Drupal Upgrade Project Manager

Title: Drupal Upgrade Project Manager Location: Princeton, NJ

• On-Site Hybrid Type: Multi-Year Contract Rate: Up to $88 per hour – DOE Education: Bachelor’s Degree + Background: We need to fill a project manager vacancy for the Drupal 7 to 9 Upgrade Project. This muti-year, multi-million-dollar project is nearly 50% complete. As a major strategic investment in the University’s websites, WDS is seeking a highly experienced contractor through September 2023 to coordinate OIT staff, a vendor partner, and numerous campus partners.

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for managing the internal program to upgrade 1,000+ websites from Drupal 7 to 9. The program consists of 3 phases. This project manager would be responsible for phases 2 and 3 which consist of upgrading 510 Open. Scholar websites and 30 custom-built websites. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE REQUESTED UPGRADES NOTED WITHIN DRUPAL

• MOVING VERSION 7 TO VERSION

1. WE NEED CANDIDATES THAT HAVE PAST EXPERIENCE DOING THIS. Partner with project sponsor and program manager to prioritize project goals and risks Anticipate, identify, and mitigate project risks Manage vendor relationships to ensure deliverables are on-time and quality assured Partner with program manager to develop and deliver strategic communications Provide day-to-day communication with website owners Identify and help resolve project issues in an efficient and timely manner Troubleshoot, debug and log issues Manage a Jira backlog Facilitate weekly status and planning meetings Assign tasks to developers and designers – both in-house and external Produce and maintain a project schedule, notes, and documentation Skills and experience needed for the role: Must have: Large-scale project management experience with Drupal websites Agile project management experience Experience managing a Jira backlog, as well as entering stories, bugs, and tasks Excellent organizational skills Strong communication skills and the ability to work with people of varying levels of technical understanding Experience partnering with designers and developers to build websites Experience testing or providing quality assurance for websites Strong preference: Experience as a business analyst working on technical projects Experience providing customer support Higher education experience