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Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community. Description

Assists the Cybersecurity Program Manager in prioritizing project work and supporting the Portfolio and projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinates, plans, supports, and executes enterprise-wide IT projects.

Provides strategic input for project plan development, budget, and scope.

Manages the Project Management Life Cycle from beginning to end and establishes cohesion for achieving multi-disciplinary stakeholder and project team buy-in.

Applies industry-accepted methodologies (i.e., Project Management Institute [PMI] with a focus on Agile/Scrum delivery) to ensure adherence to project management standards and requirements and to provide stakeholders with continual reports on project progress and performance.

Assists and supports Project Management Office (PMO) employees.

Performs project management research to improve and refine skills and to identify trends and best practices for improving PMO performance.

Meets with stakeholders to validate business cases and to gather facts for establishing and gaining agreement on project charters.

Creates project charters and analyzes business cases to validate and clarify issues, justify use of project resources and to anticipate risks.

Consults with project sponsors to clarify project directives, scopes, deliverables, and timelines and to analyze risk.

Conducts bid sessions and/or vendor RFP efforts to select and manage suppliers and supplier payments.

Applies PM tools and methodologies to ensure project milestones are achieved and scope is maintained.

Observes project team dynamics to ensure effective team member synergies and to resolve issues.

Creates progressive project milestones for facilitating smaller-scale achievements and to motivate the project team.

Gathers and analyzes project metrics to evaluate project performance and to manage issues, risk and changes of scope.

Communicates with stakeholders, senior management, and project leaders to review project progress, discuss issues and resolutions and to authorize scope changes.

Utilizes PM tools to manage project timelines and accuracy, ensure project resource commitments are met, and to track activities and variances.

Performs assessments throughout projects to identify risks and potential impact and to develop response strategies for managing and mitigating risk factors.

Closes project contracts to validate supplier statements of work (SOWs) and verify deliverables.

Conducts project management research and studies trends and developments under the direction of the PMO Director to support PMO team members and industry colleagues.

Assists the School of Medicine IT Director in prioritizing project work.

Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of Project Management experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Background in Cybersecurity and/or Higher Education preferred but not required.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).

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