Kaeppel Consulting is seeking a seasoned IT Project Manager to lead multiple concurrent projects within a large educational environment. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing a wide range of technology initiatives—from classroom tech implementations to enterprise-wide software deployments. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong communication, coordination, and strategic planning skills. This will be an on-site opportunity, located in Las Vegas, NV.
Responsibilities:
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in alignment with organizational goals.
- Develop comprehensive project plans including timelines, milestones, and budgets.
- Forecast and manage resources efficiently to meet project requirements.
- Monitor and control project costs, schedules, and risks to ensure successful delivery.
- Provide ongoing updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Coordinate vendor activities, manage contracts, and oversee deliverables.
- Apply industry-standard project management methodologies and tools.
- Ensure quality control, documentation, and compliance with defined standards.
- Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Drive process improvements and contribute to strategic planning.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years of IT and business/industry experience.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing mid-to-large teams and senior stakeholders.
- Proven track record managing large-scale software system implementations.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise platforms such as Oracle PeopleSoft or SAP.
- Proficiency with project management tools and collaboration platforms.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, business application lifecycle, and change management practices.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and decision-making abilities.
- PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
- Experience working within public K-12 school systems, higher education, or educational agencies.
- Familiarity with educational data systems and large-scale implementation in a public school environment.
As a trusted provider of expert consulting services across government and education sectors, Kaeppel Consulting offers exciting opportunities to work on impactful projects. You’ll join a collaborative, mission-driven team that values innovation, integrity, and excellence in project delivery.
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Different from most large firms, Kaeppel Consulting offers customized solutions to meet your needs without all the overhead. We have applied our lean tools to our self and designed a “Just-in-Time” supply model. We have access to all levels of consultants within many industries and will provide you with just the right talent needed for just the right amount of time.
We are a privately held, veteran-owned, services firm dedicated and concentrated in Staffing, Training and Consulting with competencies in Lean, Six Sigma, Program and Project Management, Enterprise Architecture, Change Management and IT Services. Our experience comes from companies such as GE, USAA, Federal Express, IBM, Dell and other fortune 100 companies.
We focus on helping our customers achieve sustainable and measurable improvements through the application of these competencies in several key practice areas, including Information Technology disciplines, Innovation and Strategic Planning, Capability Maturity Planning and Management, Portfolio Planning and Management, Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement, Business Transformation and Business Integration.
We offer tailored Staff Augmentation services, customized Training Programs, and results-oriented Consulting Services. We recognize our clients are unique in their cultures, goals and needs. Therefore, all our services are designed and tailored to uniquely meet each customer’s needs. We operate with our core values of putting People First, speaking with Honesty, demonstrating Integrity, providing world-class Service, and ensuring Excellence in all we do. We operate with a mindset that puts our clients' needs before our own and works ourselves out of your business by conducting knowledge transfer and coaching our clients in our methods as we deliver on our promises. This ensures we are leaving a client in a better position of capabilities than before we arrived.
