Project Manager/Team Lead, etc.) as this will not allow us to determine actual "Project Manager” experience.

Knowledge Skills
• Requires basic knowledge of project management principles, theories, and concepts.
• Requires ability to assess campus, medical center or Office of the President needs for information technology products and design services to meet those needs
• Working knowledge of technology-related initiatives and an understanding of impact to the organization of such initiatives
• Demonstrated capacity to anticipate obstacles and plan for contingencies.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to determine relevance and prioritize tasks.
• Demonstrated effective writing skills.
• Broad knowledge of technology-related initiatives and an understanding of impact to the organization of such initiatives.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to put forth persuasive arguments.
• Demonstrated competency in selecting and implementing project management methods and techniques.
• Effective skill at tracking effort and project progress.
• Demonstrated strong conceptual and planning skills to analyze projects of broad and diverse scope.
• Demonstrated expert organization and project management skills.
• Understands the cost impact of projects, project tracking tools and metrics.
• Has a thorough understanding of how programs relate to other business strategies and initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate critical information across disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with executive level management on a regular basis.
• Experience analyzing highly complex projects with broad impact to the institution.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project progress within time and budget constraints.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative manner in order to achieve results that are significant in scope

Key Responsibilities
• Applies project management techniques, up to and including the most complex and advanced, to independently perform research and studies, up to and including the most complex, for internal department and external campus, medical center or Office of the President constituencies.
• Regularly leads analyses determining approaches, sources of data, methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain project results.
• Manages the project management process for products and services with broad, campus wide, medical center or Office of the President, institution-wide and / or multi-institutional scope.
• Directs and analyzes project proposals and reports.
• Has overall project management responsibility for broad, campus wide, medical center or Office of the President, institution-wide and or multi-institutional projects.
• Assembles and directs large project teams, designs highly detailed and complex project plans and schedules and may oversee budget and resources.
• Oversees all aspects of large projects from initiation through delivery including system integration, project, campus, medical center or Office of the President and community communications, interacting with vendors and managing risk.
• Organizes the interdepartmental or multi-institutional activities with the goal of completing the project on schedule and within budget constraints.

Required Qualifications
• 7+ years' experience as lead Project Manager with hands-on experience managing the project directly, responsible from end to end
• Experience managing SDLC related projects

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
• Project Management Professional certification (highly preferred)
• PeopleSoft module project management experience (WFA, ePerformance, etc. highly preferred)
• Experience managing projects in higher education domain