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**Together we are powering the future of Higher Education**Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission ~ the power of education to transform lives and change the world.
We are the global market leader in EdTech for Higher Education, serving more than 2,700 customers and reaching over 26 million students in 50+ countries.
We are dedicated to helping Higher Ed thrive by transforming their institutions to agile, digitally connected campuses that enable student success.
**About the opportunity**Ellucian is seeking an experienced **Principal Project Manager** to join the North American field delivery team to lead the implementation of our integrated administrative solutions for colleges and universities.
The Principal Project Manager will manage and lead high-priority projects including cloud implementations which often require considerable resources and high levels of complex functional and technical integration and knowledge.
**Where you will make an impact**- Lead multiple projects through all phases of the Ellucian Implementation Methodology from initiation/planning through the execution and delivery of the contract concluding with project transition and close, ensuring a successful project.- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members, client stakeholders, and peers.- Communicate the plan, roles, constraints, milestones, and critical path to all team members and project stakeholders.- Scale the project management role and deliverables based on the client contract and project classification tier.- Anticipate and mitigate risks and identify opportunities- Lead project team status meetings to ensure the project milestones are met and dependencies are tracked- Manage activities of customer and resources to deliver a fully integrated solution.- Act as a shared point of contact between internal and external stakeholders.- Proactively and timely coordinate and communicate project activities to all involved parties.- Provide management with an articulate summary of project status.- Facilitate discussions with appropriate leadership and key sponsors to negotiate key decisions related to the triple constraints (time, cost, scope) while maintaining excellent customer satisfaction.- Build and maintain positive professional relationships and functions as the change agent for customers.- Manage all resources when project turnaround situations occur.
Lead cross-functional team resolutions to mitigate project risks and issues.- Provide timely and constructive performance feedback regarding resources assigned to projects.- Improve team dynamics and performance by building team cohesiveness through leadership, mentoring, and motivating in order to facilitate cooperation, ensure project efficiency, and boost morale.- Mentor/train and onboarding new team members based upon level of KSA's in the role for both cloud and non-cloud implementations