What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Project Manager/Business Analyst - Business Operations & Administration position at Colorado Community College System?
Description
The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is hiring a Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst (Sr. PM / BA) – Business Operations & Administration to join the Business Technology team at System Office. We’re looking for someone who has experience serving students in a higher education business office and who wants to bring their project management knowledge to a large community college system. We provide generous leave, excellent benefits, and flexible work schedules, including hybrid-remote work within the state of Colorado.
Examples of Duties
In this role you’ll manage projects and project teams to facilitate the on-time delivery of project objectives. CCCS-IT Business Technology projects may include the following : very large, complex and multi-year new product implementations; development of new solutions; enhancements to existing solutions; and various approaches to resolving issues introduced by upgrades, patches, or new requirements. The Sr. PM / BA follows established project management methodologies for each of their projects. You will provide leadership in establishing and documenting procedures for business process analysis, specifications identification, process mapping and determination of appropriate application programming interfaces (APIs) for use in meeting identified business needs. This role supervises one employee.
Duties Include :
- Drive the collaboration with relevant IT departments either contributing to, or impacted by, current services and projects.
- Collaborate with business users to develop business cases and to develop comprehensive project requests. Work closely with college functional user groups in areas such as Finance, Human Resources, Budget, Payroll, Auxiliary Enterprises, and Internal Audit.
- Facilitate the gathering of project requirements from various business users and technical staff members and develop written project and task specifications.
- Identify, verify, and record task dependencies, task efforts, and task durations. Create accurate, detailed, and organized project task details. Manage resource allocation / contention across projects.
- Follow established project management guidelines and processes to develop, maintain, and track project plans, conduct project meetings, and report project status, as appropriate.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the Ellucian Banner product / service line and related third-party vendor products including the oversight and management of specific projects, staff, and deliverables.
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The Colorado Community College System is the state’s largest provider of higher education and workforce training, consisting of 13 colleges and over 35 locations across the state, educating approximately 120,000 students annually. In addition, we train more than 4,000 Coloradans each year through customized employer training programs. Our mission is to provide accessible, responsive learning environments where students can achieve their educational, professional and personal goals in an atmosphere that embraces academic excellence, diversity and innovation. We are an organization that encourages individuals to bring their whole selves to work.
CCCS believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive. In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
Note : per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, an applicant may redact information from their resume, cover letter, and / or transcripts that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. If your position requires us to review an official transcript, without redacting, we will request one as part of our conditional offer process. In order to evaluate work experience against established requirements for positions, we are still requesting dates of service (month and year) for positions in the applicant’s work history.
