Project Manager II

Job Type: Full time

Job Number: JR-025815

Location: Raleigh, NC

If
you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you’re committed to working hard to play
your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher
education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of
student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from
academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students
graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the
wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training;
licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at
or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A
reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Professional 308 Pay Range: $75,200.00 – $112,700.00

Job Description

The Project Manager II oversees the execution and process of assigned projects and monitors change management strategies and outcomes. The
Project Manager II will work with multiple teams, project requesters, and creative teams to develop project plans according to strategic
development priorities, as defined by project requesters and leadership. This position is accountable for ensuring that the scope, dates,
commitments, and project plans are communicated to all stakeholders and updated as necessary. The individual monitors and reports project
status-including risks, issues affecting project schedules, and milestone achievements-to stakeholders and departmental leadership. The
Project Manager II develops project plans and schedules and ensures projects meet departmental requirements, standards, policies, and
deadlines. This individual is expected to keep fully informed of departmental strategies and priorities and effectively influence the work
of project team members in line with those priorities. The Project Manager II is responsible for tracking deadlines, monitoring incoming
requests, managing commitments, and utilizing project management tools to ensure project timelines are met, issues are escalated, identified
opportunities for efficiencies and process/decisions are documented.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintains a thorough and detailed understanding of all department projects, purpose and status and ensures projects meet outlined
  processes.
• Monitors, reports on, and makes visible project status, issues, resource requirements, dependencies, and project
  plans.
• Keeps stakeholders and departmental leadership informed of project statuses, including, but not limited to, milestone
  achievements, toll gate progress, risks, and any issues that may adversely affect project schedules.
• Documents project deliverables,
  outputs, and notes that capture why key project decisions were made and keeps project management records and systems accurate and up to
  date.
• Understands departmental strategic priorities and influences the actions and work efforts of team members in line with those
  priorities.
• Works closely with product team, content creators and other department stakeholders to align priorities and progress on
  all projects.
• Manages traffic of incoming new requests – validates that appropriate requirements are included.
• Produces
  timely and accurate reports as directed. Regular weekly progress report of Project Tasks completed, priorities for upcoming week,
  dependencies.
• Provides input to develop or refine project management procedures and processes for the purpose of improving
  efficiency.
• Develops realistic project plans and schedules by analyzing organizational process assets, enterprise environmental
  factors, task dependencies, resource requirements, work breakdown, and departmental strategy and priorities.
• Ensures projects meet
  organizational standards and are managed in accordance with applicable policies, processes, and procedures.
• Monitors change
  management strategies and outcomes of strategies.
• Conducts retrospective work on closed/ completed projects to document lessons
  learned, and prepares retrospective documentation.
• May conduct data analysis, research course and program level information as
  requested during the analysis phases of other projects.
• Track project costs in order to meet budget.
• Facilitating change
  requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
• Performs other related duties as
  assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Strong written and oral communication
  skills.
• Understanding of change management methodologies and practices.
• History of successful execution of projects that
  impact an entire organization.
• Professional integrity that represents the educational standards within higher
  education.
• Excellent leadership and project management skills.
• Works well in a team environment.
• Ability to
  influence change and motivate others.
• Solid technical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to plan and meet
  schedules.
• Ability to use project management systems and tools.

Job Qualifications:

Minimum
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) years of experience as the assigned project
  manager with responsibility for project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Experience applying change
  management methodologies and practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in higher education, WGU, and program
  development preferred.
• Master’s degree from an accredited institution or higher in relevant field.
• Project Management
  Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
• Green or Black Belt Certification.

Position & Application
Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular
position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare;
health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness
and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU
tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11
paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need
to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional
Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not
all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or
interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal
Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as
required by law.

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