IT Project Manager – Finance (CEMI)

Working Title: IT Project Manager Finance (CEMI) Remote 2 Year Term

No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

This is a 2 year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs funding availability and performance.

About the Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative

TheCornell Experience Modernization Initiative (CEMI) is a multi-year program designed to improve the experience of students faculty staff alumni donors patients and partners by unifying and enhancing administrative systems and processes across all Cornell University locations. Its name CEMI is said as See Me because the focus is on you: the people who use Cornells systems and data to accomplish your goals.

What will you do:

The CEMI Finance Team Project Manager is responsible for leading the Finance functional team to delivering critical process design and ERP functionality that will support the financial administration of Cornell University and all of its colleges business units and departments. This role will support a diverse group of stakeholders across central administration and university leadership. It will be responsible to balance technology requirements with institutional functions policies governance structures and campuswide priorities.

The CEMI Finance Team Project Manager oversees the full project lifecycle including planning requirements gathering resource coordination scheduling risk management communication and implementation. They ensure project tasks are completed on time within scope and within budget while maintaining a strong focus on service excellence and enduser experience. The Project Manager must be skilled in facilitating consensus navigating complexity and working with crossfunctional teams in a decentralized IT structures shared services and collaborative governance.

Key strengths for this role include the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to evolving institutional needs. The role requires a blend of technical understanding project management expertise stakeholder engagement and the ability to support missiondriven initiatives that advance teaching learning research and operational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Initiation: Define project scope objectives requirements deliverables and success criteria; develop detailed project plans and schedules.
• Execution & Delivery: Coordinate crossfunctional technical and operational teams monitor progress and ensure timely delivery of project activities.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders; facilitate communication manage expectations and support effective decisionmaking.
• Scope Schedule & Budget Control: Manage project scope track milestones maintain schedules and monitor budgets; evaluate and document change requests.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify risks early develop mitigation strategies resolve project issues and escalate concerns as needed.
• Communication & Reporting: Prepare and deliver project updates status reports dashboards and documentation for diverse technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure project deliverables meet functional technical accessibility security and policy requirements.
• Vendor & Resource Coordination: Support vendor management procurement activities and internal resource allocation as appropriate.
• Project Closeout: Facilitate project wrapup activities including documentation lessons learned and transition to operational support teams.
• Continuous Improvement of Project Management Practices: provide feedback on processes identify opportunities for enhancement and collaborate with peers to strengthen standard methodologies across the organization.

This is a 2 year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs funding availability and performance.

While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in information technology business project management or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-5 years of project management experience preferably within IT or technical environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects of varying size complexity and scope.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (Agile Waterfall Hybrid).
• Experience coordinating crossfunctional technical teams.
• Strong analytical organizational and problemsolving skills with sound judgment and attention to detail.
• Experience with requirements gathering scope definition scheduling resource coordination and risk management.
• Demonstrated skills in communication negotiation facilitation and consensusbuilding.
• Proven ability to build relationships facilitate collaboration manage stakeholder expectations and lead teams without formal authority.
• Ability to work effectively in decentralized matrixed or highereducation environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently manage priorities and adapt to shifting organizational needs.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g. Jira Asana MS Project Smartsheet Trello Confluence SharePoint Teams).
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students faculty staff and community members.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Scrum Master (CSM) PMIACP or similar certification.
• Experience managing IT projects in a highereducation environment.
• Experience with custom software development web projects or systems integrations.
• Knowledge of change management methodologies (e.g. Prosci/ADKAR).
• Experience working with vendors contracts and RFP processes.
• Understanding of accessibility data privacy and security standards applicable to higher education.

Application Information:

• A resume is required for further consideration for this position. A cover letter expressing alignment with Cornells mission and this role is strongly encouraged. When applying through our system please remember to attach your application materials (Cover Letter and Resume) in PDF format.
• No Visa Sponsorship of any kind is available for this position.
• No Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is based in Ithaca New York however the successful applicant may perform this role remotely anywhere within the United States. Employees who work remotely may receive multiple W-2 Forms depending on their work location. The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State. The university reserves the right to modify suspend or terminate the remote or hybrid work arrangement at any time.
• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health wellbeing and sustainability. Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options generous retirement contributions access to wellness programs and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits Working at Cornell.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off Working at Cornell
• Cornells impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program tuition aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits Working at Cornell
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards Working at Cornell.

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