District Director

$95,856 – $153,370/annually, DOE

125

Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm

12 Months

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the CIO and as part of the executive team, this position is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership of the Maricopa Community Colleges (Maricopa) Project Management Office (PMO), including coordination, governance and management of the PMO processes and functions. The PMO handles all aspects of project management, business analyst designs and documentation, organizational change management, training, and quality assurance testing for related projects. This position is responsible for managing the team that coordinates the successful and timely implementation of initiatives at the Maricopa District office as well as throughout the community college district.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

A large part of this role is team leadership in coaching, mentoring, motivating and managing PMO team members; implements and maintains appropriate training and staff development programs to enable continuous growth; ensures PMO staff has the resources and tools necessary to effectively accomplish project assignments; serves as an escalation point, advises, consults, and assists the project teams to facilitate resolution of project challenges; promotes and educates the organization on the value of project management.

40% – Team Leadership: Coaches, mentors, motivates and manages PMO team members; implements and maintains appropriate training and staff development programs to enable continuous growth; ensures PMO staff has the resources and tools necessary to effectively accomplish project assignments; serves as an escalation point, advises, consults, and assists the project teams to facilitate resolution of project challenges; promotes and educates the organization on the value of project management
40% – Portfolio Management and Governance: Facilitates project prioritization and resource planning; develops and maintains appropriate groupings and portfolios of projects across the enterprise to optimize success; coordinates and participates in the feasibility and technical impact assessments of new requests before projects are initiated; facilitates communication with Maricopa executives regarding budget, resources, status, issues and risks; collaborates with other Maricopa divisions to ensure project outcomes are aligned with business needs; manages project audit function to identify areas for improvement; works with Maricopa project managers to manage project health
20% – Process and Methodology: Continually improves and maintains PMO methodologies, standards and process guidelines; identifies and implements effective project management tools; designs and implements a PMO maturity strategy

Master’s Degree in education or field related to area of assignment and four years of progressively responsible management and/or leadership experience in field of assignment that includes two years of supervisory experience.

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation

1. Certification in Project Management
2. Five (5) or more years of managing large complex programs or projects
3. Experience in providing leadership over a project management team, business analyst team, or organizational change management function
4. Experience in providing leadership over an information technology testing and quality assurance program with expertise in project, program, portfolio and resource management
5. Experience with various project management methodologies and best practices including but not limited to waterfall and agile, principles and processes of Quality Assurance
6. Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Clarity, etc.
7. Experience with business analysis processes, documentation, training, and organizational change management including but not limited to experience with project prioritization and governance process

We invite interest in the District Director/PMO position at the Maricopa Community Colleges. All inquiries, nominations and referrals, and applications are confidential and are to be directed to the search consultant. Do not apply via the District job portal.

Search Consultant:

Sheila Lehker, Senior Vice President

Cizek Associates, Inc.

District.director@cizekassociates.com

602-553-1066

Electronic transmissions (email) are strongly encouraged. Application materials include:

• Letter expressing interest in the opportunity and how your background matches position requirements (not to exceed five pages)
• Resume
• Contact information for a range of professional references (six minimum) to include direct telephone number and email

The Soft Application Deadline is May 6, 2018. Materials received by this date are guaranteed full consideration.

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.