Technical Program Manager

Role :

• Technical Program Manager                                  Location : Remote Due : December 25 Duration : Long-term UL System consists of nine institutions, Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Louisiana at Monroe and University of New Orleans.
• The all-encompassing mission of the UL System is to improve not only students’ lives, but the state of Louisiana, has driven enrollment to more than 82,000 students.   UL System is seeking an IT staffing support services Technical Program Manager to manage its postproduction support of Workday Student, a Student Information System (SIS).   Three UL System institutions, Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech), University of New Orleans (UNO), and Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU), collectively (“Institutions”), are each live on the Workday Platform to include HCM / FIN / PAY / STUDENT, in separate Tenant environments.
• The Institutions are in need of continued management of the post-production work as they move through the stabilization process.   The Technical Program Manager will coordinate and manage post-production activities with each campus to include the coordination of resources, including external resources / consulting.
• The Technical Program Manager will be charged with ensuring the interests of the Institutions are served throughout this phase of the project.
• This project phase will begin immediately and is expected to continue for six (6) months but may be adjusted based on institutional needs and resources.

Work for this phase is anticipated to be remote, but should the need exist, any in-person work will be coordinated with the individual campuses.   The selected candidate will demonstrate the following qualities :

As well as guiding staff and project managers in learning and applying useful decision making approaches.   The response should include a reference to the following experience and / or abilities :