{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1a090971f34246ef067f2a66","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1a090971f34246ef067f2a66","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1a090971f34246ef067f2a66","title":"Tech Project Manager (18 Month Fixed)","description":"Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners\nThe Impact You Will Make\n\nThe Technology Project Manager keeps Risepoint's most strategic technology initiatives moving by turning plans into delivered outcomes. This role is the driving force behind execution: resolving blockers, forcing decisions, and holding a fast-paced, multi-project portfolio to a standard of real progress rather than reported status.\n\nReporting to the Director, Technology PMO, the Technology Project Manager owns end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent, high-priority technology projects across infrastructure, applications, security, and enterprise initiatives. Working within the standards, templates, and governance cadence set by the PMO, this role goes well beyond tracking and reporting — it is accountable for actively managing risk, unblocking teams, and driving cross functional stakeholders to timely decisions. Success requires equal comfort with detail-level execution and big-picture prioritization across a demanding, high-velocity\nproject load.\n\nHow You Will Bring Our Mission to Life\nWhat You Will Do\n\nOwn end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent, strategic technology projects, balancing competing priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations without losing momentum on any of them\nBuild and actively manage real project plans, schedules, and budgets using PMO-standard tools and templates —treating them as working instruments, not paperwork.\nProactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive them to resolution directly rather than simply logging and escalating them.\nPartner day-to-day with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to clear obstacles and keep delivery on pace.\nManage scope and change requests in real time, evaluating trade-offs and making recommendations rather than deferring every decision upward.\nCoordinate across interdependent workstreams, functional teams, and vendors to keep related deliverables aligned and on schedule.\nContribute clear, evidence-based status into PMO governance and portfolio review cadence, using each checkpoint to drive action rather than simply report position.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\n\nAssigned projects land on time, in scope, and on budget, with issues resolved well before they threaten a milestone.\nStakeholders experience proactive problem-solving and clear communication, not last-minute surprises.\nMultiple concurrent projects run in parallel without dropped dependencies or missed handoffs.\nProject managers and functional partners see this role as a driver of outcomes, not a collector of updates.\n\nHow Impact Will be Measured\n\nOn-time and on-budget delivery rate across the assigned project portfolio.\nSpeed and rate of risk/issue resolution prior to escalation.\nStakeholder and sponsor feedback on responsiveness, follow-through, and communication.\nConsistency and quality of adherence to PMO governance standards (plans, schedules, documentation, financial\ntracking).\n\nWhat You’ll Bring to the Team\nExperience That Matters Most\n\nBachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.\n5+ years of experience managing technology projects in a fast-paced, high-growth, or high-change environment.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent, complex projects simultaneously without losing momentum on any of them.\nA track record of driving projects to resolution — not just tracking and reporting on their status.\nWorking knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).\nStrong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to push back and drive decisions.\nProficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project, Asana, or equivalent).\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical detail for varied audiences.\n\nExperience That’s Great to Have\n\nPMP, CSM, or other project/Agile certification.\nExperience operating within a formal PMO governance structure.\nFamiliarity with technology infrastructure, application delivery, or security project types.\nExperience in EdTech, higher education, or another complex, highly regulated industry.\nRisePoint is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce","company":"Risepoint","rawCompany":"risepoint","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T13:25:48.903Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"611710","title":"Educational Support Services","slug":"educational-support-services"},{"code":"611310","title":"Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools","slug":"colleges-universities-and-professional-schools"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Tech Project Manager (18 Month Fixed)","description":"Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners\nThe Impact You Will Make\n\nThe Technology Project Manager keeps Risepoint's most strategic technology initiatives moving by turning plans into delivered outcomes. This role is the driving force behind execution: resolving blockers, forcing decisions, and holding a fast-paced, multi-project portfolio to a standard of real progress rather than reported status.\n\nReporting to the Director, Technology PMO, the Technology Project Manager owns end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent, high-priority technology projects across infrastructure, applications, security, and enterprise initiatives. Working within the standards, templates, and governance cadence set by the PMO, this role goes well beyond tracking and reporting — it is accountable for actively managing risk, unblocking teams, and driving cross functional stakeholders to timely decisions. 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