Senior Manager Building Bridges to Credentials and Careers Projects (G)

At Lone Star College System, every employee contributes to our mission of providing transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Guided by our vision to lead higher education through high-quality, affordable, and innovative learning opportunities, employees are expected to exemplify professionalism, integrity, accountability, and collaboration.

Through our One LSC Philosophy, we deliver excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.

This commitment supports Lone Star College System's strategic goals:

• Opportunity through financial resilience
• Leading in academic excellence
• Strength in culture and talent development
• Connections through bridges of prosperity

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Lone Star College-System Office, University Park

With 100,000 students and counting, Lone Star College System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. The two-year institution is training tomorrow's workforce today, offering more than 200 degrees and certification programs that empower students to take the next step.

Lone Star College System has eight main campuses and more than 20 locations in the Houston area. Learn more at LoneStar.edu.

Lone Star College System Office employees are based at one of two System Office locations: The Woodlands and University Park. Both are sites for multiple administrative departments and systemwide training programs.

The address is 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road), Houston, Texas 77070-2607. All applicants must reside in Texas.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The Manager Senior, Building Bridget to Credentials and Careers Projects (G), serves as the primary project management lead for the Houston Endowment grant and is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and advancing division-wide strategic initiatives, cross-functional projects, and executive priorities. This position manages multiple concurrent projects from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with institutional goals, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations.

The position develops project plans, facilitates implementation meetings, monitors risks, tracks milestones, prepares executive updates, and supports accountability across campuses and system departments. The role utilizes modern project management platforms such as Monday.com, Asana, Smartsheet, or similar systems to organize workflows, improve transparency, and drive results.

This position works closely with senior leadership, campus administrators, faculty leaders, operational partners, and a variety of external stakeholders to ensure the timely and effective execution of Academic Affairs priorities.

This is a grant-funded position, Continuation of the position from one academic year to the next is contingent upon continued grant funding.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Develop comprehensive project charters, timelines, workplans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables. Advises reporting-area leadership on the development and implementation of process improvements
• Plans, develops, and implements area-related and otherwise affiliated strategic initiatives. Advises the reporting area and executive-level staff concerning the development and implementation of affiliated strategic initiatives
• Coordinates cross-functional teams across campuses, Academic Affairs departments, and system offices
• Supports division-wide strategic projects and initiatives from concept through implementation and closure
• Manages and develops project plans and presentations using a professional writing style to track and convey progress on project deliverables; Creates and presents reports to meet project deliverables and tracking requirements
• Prepares executive dashboards, status reports, briefing materials, and presentations for senior leadership
• Utilizes project management software platforms such as Monday.com, Asana, Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, or equivalent tools to monitor progress and maintain visibility
• Analyzes project goals, schedules deadlines for project completion, and develops action plans and processes for project completion from inception to evaluation.
• Contributes to the monitoring of project budgets as needed by monitoring expenditures and helping ensure spending aligns with approved funding and guidelines
• Identifies trends, develops insights, and delivers actionable recommendations to drive business decisions within projects
• Identifies project risks, delays, resource constraints, and operational barriers; recommends mitigation strategies
• Uses query functions in iStar and other reporting instruments to provide data in useful formats for complete cost analyses, expense projections, and trend reports to provide to leadership. Conducts research, collects data, and creates a variety of reports, presentations, correspondences, and communications (including hard copy and digital documents). Designs and develops queries, basic flow charts, and reports from PeopleSoft within Microsoft Office
• Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Proficient in the use of computers and related software for word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and collaboration tools, including Microsoft Office Suite and project management platforms such as Monday.com, Asana, Smartsheet, or similar systems
• Excellent decision-making, conflict resolution, and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to assess risks, resolve barriers, and advance project outcomes
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive reports, presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials
• Strong initiative, analytical skills, and knowledge of project management principles, including planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, and implementation monitoring
• Proven ability to handle confidential information and work autonomously
• Strong attention to accuracy and detail
• Ability to prepare and analyze reports
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, prioritize competing demands, and meet deadlines
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, build consensus, and influence outcomes without direct authority
• High level of customer service
• Working knowledge of Power BI, dashboards, reporting tools, or similar business intelligence systems.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts, or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes a PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, a calculator, a phone, and other general office equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years related experience
• Experience must include progressively responsible experience in project management, operations management, strategic initiatives, higher education administration, or related fields; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Master's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree

THIS IS A TEMPORARY GRANT FUNDED POSITION

Hiring salary range is $72,821-$83,744

Lone Star College provides a hiring salary range for all posted full-time non-faculty positions. Where your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.

Your resume should provide a complete picture of your work experience. The resume should include the following information for each position listed:

• Length of time (specific months and years) of employment
• If the position was full time or part time
• If the position was paid or unpaid
• Level of degree completed including date earned.
• Unofficial transcript for highest earned degree

Additionally, any certifications listed as required or preferred in the Lone Star College job description should be included in the resume submitted.

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, a generous number of paid holidays and vacation days, wellness programs, tuition waiver, professional development opportunities and more.

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