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Technical Project Managers

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Salt Lake City, UT

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Project Management

🗓️ November 26th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Utah is hiring a Technical Project Manager to lead and manage projects at the Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC). The role involves planning, executing, and completing projects by coordinating cross-functional teams, managing budgets and timelines, and serving as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders to support innovative clinical research and health data infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Lead project teams from initiation to delivery, managing project scope, estimation, and budget.
  • Formulate delivery strategies and establish project milestones and schedules.
  • Maintain project status reports and monitor team progress.
  • Gather and analyze end-user requirements to create technical specifications.
  • Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments to meet project targets.
  • Report key issues impacting project completion or budget to leadership.
  • Collaborate with program directors, statisticians, data managers, IT staff, and other stakeholders.
  • Preferred qualifications include PMP certification and a master’s degree.
  • Requires bachelor's plus 4-8 years or master’s plus 2-6 years of related experience based on job level.
  • Offers full-time employment with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement contributions, paid leave, tuition reduction, and professional development.

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Announcement
Details
Open Date 11/24/2025
Requisition Number PRN43673B
Job Title Technical Project Managers
Working Title Technical Project Manager
Career Progression Track P00
Track Level P4 - Advanced, P3 - Career, P2 - Developing
FLSA Code Management
Patient Sensitive Job Code? No
Standard Hours per Week 40
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Shift Day
Work Schedule Summary
Full-time, 40 hours per week. Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

This position offers a flexible, mostly remote work schedule for candidates who reside along the Wasatch Front. While most duties can be performed remotely, the employee must be available to attend essential meetings and events on campus as needed.

(Per University of Utah policy, employees are expected to live and work within the state of Utah. Out-of-state work may be approved only in rare and exceptional cases and requires formal University approval. Qualified in-state candidates will be given preference.)

A hybrid telework schedule is available for this position, dependent on operational needs and management approval. The arrangement will be established in partnership with the manager and is subject to ongoing departmental needs.

This position may require occasional travel.
VP Area U of U Health - Academics
Department 02228 - Data Coordinating Center
Location Campus
City Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment External Posting
Pay Rate Range Based on Experience
Close Date 02/24/2026
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary
Join the Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) as a Technical Project Manager, where your work will directly enable innovative clinical research at the University of Utah and across national partners. This position will be responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of projects across the DCC. This is a growth-focused role ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. The Utah DCC supports large-scale health data infrastructure that underpins national emergency response, clinical registries, and federal research initiatives.

The Technical PM will work with a cross-functional team, including: program directors, administrative staff, report developers, statisticians, data managers, IT staff and other project stakeholders. Typical projects include new initiatives and implementation of new technologies. Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery. Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management. Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules. Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.

This position will report to the Associate Director of Program Delivery & Portfolio Management who leads the IT Project Management Office.

The Utah DCC offers a career ladder for Technical Project Managers and provides growth and professional development opportunities.

To learn more about the Utah DCC visit http://uofuhealth.org/UtahDCC

Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required
Often: Office environment

Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly continuously: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), hearing, listening, talking, walking
Often: Sitting, bending, twisting
Seldom: Repetitive foot motion, climbing, kneeling, squatting, crawling, balancing, reaching overhead, pulling, pushing

The University of Utah offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

Learn more about the great benefits of working for University of Utah: benefits.utah.edu

Responsibilities
Establish project teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to delivery. Perform project requirements, estimation, and budget management. Formulate project scope and delivery strategies and establish milestones/schedules. Maintain and report project status and monitor progress of all team members. Gather required data from end-users to evaluate objectives, goals, and scope to create technical specifications. Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all targets and requirements are met. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact project completion, budget, or other results.

Essential Functions:
  • Delivery Process: Accountable for the various projects that are under the ownership of this role. Ensure delivery to agreed time, cost and quality parameters. Ensure project goals are achieved on time in alignment with the stakeholders’ expectation. Ability to manage both large, small, simple and complex projects. Ability to escalate and remove blocks to progress. Have proven delivery experience and capability which enables this role to provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to junior project managers.
  • Quality, Risk & Compliance: Ensure all risk and issues associated with owned projects are recorded and managed in the appropriate Risk & Issue logs in a timely manner, according to project standards. Ensure all Risks and Issues have clear action/mitigation/contingency plans defined, with named action owners and timelines for completion.
  • Team Leadership: As a member of the team, contribute the development of talent and capabilities. Use experience to bring new ideas and to identify and challenge ineffective practices. Based on the proven experience this person will be responsible for guiding, mentoring and coaching the junior project managers in the team. Manage the selection of project managers.
  • Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with others to improve our IT delivery methodology covering tools, sourcing, processes and quality assurance.
  • Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of projects
  • Think creatively about solutions to technical and non-technical problems
  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
  • Facilitate effective meetings that produce clear action and consensus
  • Ensure that IT plan is consistent with project design and requirements
  • Build trusting relationships within and beyond the IT Team to achieve the goals and contribute to the success of the Utah DCC.

The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Technical Project Managers, II
Requires moderate skill set and proficiency in discipline. Conducts work assignments of increasing complexity, under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment.

Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Technical Project Managers, III
Considered highly skilled and proficient in discipline. Conducts complex, important work under minimal supervision and with wide latitude for independent judgment.

Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

Technical Project Managers, IV
Recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional. Requires specialized skill set. Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.

Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.


Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Technical Project Managers, II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Technical Project Managers, III: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

Technical Project Managers, IV: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.


Preferences
Applicants will be screened according to preferences.

  • Project Manager Professional (PMP) certified
  • Master’s degree in related field
Type Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.


Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.


The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.


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Posting Specific Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * What is your highest level of completed education?
    • None
    • High School Diploma or Equivalent
    • Associate Degree
    • Bachelor's Degree
    • Master's Degree
    • Doctorate Degree
  2. * How many years of related work experience do you have?
    • Less than 2 years
    • 2 years or more, but less than 4 years
    • 4 years or more, but less than 6 years
    • 6 years or more, but less than 8 years
    • 8 years or more, but less than 10 years
    • 10 years or more, but less than 12 years
    • 12 years or more, but less than 14 years
    • 14 years or more
  3. Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B status)?
    • Yes
    • No
  4. Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?
    • Yes
    • No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Optional Documents

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