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Minnesota State State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, Academic Workforce Technology in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Working Title:
State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, Academic Workforce Technology
Institution:
Minnesota State System Office
Classification Title:
State Prog Admin Coordinator
Bargaining Unit / Union:
214: Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
City:
St. Paul
FLSA:
Job Exempt
Full Time / Part Time:
Full time
Employment Condition:
Classified - Unlimited
Salary Range:
$37.26 - $55.42
Job Description
This position provides project management and operational support for Academic Workforce Technology initiatives across Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, with a primary focus on the strategic implementation, integration, and sustainment of the Faculty Workload Management (FWM) solution in alignment with Workday HCM, Financials and Student. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional, matrixed teams; manages scope, schedule, and budget; and ensures deliverables meet institutional goals and compliance requirements. In addition to day-to-day project operations, the role contributes to business process design, testing, and a structured continuous improvement cycle that delivers sustainable, high-impact outcomes for all institutions.
Salary Range:
$37.26 - $55.42/hourly ($77,799 - $115,717/annually)
Minimum Qualifications
Four (4) years of professional experience supporting or managing projects, programs, or process improvement initiatives in human resources, higher education, or government.
Experience implementing Lean, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement programs.
Experience coordinating diverse project teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated ability to manage large projects from inception through evaluation, including scope definition, requirements, budgets, constraints, and communications.
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, and the ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders from business and technical communities.
Experience facilitating meetings, workshops, and/or training sessions with diverse stakeholders.
Preferred Qualification
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Proficiency using analytical tools to interpret, cleanse, organize, and present data.
Experience interpreting employment law, rules, regulations and personal agreements sufficient to ensure compliance and mitigate risk
Demonstrated ability to make well-informed, timely, and data-driven decisions.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with leaders and other key stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to create an environment that encourages cooperation, motivation, innovation, and high performance teamwork.
Other Requirements
n/a
Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework (Yes/No)
Hybrid
About
Minnesota State is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing talented employees who serve our 270,000 students each year throughout the state. We have a vibrant and diverse system of 33 colleges and universities with 14,567 dedicated faculty and staff focused on student success.
Benefits Information:
At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc. We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance seriously.
Desired Start Date:
04-08-2026
Position End Date:
Open Date:
02-27-2026
Close Date:
03-12-2026
Posting Contact Name:
Shane Moore
Posting Contact Email:
shane.moore@minnstate.edu