# Project Manager II – Technical

**Company**: Western Governors University (WGU)
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $89,400.00 - $134,100.00
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

We are seeking a Project Manager II – Technical to join our team at Western Governors University (WGU). As a Project Manager II – Technical, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing information technology projects through completion.

Responsibilities:

- Plan, organize, and manage all phases of assigned IT projects, including scope definition, scheduling, resource coordination, and delivery tracking.

- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, Work Breakdown Structures, estimates, and key delivery milestones.

- Monitor and communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely escalation.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams and foster collaboration between technical, business, and vendor partners.

- Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards, technical requirements, and compliance expectations.

- Facilitate Agile ceremonies when needed, support backlog clarity, and promote effective teamwork and continuous improvement.

- Identify and remove project blockers, evaluate alternative solutions, and drive alignment on decisions.

- Maintain accurate project documentation, including requirements, test plans, decision logs, and change requests.

- Support testing, validation, and user acceptance processes to ensure successful implementation and smooth transition to operations.

- Manage project budgets, vendor deliverables, and change orders to ensure financial accountability.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field

- Minimum 2 years of progressive project management experience

- Leadership and project management skills with the ability to drive scope, schedule, and delivery outcomes.

- Proficient in creating WBSs, project plans, schedules, and milestone-driven roadmaps.

- Understanding of project management methods, including Agile, hybrid, and traditional approaches.

- Knowledge of development cycles, system processes, software lifecycle standards, and large-scale technology delivery.

- Ability to analyze problems, evaluate technical constraints, and recommend effective solutions.

- Comfortable using project and productivity tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Excel, collaboration platforms).

- Demonstrated ability to influence, motivate, and coordinate across cross-functional teams.

- Works effectively both independently and within team environments.

- Ability to plan work, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.

- Ability to maintain accurate documentation and support administrative, reporting, and governance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Broad knowledge of project management

- Scrum Master Certification

- Project Management Professional (Project+, PMP, Prince2) Certification

- Experience in technology and/or higher education

- Experience with Agile development

Benefits:

- 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

- 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

- Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

## Skills

### Required
- Agile
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem Analysis
- Jira
- MS Project
- Excel

### Nice to have
- Scrum Master Certification
- Project Management Professional (Project+, PMP, Prince2) Certification
- Agile development
- Technology
- Higher Education

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