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Liberty University, Inc. is hiring an IT Project Manager III who will coordinate and complete projects while providing training and coaching to project managers. The role involves monitoring project performance department-wide, defining tasks and timelines, ensuring communication among stakeholders, and escalating risks appropriately.

Highlights

Coordinate and complete IT projects efficiently within defined constraints.
Train and coach new and existing project managers.
Monitor and report department-wide project performance and progress.
Serve as a departmental point-of-contact for project management education and issues.
Define tasks and time estimates; assign and track project responsibilities.
Ensure project deliverables meet acceptance criteria and resolve issues creatively.
Escalate issues and risks to management in a timely manner.
Required qualifications include a four-year degree in Information Services, Project Management, or related field; 5+ years preferred.
Preferred certifications: Comptia Project+, PMI CAPM/PMP, Agile certifications such as ScrumMaster.
Strong verbal and written communication, reasoning, problem-solving, computer, and organizational skills.

IT Project Manager III Full Description

The Project Manager is responsible for delivering specified objectives in a timely, efficient manner.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects.

2. Assisting with training and coaching for new and existing project managers.

3. Assisting with monitoring and reporting on department-wide project performance.

4. Serve as a point-of-contact for project management education and issues within the department.

5. Defines tasks and time estimates for project.

6. Coordinates and tracks the assignment of project responsibilities.

7. Monitors and summarizes progress on projects through regular status reporting.

8. Familiar with a variety of project management concepts, practices, and procedures.

9. Ability to guide a collaborative effort to plan and accomplish goals within established constraints.

10. Ensures that all work delivered within projects meets acceptance criteria.

11. Ability to escalate issues and risks to management appropriately and in a timely fashion.

12. Manages and ensures effective communication between all project stakeholders.

13. Creatively resolve issues as they are identified.

14. Work effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU's mission.

Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies

A four-year college degree with a concentration in Information Services, Project Management, or related discipline is required. 5+ years' work experience is preferred. Desired training: traditional project management methods, agile project management methods. Preferred certifications: Comptia Project+, PMI CAPM/PMP, Agile certification (ScrumMaster, etc.). Effective communication both verbally and in writing. Ability to intuitively reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature. Excellent computer and organizational skills. Regularly required to lift 10 or fewer pounds.

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Target Hire Date2025-10-13

Time TypeFull time

LocationHybrid

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.

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