IT Project Manager 181728
About The Position
The IT Project Manager plans and coordinates technology delivery, aligning project scope, objectives, and roadmaps with product, business, and technology strategy. The role manages multiple low- to medium-size or -complexity projects, or a single high-visibility, complex, and/or high-risk project. It partners with product, program, and technology leaders to develop plans, identify risks and dependencies, and establish release schedules, while maintaining project documentation and structured stakeholder communications. The role leads delivery events supporting backlog prioritization, planning, and execution across projects or complex initiatives. It tracks and reports delivery health using leading and lagging indicators, facilitates data-informed trade-off discussions, and promotes shared accountability for delivery against capacity, quality standards, and business value. It also coordinates communications and training plans, manages risks and dependencies, and improves processes and workflows using metrics and historical trends to increase predictability and efficiency. The IT Project Manager oversees engineering quality standards, technical debt, incidents, change processes, and integrated release management, ensuring teams are ready and communications are clear. The role guides and motivates teams, fosters ownership and accountability, and supports team formation, training, feedback, and continuous learning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5–7 years of experience in project or delivery management roles.
- Experience supporting technology delivery teams in a large enterprise environment.
- Ability to define project scope, objectives, and timelines aligned with business goals.
- Expertise in managing schedules, resources, and budgets for complex projects.
- Skill in identifying risks, managing dependencies, and ensuring release readiness.
- Ability to use metrics and trends to improve delivery predictability and efficiency.
- Ability to communicate transparently with and influence diverse stakeholders.
- Experience tracking delivery health and reporting progress against milestones.
- Ability to lead change, adapt, drive adoption of modern delivery practices, and foster innovation.
- Deep understanding of iterative delivery frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean, and Six Sigma.
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment and the systematic implications of challenges across the lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Align project scope, objectives, and roadmaps with product, business, and technology strategy.
- Manage multiple low- to medium-size or -complexity projects, or a single high-visibility, complex, and/or high-risk project.
- Partner with product, program, and technology leaders to create plans, identify risks and dependencies, and develop release schedules.
- Maintain project documentation and provide transparency through structured communication channels.
- Lead delivery events supporting backlog prioritization, planning, and execution across projects or complex initiatives.
- Track and report delivery health to stakeholders using leading and lagging indicators.
- Facilitate trade-off discussions using empirical delivery data to support milestone achievement.
- Drive shared accountability for delivery against capacity, quality standards, and business value.
- Identify, manage, and communicate risks and dependencies.
- Coordinate internal and external communications and training plans to support project execution.
- Implement and refine delivery processes using data insights and historical trends to improve predictability and efficiency.
- Optimize workflows and work sequencing to support continuous delivery and reduce context switching.
- Identify lifecycle-based strategy updates and improvement opportunities to maximize outcomes.
- Manage quality standards, technical debt, incidents, and change processes to support engineering excellence.
- Manage effective, integrated release processes, ensuring readiness across teams and clear communication.
- Motivate and guide teams while fostering ownership and accountability.
- Support team formation, training, continuous improvement, feedback, and learning opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
