Project Management Director jobs in Louisiana
Project Management Director develops and directs project management operations and strategic planning to meet organizational goals. Provides overall strategic governance for projects by establishing standards, processes, and tools used for effective project delivery. Being a Project Management Director establishes methodologies to set productivity and quality targets and to assess results for all projects. Responds to escalated project issues that may impede project delivery and coordinates solutions. Additionally, Project Management Director monitors and analyzes project metrics to identify weaknesses or problems and to propose operational improvements and cost savings for future projects. Requires a bachelor's degree. May require a project management certification. Typically reports to top management. The Project Management Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. To be a Project Management Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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Director of Project Management
- Tulane University
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
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Summary
The Director of Project Management is responsible for planning, implementing, and ensuring the timely delivery of university-wide project initiatives. The Director will create and manage budgets and complex business plans related to project development and implementation. The Director will ensure that well-established project management methodologies are utilized and adopted during the entire project lifecycle. The Director of Project Management works closely with the Director of Change Management to ensure that strategies, methods, and processes from these two core pillars (Project management and Change Management) are aligned to maximize project effectiveness and achieve user adoption. Furthermore, the Director of Project Management will partner with colleagues in administrative and academic functions to create opportunities for these colleagues to learn and deploy effective project management methodologies.
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities- The Director will manage and develop PM staff. They will lead a diverse team of professional, technical, support staff, and contractors, both directly and indirectly.
- Ability to:
- Identify and deploy organization-wide best practices for project delivery in planning (strategy to execution) and requirements (outcomes and benefits).
- Create detailed project plans, monitor and report on progress including, milestones and dependencies.
- Ensure that project plans minimize disruption of delivery of services; identify, diagnose, optimize use of resources, and resolve bottlenecks and other sub-optimal activity.
- Develop and document complex business processes and workflows.
- Analyze business processes and workflow to drive efficiencies and identify innovation that technology enhancements may provide.
- Assess the impact of project risks and deviations in time, budgets, and resources. The director will need to be a problem solver and use proper judgment to escalate potential issues to appropriate stakeholders to mitigate risk.
- Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Agile Development practices and environments.
- Understanding of Quality Assurance (QA) plans for testing.
- People management skills in leading and developing a team of project manager professionals.
- Ability to establish project management best practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature the project management capabilities at Tulane.
- Coaching on Project Management (PM) skills for leadership development and to help departments adopt PM best practices.
- Ability to coordinate planning with outside service vendors, assist clients with planning functional improvements, and act as a liaison between clients and vendors.
- Contributes to vendor selection and engagements.
- A broad understanding of ERP/best of breed systems from both a functional and technical perspective.
- Effective in engaging others in developing innovative solutions to important, highly complex strategic and operating problems in which cross-department and divisional considerations are often present.
- Demonstrated conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to effectively build, manage and maintain excellent working relationships with senior project sponsors and internal and external business partners.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously, and consistently meet established deadlines. Effective in providing briefings to supervisor on project status and escalating issues to supervisor as appropriate in a timely fashion.
- Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills with an ability to comprehensively plan, execute, and evaluate project effectiveness.
- Works independently and as a member of a team.
- Perform other duties as assigned to assist the department in maintaining its mission and deliver required services.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Business-related field and five years project management experience to include strategic planning experience
- Project Management (PM) Certification
- Master Project Manager or relevant experience managing complex projects in a higher education setting
- R1 University Administrative systems experience
- ERP systems (Oracle Cloud) implementation experience
- Knowledge of tools to assist with scrum team planning (e.g. Jira) and PM tools (e.g. MS Project)
- Process improvement, such as Lean or Six Sigma
- 7 Days Ago
Director of Project Management
- The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- The Director of Project Management is responsible for planning, implementing, and ensuring the timely delivery of university-wide project initiatives. The Director will create and manage budgets and c...
- 11 Days Ago
Assistant Director of Student Support Project Management
- Orleans Parish School Board
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- Position SummaryThe Assistant Director of Student Support Project Management manages the administration and implementation of major IDEA, Section 504, and English Learner projects to ensure compliance...
- 7 Days Ago
Assistant Director of Student Support Project Management
- NOLA Public Schools
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- NOLA Public Schools VisionThe vision of the NOLA Public Schools is that every student receives a high-quality education that fosters their individual capabilities, while ensuring that they thrive, ach...
- 9 Days Ago
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
- PRIORITY MANAGEMENT
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SHREVEPORT, LA
OTHER
- Job Details Job Location: Booker T Washington Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation - SHREVEPORT, LA Salary Range: Undisclosed Job Shift: Day DIRECTOR OF NURSINGDirector of Nursing Come join an amazing t...
- 5 Days Ago
MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR
- PRIORITY MANAGEMENT
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SHREVEPORT, LA
OTHER
- Job Details Job Location: The Guest House Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation - SHREVEPORT, LA Salary Range: Undisclosed Job Shift: Day Maintenance DirectorPosition Description Responsible for supervis...
- 11 Days Ago
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Project Management Director
- Centr
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Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Augusta, ME
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- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Frankfort, KY
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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San Juan, PR
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Annapolis, MD
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Montpelier, VT
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Oklahoma City, OK
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
Project Manager Director (US-Remote)
- CBRE
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Des Moines, IA
- Project Manager Director (US-Remote) Job ID 169201 Posted 31-May-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Louisiana
Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas; to the north by Arkansas; to the east by Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
The state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the alluvial along the coast.
The alluvial region includes low swamp lands, coastal marshlands and beaches, and barrier islands that cover about 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2). This area lies principally along the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 mi (970 km)) and empties into the Gulf of Mexico; ...
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Income Estimation for Project Management Director jobs
$161,701 to $206,272
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What does a Project Management Director do?
Project Management Director in Albany, GA
Even if you’re not a project manager by trade, sooner or later as a marketer, you’ll likely need to develop project management skills.
January 24, 2020
Project Management Director in Detroit, MI
While program managers and project managers share similar responsibilities, there are key differences between the two positions.
February 09, 2020
Project Management Director in Saint Petersburg, FL
As Director, Project Management for the All Bank Delivery Office, you’ll work closely with Scotiabank's internal teams, providing leadership and executional capabilities to ensure business units are able to deliver and sustain the full benefits of project management standards, methodologies, and best practices.
December 20, 2019