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Project Manager II - Technical

🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $89K - $134K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ October 29th, 2026
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Edtech.com's Summary

WGU Corporation is hiring a Project Manager II - Technical. This role involves planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing IT projects through completion using Agile methodologies. The position requires facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching teams, coordinating cross-functional efforts, and ensuring project adherence to specifications, budgets, and timelines.

Highlights
  • Plan, organize, and manage all phases of IT projects including scope, scheduling, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), timelines, estimates, and milestones.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Coach and support teams on Agile principles to ensure consistent delivery and continuous improvement.
  • Monitor and communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and escalate issues to stakeholders.
  • Coordinate collaboration between technical, business, and vendor partners across cross-functional teams.
  • Use project and productivity tools including Jira, Microsoft Project, Excel, and collaboration platforms.
  • Maintain project documentation including requirements, test plans, decision logs, and change requests.
  • Manage project budgets, vendor deliverables, and change orders ensuring financial accountability.
  • Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Business, MIS, Computer Science or related field, minimum 2 years of progressive project management experience, and preferred certifications such as Scrum Master and PMP.

Project Manager II - Technical Full Description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Job Description




Duties:

  • Plan, organize, and manage all phases of assigned IT projects, including scope definition, scheduling, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.

  • Develop andmaintainproject plans, timelines, Work Breakdown Structures, estimates, and key delivery milestones.

  • Monitor and communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency andtimelyescalation.

  • Coordinate cross-functional teams and foster collaboration between technical, business, and vendor partners.

  • Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards, technical requirements, and compliance expectations.

  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies when needed, support backlog clarity, and promote effective teamwork and continuous improvement.

  • Identifyand remove project blockers, evaluate alternative solutions, and drive alignment on decisions.

  • Maintainaccurateproject documentation, including requirements, test plans, decision logs, and change requests.

  • Support testing, validation, and user acceptance processes to ensure successful implementation and smooth transition to operations.

  • Manage project budgets, vendor deliverables, and change orders to ensure financial accountability.

  • Performs otherjob-relatedduties asassigned.related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Leadership and project management skills with the ability to drive scope, schedule, and delivery outcomes.

  • Proficient in creating WBSs, project plans, schedules, and milestone-driven roadmaps.

  • Understanding ofproject management methods, including Agile, hybrid, and traditional approaches.

  • Knowledge of development cycles, system processes, software lifecycle standards, and large-scale technology delivery.

  • Ability to analyze problems, evaluate technical constraints, and recommend effective solutions.

  • Comfortable using project and productivity tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Excel, collaboration platforms).

  • Demonstrated ability to influence, motivate, and coordinate across cross-functional teams.

  • Works effectively both independently and within team environments.

  • Ability to plan work, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.

  • Ability tomaintainaccuratedocumentation and support administrative, reporting, and governance requirements.

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field

Experience

  • Minimum 2years of progressive project management experience

  • Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.Generally, equivalentrelevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Broad knowledge of project management

  • Scrum Master Certification

  • Project Management Professional (Project+, PMP, Prince2) Certification

  • Experience in technology and/or higher education

  • Experience with Agile development

This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year).Additionaltravel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.Additionaltravel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.

Position & Application Details

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It's not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.