Project Manager, Urban Innovative Campus

Department Information

This is a Limited‑Term, Full‑Time position with an anticipated duration of 36 months, with the possibility of extension based on project phases. The Project Manager may be based at the Boulder County Campus or the Westminster Campus, and occasional remote work and periodic travel to all three FRCC campuses will be required. You must be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment.

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Orchestrate the Urban Innovative Campus, a transformational, multi‑year initiative developed in partnership with the City of Longmont, to create an innovative urban STEAM and health‑tech campus integrated into downtown redevelopment. Report to the Executive Vice President & Chief Communications Officer. Provide executive‑level visibility and coordinate across academic programs, facilities planning, student services, marketing and communications, finance, data analytics, workforce development, and community engagement.

Complex, collaborative, and consequential. Highly experienced senior leader with advanced project leadership expertise, executive‑level coordination, and demonstrated success managing complex, multi‑stakeholder initiatives involving institutional, municipal, architectural, and community partners.

• Act as the primary contact, liaison and project manager for all Urban Innovative Campus work streams, ensuring alignment across academic programs, facilities, student services, IT infrastructure, marketing/communications, and data analytics.
• Integrate institutional strategy, financial parameters, and municipal commitments into project execution and long‑term planning.
• Provide regular executive‑level updates to the Core Team and President.
• Manage day‑to‑day project operations, including scheduling, meeting coordination, documentation, and follow‑through on action items for Core Team, Steering Committee, and Sub‑Work Groups.
• Direct project tracking across all work streams, ensuring timelines, milestones, and deliverables are clearly defined, actively managed, and completed on time and within scope.
• Maintain and optimize project management systems and documentation, including tools such as Wrike, action logs, and reporting structures.
• Develop visual project timelines, milestone maps, and progress dashboards to communicate project status to leadership and the broader FRCC community.

• Coordinate activities across the Core Team (Provost, EVP/Chief Communications Officer, VP Strategy & Innovation, VP Operations, VP Finance & Administration).
• Support the Cross‑Functional Steering Committee and Sub‑Work Groups, ensuring clear communication, role clarity, and progress toward shared goals.
• Facilitate collaboration among Academic Affairs, Facilities, IT, Marketing & Communications, Foundation, Enrollment Management & Student Success, Workforce Development, and Data Science and Institutional Research.
• Establish clear decision‑making frameworks and governance structures.

• Design and coordinate stakeholder engagement strategies for internal and external audiences including students, faculty, staff, community members, industry partners, and municipal officials.
• Coordinate and lead listening sessions, surveys, workshops, advisory groups, engagement forums, and transparent project updates.
• Synthesize stakeholder input and translate it into actionable recommendations for the Core Team.
• Ensure and maintain transparent communication throughout the project lifecycle.

• Serve as the primary liaison between FRCC teams and the Architecture team.
• Ensure institutional, academic, operational, and student service priorities are integrated into design plans.
• Facilitate utilization studies and space planning to inform campus design and programming decisions.
• Work closely with Facilities Planning & Management to ensure operational feasibility, sustainability, and infrastructure alignment.

• Support development of the comprehensive academic program plan specific to the…