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About the Role

The Senior Director, Institutional Initiatives Portfolio Management, serves as the University PMO’s lead implementation partner for initiatives sponsored by senior university leaders. This role is responsible for helping define the plan and determine how strategic priorities can be successfully implemented across the university. The Senior Director partners with executive leaders to assess opportunities, define implementation approaches, evaluate alternatives, and develop actionable plans. This role also oversees the project and desired outcomes for all approved projects coming from the President and Provost Offices, leading a team of experienced project managers.

Responsibilities

Partner with executive leaders to assess opportunities, help define implementation approaches, evaluate alternatives, and develop actionable plans.
Engage stakeholders across the university, research leading practices, and assess how peer institutions have addressed similar challenges.
Facilitate cross-functional discussions and evaluate impacts across people, process, technology, governance, service delivery, and organizational structures.
Partner closely with peers across the PMO, including Change Management and Process Improvement leaders, to assess organizational readiness, business process implications, stakeholder impacts, adoption considerations, and opportunities for operational improvement.
Work closely with Information Technology leadership and university technical teams whenever initiatives involve technology-enabled solutions, systems, data, integrations, digital capabilities, or technology investments.
Establish implementation plans, governance structures, priorities, timelines, and success measures.
Manage risks, resolve issues, facilitate decision-making, coordinate stakeholders, and monitor progress throughout execution.
Ensure leaders have visibility into status, challenges, dependencies, and expected outcomes.

Requirements

10+ years of demonstrated experience leading a project management team or working in a consulting/PMO organization.
Experience working in a complex matrix environment with stakeholders at various levels.
Understanding of project management deliverables such as executive level presentations, status reporting, and managing project plans.
Experience translating strategic vision and desired outcomes into actionable implementation plans.
2+ years Experience working in higher education.
7+ years Experience working in a consulting organization such as McKinsey, Deloitte, Accenture.

Skills

Demonstrated skills in understanding core project management methodologies.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Ability to work with diverse teams to achieve objectives.
Ability to build consensus among diverse constituencies.
Ability to work effectively with technical and functional teams to achieve desired outcomes.
Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels and ability to tailor the communication style accordingly.
Develops information technology project solutions by formulating objectives; planning project life-cycle deliverables and resource availability and application; preparing installation and modification specifications; leading the exploration, evaluation, and design of technical solutions.
Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels.
Excellent strategic planning and problem solving skills.
Ability to function effectively in a fast-paced, high pressure environment and progress on multiple projects simultaneously.
Track record of successfully executing portfolio, program and project management, preferably having supported initiatives for Senior leadership in either higher ed, government or not for profit organization.

Location

New York University

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Director
10+ years
7+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree

Salary/Compensations

USD $220,000.00 to USD $260,000.00

About the Company

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040.

Equal Opportunity

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.