Senior IT Project Manager

UR Ventures

. Manages medium to large assigned IT projects independently.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,482 - $129,723 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manages medium to large assigned IT projects independently.
Gathers input from team members on required tasks and translates into a project plan with tasks, activities, dependencies, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, and deliverables.
Monitors progress of project activities and ensures all critical implementation criteria are met.
Coordinates with Architects, Team Leads, Resource Managers, IT Leaders, Sponsors as needed to ensure project team follows department processes for quality assurance, migrations and promotions, end-user acceptance/validation, training and support.
Facilitates project meetings using effective meeting techniques for objectives, agendas, participants and meeting minutes.
Develops and maintains reporting dashboards suitable for Senior Leadership to communicate project status.
Conducts post-project “lessons learned” sessions to identify successful project elements and areas for future improvement.
Identifies, tracks and manages risks and mitigation plans within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate.
Identifies, tracks and manages issues to resolution within assigned projects, escalating as appropriate.
Provides status reports to steering committees.
Utilizes a variety of project management methodologies as appropriate to the project.
Manages project scope and timeline, using appropriate governance bodies and Project Office leadership direction.
Keeps current with business and strategic goals.
Understands other University service providers.
Stays apprised of teams roles, processes, tools and architecture to better understand how the team works together to meet users' needs.
Attends webinars, reads case studies and white papers and participates in other opportunities to further refine skills and stay apprised on project management topics.
Builds and maintains internal departmental relationships.
Coaches and positively influences project team members to ensure accountability and action.
Determines scope of the problem/project through collaboration with the executive project sponsor, key users and system and application analysts.
Collaborates with technical team leads and/or Resource Managers to assign appropriate resources to the project.
Obtains necessary approvals.
Makes presentations to staff on work-related issues.
Serves on committees and attends meetings as requested.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in related discipline such as Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or Engineering and 5 years of related experience required
Or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience in healthcare or higher education field preferred
ServiceNow, JIRA, Smartsheet, Clarity PPM or Project Portfolio Management (PPM software experience preferred)

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementrisk managementissue resolutionscope managementtimeline managementquality assuranceresource managementreporting dashboardsproject planninglessons learned

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationcoachinginfluencingmeeting facilitationrelationship buildingproblem-solvingaccountabilitystrategic thinkingadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Project ManagementBachelor's degree in Business AdministrationBachelor's degree in Information TechnologyBachelor's degree in Engineering