Sr. Project Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinates multiple research projects and initiatives, ensuring adherence to organizational goals, timelines, and budgets while fostering collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Develops and implements detailed project plans, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and monitoring progress to achieve project milestones and deliverables
• Facilitates communication and resource distribution across teams, ensuring efficient execution of project tasks and enhancing engagement with stakeholders
• Oversees data collection, reporting, and evaluation processes, ensuring compliance with funding requirements and measuring project impact
• Organizes logistics for events, meetings, and training sessions, coordinating all necessary resources, including venues, speakers, and materials, to ensure successful execution
• Supports the creation of promotional materials, reports, and presentations, preparing content and coordinating distribution to stakeholders to support project visibility and outcomes
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of project management principles, including planning, execution, and evaluation processes to ensure project success and alignment with organizational goals
• Knowledge of data collection, reporting, and evaluation methodologies to assess project effectiveness and compliance with funding requirements
• Skill in organizing logistics for events, meetings, and training sessions, ensuring smooth execution and effective engagement with participants
• Skill in coordinating multiple tasks, resources, and stakeholders across various projects to maintain efficiency and meet deadlines
• Ability to develop detailed project plans and track progress, ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget
• Ability to create and manage promotional materials, reports, and presentations to communicate project progress and outcomes to stakeholders

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered

Job Level Overview

Specialized Contributor Level 3 - A senior-level role requiring broad understanding of the profession or field of work. Independently leads diverse and often complex assignments, projects, or programs. May act as a mentor and guide less experienced staff.

Additional Details

University Advancement at Rochester Institute of Technology is adding a Sr. Project Manager to the Advancement Services and Administration team. This role supports initiatives that improve collaboration, streamline processes, and strengthen the way our teams deliver their work. The Sr. Project Manager will work with partners across the division to help coordinate projects, enhance communication, and ensure efforts are aligned with University Advancement’s strategic direction.

The Sr. Project Manager provides leadership for complex, cross-functional initiatives by developing project plans, guiding prioritization, and implementing project management methodologies and best practices. This role focuses on continuous improvement—identifying opportunities to streamline services, translate business needs into actionable solutions, and support data-informed decision-making. Working closely with stakeholders, technical partners, and leadership, the Sr. Project Manager helps drive change management efforts, improve transparency, and deliver programs that enhance operational effectiveness and customer satisfaction across the division. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, along with a growth mindset and the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, repeatable processes within a collaborative, service-oriented environment.

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Application Materials

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Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.

Additional Details

In compliance with NYS's Pay Transparency Act, the salary range for this position is listed above. Rochester Institute of Technology considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. The hiring process for this position may require a criminal background check and/or motor vehicle records check. Any verbal or written offer made is contingent on satisfactory results, as determined by Human Resources. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. RIT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Law, or similar applicable law.

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