Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project delivery across multiple systems, platforms, and technologies to achieve strategic outcomes.
• Lead operational initiatives that enhance business processes, improve system performance, and elevate service delivery.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams, business stakeholders, external vendors, and implementation partners to ensure cohesive and effective execution
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, and risk registers to support disciplined execution.
• Facilitate executive-level reporting, communication, enabling timely decision-making, and alignment with leadership priorities.
• Navigate ambiguity with confidence, drive clarity, and focus in complex, fast-paced environments
• Ensure timely, on-scope, and on-budget delivery of projects and operational initiatives, consistently aligned with business objectives.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field (IT, IS, Computer Science, Security, or related field)

Experience
Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in project management

Skills and Abilities
Required Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of PM methodologies (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum)
• Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and a results-driven mindset
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and working with a high degree of ambiguity
• Highly advanced skills associated with end-to-end PMLC for programs/projects of large -scale scope
• Demonstrated project leadership, reporting and management skills
• Demonstrated effective communication (written & verbal) and effective interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to present/communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization
• Able to deliver projects timely within budget and defined scope
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving skills with a 'can do' attitude
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in higher education, especially within University of California institutions
• Experience managing cybersecurity projects and AI awareness
• Familiarity with UC policies, governance, and enterprise systems is a plus
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification

Additional Notes
This is a contract position expected to last one year with potential for extension.
Candidates must be available to work on-site in a hybrid or full-time on-premise capacity, depending on project needs.