IT Project Manager

Title: IT Project Manager Department/Location: Information Technology, St Louis Position Type: Full-Time, 12-month Summary The IT Project Manager advances Principia by leading moderately complex technology projects that support Principia’s mission, operations, and service delivery across the School, College, and shared administrative services. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer, this role plays a critical part in coordinating teams, vendors, stakeholders, and technical resources to deliver defined outcomes with clear scope, structure, communication, and accountability and collaborates closely with institutional leaders, department stakeholders, system owners, project managers, vendors, and IT service teams across the School, College, and shared services to service academic and administrative functions across multiple departments and campuses. As well as developing and managing project plans, schedules, risks, issues, decisions, communications, implementation readiness, and stakeholder expectations. The role also supports practical change readiness so that technology changes are communicated, adopted, handed off, and sustained. Success in this role draws on ensuring projects are delivered with clear scope, timeline, responsibilities, risks, decisions, and stakeholder expectations and project status is accurate, timely, and useful for decision-making; Risks, issues, and dependencies are identified early and actively managed; Stakeholders understand project impacts, decisions, and implementation readiness; Communication, readiness, training, and support needs are identified early and included in the project plan when appropriate; Technology changes transition into daily operations with clear ownership, documentation, support paths, and handoff planning; Post-implementation reviews assess delivery completion, service impact, and operational value; Project closeout captures lessons learned and practical improvement opportunities; The project manager is viewed by stakeholders and technical teams as organized, credible, transparent, and outcome-focused; And the role strengthens trust between IT and the departments it serves. Who We Are At our award-winning Early Childhood through grade 12 Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, and top-ranked Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, Principia faculty and staff make up a close-knit community of educators, coaches, and professionals taking a distinct approach to education—blending academic excellence with Christian Science-based character education. Principia’s team of over 500 employees supports not only Principia School and Principia College, but also a worldwide network of alumni and friends. Principia employees are part of an engaging academic community preparing students to be tomorrow’s leaders, thinkers, and changemakers. We strive to create a [collaborative and inclusive environment](https://www.principia.edu/debm) where everyone feels they belong and are valued. Primary Responsibilities Project Planning and Delivery - Leads assigned IT projects through the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, implementation, and closeout - Develops and maintains project charters, scope statements, project plans, schedules, milestones, resource plans, and status reports - Builds appropriate communication, implementation readiness, and operational handoff activities into project plans - Coordinates project activities across internal teams, department stakeholders, vendors, consultants, and service partners - Manages project scope, timeline, budget, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items, including monitoring project spending and helping ensure projects stay within approved budget limits - Identifies constraints and tradeoffs early, escalates appropriately, and supports timely decisions - Confirms that implementation planning includes technical cutover, stakeholder communication, support readiness, and operational handoff…