Drupal Upgrade Project Manager
Listed on 2026-09-09
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IT/Tech
IT Project Manager
position:drupal upgrade project manager
location: princeton, nj
job :228-14931
# of openings:1
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 for this role: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 9. 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
- 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
- large-scale project management experience with drupal websites
- 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
- experience as a business analyst working on technical projects
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