About Us
Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Techs faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nations top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Techs Mission and Values
Georgia Techs mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
Students are our top priority.
We strive for excellence.
We thrive on diversity.
We celebrate collaboration.
We champion innovation.
We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
We act ethically.
We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides information technology leadership and support to the Georgia Institute of Technology, working in partnership with academic and business units to meet the unique needs of a leading research university. OIT serves as the primary source of enterprise-wide information technology and telecommunications services in support of students, faculty, staff, and researchers.
Location
Atlanta, Georgia (In Person Work, in the office)
Department Information
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is not solely an auditor, project manager, or compliance administrator. Georgia Tech is seeking a senior GRC practitioner who can independently assess current-state capabilities, design practical future-state processes, influence stakeholders without direct authority, and execute meaningful improvements in a complex institutional environment.
An exceptional candidate will be able to:
Job Summary
Direct the planning, execution and completion of large scale, technically complex programs and projects. Provide project management leadership for one or more multi-disciplined project teams comprised of technical and subject matter experts, engineers and project managers working in different phases of unrelated projects. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: project team members, department heads and managers within OIT and other academic and business offices across campus; contractors and consultants. This position typically will advise and counsel: OIT management, user department heads. This position will supervise: Project team members.
Responsibilities
Job Duty 1 -
Lead project teams through planning, assigning and overseeing diverse activities; define project goals, objectives, scope and estimates of schedules, resources and costs involving multiple projects being conducted simultaneously.
Job Duty 2 -
Direct project execution through continual coordination of planning, tasking, performance reporting, change control and issue management.
Job Duty 3 -
Confer with functional users within an assigned business or service area to develop plans to address business needs; develop and implement change management strategies.
Job Duty 4 -
Initiate communications among project teams, customers and appropriate levels of management.
Job Duty 5 -
Deliver project status reports and presentations.
Job Duty 6 -
Develop and manage project budgets.
Job Duty 7 -
Manage acquisition of project related goods and contract services.
Job Duty 8 -
Provide mentoring, training and career guidance for team members.
Job Duty 9 -
Perform other duties as assigned
Responsibilities
The GRC Program Manager will:
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Eight years job related experience
Required Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Project Management Institute/Project Management Professional; Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI)
Preferred Educational Qualifications
Masters Degree
Preferred Experience
Seven or more years of job-related experience
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include:
Proposed Salary
$112,410-$130,000, depending on experience and preferred skills.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
ABILITIES
Strong ability to manage and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse population, perform and effectively, make important decisions under pressure, communicate complex technical subjects to non-technical audiences, and effectively manage/direct team
KNOWLEDGE
Advanced knowledge in the application of information security concepts, principles and practices; expert knowledge translating legal and regulatory requirements into security controls; strong knowledge designing security controls to meet regulatory compliance requirements, provide training, and lead change and adoption; network security applications, and common internet protocols and applications
SKILLS
This job requires highly seasoned skills in project management, budget administration, written and spoken communications, negotiating, staff supervision and public sector acquisitions. Expert knowledge of technical concepts, capabilities and limitations for a broad range of technologies or solutions is required as is an in-depth understanding of matrix management concepts.
USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.
Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individuals race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.
Other Information
This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.
Other Information
Preferred Certifications
One or more of the following certifications is preferred:
Background Check
Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest/