Project Manager

Position Summary:  

The Project Manager, PMO delivers cross-functional projects that support Bellevue University’s strategic and operational priorities. This role drives clarity, structure, and momentum by applying adaptive project management practices (Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methods) and supporting the University’s transition toward a Strategic PMO model. The Project Manager organizes delivery teams, documents processes and requirements, manages risks and issues, and ensures timely and transparent communication. The ideal candidate brings calm structure to complexity, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.

Essential Functions:

• Deliver cross-functional projects using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methods—maintaining clear scope, timelines, milestones, and measurable outcomes.

• Assists in developing business case, vision, roadmap, key results and deliverables.  
• Manage RAID (risks, actions, issues, decisions) proactively and transparently, escalating appropriately and driving timely resolution.

• Document requirements and current-state processes, serving as a support analyst for Business Process Redesign efforts (capturing workflows, handoffs, decisions, and dependencies).
• Facilitate meetings, standups, and working sessions—ensuring clarity of purpose, productive discussion, documented decisions, and effective follow-through.
• Prepare and communicate project plans, progress summaries, and status reports that support visibility and informed decision-making.
• Coordinate with vendors, technical partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, readiness, and timely delivery of project components.
• Able to lead through influence, motivate cross-functional teams, and drive clarity when requirements or direction are evolving.
• Support change management activities, including communication planning, training coordination, stakeholder engagement, and adoption readiness tracking.
• Support testing cycles, including UAT coordination, defect tracking, and validation activities.
• Maintain PMO standards, templates, tools, documentation quality, and delivery consistency as part of PMO maturity efforts.

• Provides coaching to teams on PMO framework, delivery practices and use of standard tools. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Individual Contributor Competencies:

• Organization/Planning: Manages time, priorities, and competing deadlines effectively; anticipates issues; and uses technology to stay organized.
• Strong Interpersonal Skills: Communicates clearly and directly, ensures shared understanding, and builds trust through transparency.
• Collaboration & Relationshiop Building: Builds cooperative relationships, adapts well to change, resolves conflict constructively, and takes ownership of outcomes.
• Learner/Coachable: Quickly absorbs new content, systems, and processes; remains self-directed and motivated.
• Calm, Stabilizing Presence: Maintains composure in high-pressure or ambiguous situations and help steady teams. 
• Outcome-Anchored Mindset: Guides teams toward delivering high-impact value and staying aligned to the project’s purpose.
• Detail-oriented Execution: Ensures accuracy in documentation, analysis, and communication.
• Solution-oriented Appraoch: Proactively identifies options, addresses risks and issues, and drives forward momentum.

Skills & Abilities 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Business Management/Leadership, or equivalent preferred. 

Experience: Minimum of three (3) years managing cross-functional projects with demonstrated experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches

Other Requirements:

• Knowledge of ERP, CRM solutions (Salesforce, PeopleSoft), Business Analytics or equivalent preferred.
• Computer Skills:  Experience with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Miro, Jira, Teams, Lucidchart, Smartsheet) is strongly preferred.

Certificates & Licenses: Certification such as PMP, Agile (CSM/PSM/PMI-ACP), Lean, or related credential preferred but not required.
 

Other Physical Requirements: N/A

Reasonable Accommodations Statement: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 Work Environment:

• Works in a normal office environment
• Fast paced, value-driven and collaborative team culture 
• Some travel may be required

NOTE:  The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job.  It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

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