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Liberty University, Inc. is hiring a Project Manager IV. This role involves coordinating and completing projects, training and coaching project managers, monitoring department project performance, and ensuring effective communication among stakeholders to meet project objectives efficiently.

Highlights

Coordinate and complete projects within specified timelines.
Train and coach new and existing project managers.
Monitor and report on department-wide project performance.
Define tasks and time estimates; assign project responsibilities.
Monitor project progress with regular status reporting.
Escalate issues and risks to management timely and appropriately.
Manage communication between all project stakeholders.
Require a bachelor's degree in Information Services, Project Management, or a related field.
Prefer 5+ years of related work experience with training in traditional and agile project management methods.
Preferred certifications include Comptia Project+, PMI CAPM/PMP, or Agile certifications such as ScrumMaster.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and strong problem-solving abilities.
Position is full-time with a hybrid work location and a target hire date of December 1, 2025.

Project Manager IV 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 and 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 Date2025-12-01

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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