Senior IT Project Manager at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Job Description Summary

This Senior IT Project Manager position is a limited-term appointment through June 30, 2026.

The Senior IT Project Manager will lead, oversee, and ensure successful delivery and management of critical efforts to implement a student success data ecosystem over the next year, including requirements definition, implementation, and rollout of Bentley’s student success management and analytics capabilities. Candidates should be able to quickly come up to speed on established project structure, governance, and development lifecycle and to lead a high-performing cross-functional team.

The ideal candidate has experience managing large, multi-departmental initiatives, brings a strategic mindset to each project, focuses on mobilizing diverse teams to achieve business results, and is a proven communicator with people at all levels of an organization.

Essential Duties

• Work with university project teams to ensure successful project delivery and realization of expected business benefits

• In partnership with project leadership, review the project deliverables to further define time frame, budget, staffing requirements, and allotment of available departmental resources

• Navigate established project governance to facilitate decision-making, issue escalation or resolution, and status communication, in partnership with project leadership

• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project lifecycle and confer with project staff to establish a work plan for project activities, iterations or phases

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, business analysts, and technical teams to collect, analyze, and document business requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and mapping to business value

• Ensure clear communication between business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into actionable project deliverables

• In partnership with project leadership, arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel to the project team, including sourcing external consulting help when needed

• Direct, assign, and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget

• Review contracts, Statements of Work, and work plans of external service providers or consultancies contracted to execute project as needed

• Manage budgets, invoicing, tracking and reporting for all aspects of the project

• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks

• Effectively lead and facilitate meetings with a variety of groups, including project teams, senior leadership, and external vendors

• Create and maintain project documentation

• Establish and implement project communication plans

• Contribute to defining and executing project change management strategy

• Other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of project management experience with 3+ years managing strategic projects

• Ability to motivate, persuade and engage project teams to accomplish challenging goals and objectives

• Ability to manage multiple demands and multiple projects at once

• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills. Proven track record communicating with all levels of stakeholders in IT and business.

• Strong analytical skills

• Exceptionally organized with reliable follow-through on tasks

• Experience using different project methodologies (e.g., predictive, iterative, Agile frameworks), with the ability to assess when a particular methodology should be applied for greatest chance of project success

• Proficiency in Smartsheets and/or similar project management tools

• Ability to craft and deliver professional presentations using MS PowerPoint and other tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher education experience strongly preferred

• Business analyst experience strongly preferred

• Understanding of the vocabulary, key data points, challenges, and best practices around student success in a demanding university environment

• Experience with data analytics and reporting project management

• Some experience with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)

• Experience with Agile frameworks and development lifecycles

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This Senior IT Project Manager position is a limited-term appointment through June 30, 2026.

Work Environment

• Typical office setting with extensive sitting and computer work

• This position is primarily based on Bentley’s Waltham campus with the option to work from home and a flexible work schedule as is appropriate to project work

• Ability to travel around campus for meetings and other work-related events

Bentley University requires references checks and may conduct other pre-employment screening.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Bentley University strives to create a campus community that welcomes the exchange of ideas, and fosters a culture that values differences and views them as a strength in our community.

Bentley University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, building strength through diversity. The University is committed to building a community of talented students, faculty and staff who reflect the diversity of global business. We strongly encourage applications from persons from underrepresented groups, individuals with disabilities, covered veterans and those with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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