What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Project Manager -Senior (Psychiatry & Beh Sciences) position at UT Health San Antonio?
Job Description
The Information Technology Project Manager-Senior will oversee and manage complex, high-impact IT projects, driving innovation and operational excellence throughout the organization. This role will require a seasoned leader with extensive expertise in IT governance, enterprise systems, and portfolio management, ensuring that organizational technology initiatives align with strategic goals.
A key responsibility of this position is leading an IT team dedicated to supporting large-scale training infrastructures, including managing databases, learning management systems (LMS), and web-based platforms. The incumbent will ensure the seamless operation, scalability, and integration of these systems to meet the organization’s training and development needs.
The position involves guiding multi-functional teams, fostering collaboration across departments, and mentoring junior staff to build organizational capacity for future growth. With an emphasis on project delivery, process improvement, and training support, this role is critical to maintaining the university’s IT leadership in higher education.
Responsibilities
Five (5) years experience managing all aspects of the development and implementation of system projects is required.
The Information Technology Project Manager-Senior will oversee and manage complex, high-impact IT projects, driving innovation and operational excellence throughout the organization. This role will require a seasoned leader with extensive expertise in IT governance, enterprise systems, and portfolio management, ensuring that organizational technology initiatives align with strategic goals.
A key responsibility of this position is leading an IT team dedicated to supporting large-scale training infrastructures, including managing databases, learning management systems (LMS), and web-based platforms. The incumbent will ensure the seamless operation, scalability, and integration of these systems to meet the organization’s training and development needs.
The position involves guiding multi-functional teams, fostering collaboration across departments, and mentoring junior staff to build organizational capacity for future growth. With an emphasis on project delivery, process improvement, and training support, this role is critical to maintaining the university’s IT leadership in higher education.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic IT projects with a focus on enterprise impact, from initiation through delivery, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Develop and implement project plans, aligning resources and technology with the university’s strategic vision.
- Provide expertise in IT governance and portfolio management, ensuring that IT investments deliver value and meet organizational needs.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to university leadership, contributing to decision-making processes on IT systems and operations.
- Oversee and manage IT systems supporting a large-scale training infrastructure, including databases, learning management systems (LMS), and websites.
- Ensure the seamless integration of LMS platforms with existing systems, focusing on usability, data integrity, and scalability.
- Manage the design, maintenance, and optimization of training-related IT infrastructure, including web-based tools and database systems for tracking participation and outcomes.
- Mentor and train junior staff and team members, sharing expertise and building internal capacity for long-term success.
- Act as a liaison between technical teams and university stakeholders to ensure effective communication and alignment of priorities.
- Continuously evaluate and improve IT processes, identifying opportunities for innovation and increased efficiency.
- Oversee vendor relationships and contracts, ensuring that partnerships support project goals and university standards.
- Perform all other job duties as assigned.
- Sound program management, project management, IT governance, and enterprise portfolio management knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Ability to read and interpret complex information and clearly present information to non-technical users.
- Skilled in facilitating and managing product and software evaluations, RFPs, contracting and procurement.
- Skilled in multiple systems which include purchased packages, SAAS, complex relational database systems, and web based systems.
- Proficiency with PeopleSoft ERP systems, and data warehouse systems, and cloud-based solutions.
- Advanced technical proficiency in developing solutions that improve IT workflows, process efficiency, and service delivery.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to rapidly facilitate, isolate and solve computer or application system issues.
- Experience with stakeholder engagement and presenting to executive leadership, effectively translating technical concepts into actionable insights.
- Self-directed and result oriented; takes ownership for deliverables and deadlines while collaboratively keeping team members focused and on tasks.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, mentor staff, and rive innovation in collaborative environment.
- Extensive knowledge of relevant project management software and all Microsoft Office supporting products and advanced reporting tools.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field is required.
- Master's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related preferred.
- Five (5) years experience managing all aspects of the development and implementation of system projects is required.
- Extensive experience (15 years) leading IT project management initiatives, particularity in higher education settings, with a proven record of delivering enterprise wide solutions preferred.
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
Five (5) years experience managing all aspects of the development and implementation of system projects is required.
