IT Project Manager

iA Financial Group (Industrial Alliance) • Austin, TX

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The IT Project Manager improves execution, scalability, and operational maturity across the IT organization. Reporting directly to the CIO and supported by the Corporate PMO, this role partners with business leaders, IT leadership, and external vendors to plan, deliver, and operationalize technology initiatives. It is a hands-on delivery leadership role suited to someone who can bring structure to evolving environments, stabilize delivery, and introduce practical standards, tools, and playbooks without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

The position balances project execution, change management, vendor coordination, and process improvement. It also serves as a trusted partner to the CIO, translating strategy into executable initiatives and supporting prioritization and capacity planning across the IT portfolio.

The role supports effective solution rollout and transition to operations, develops scalable delivery processes, coordinates IT vendors and implementation partners, and helps maintain audit-appropriate delivery artifacts and lightweight governance practices. The work is sedentary and performed in a traditional office environment with cubicles. Some business travel is required, up to 25%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, business, or equivalent experience.
• 5–8+ years of experience in IT project, program, or delivery management in a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Proven ability to deliver outcomes in organizations with evolving or informal project management standards.
• Strong experience working directly with senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading initiatives without formal authority.
• Exceptional organization and follow-through.
• Proactive problem-solving and a “figure it out and fix it” mindset.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to translate complexity into executive-level clarity.
• Ability to build influential relationships and earn trust quickly across functions.
• Authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.; the employer cannot support or take over employment visa sponsorship, including H-1B visas or STEM OPT work authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience launching or facilitating a data governance framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of IT initiatives with business stakeholders, clarifying scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Facilitate pragmatic project governance suited to the organization’s informal project management culture.
• Coordinate delivery across application, data, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
• Track milestones, risks, and decisions; remove blockers and escalate issues as needed.
• Produce concise, executive-ready status updates on progress, risks, value delivery, and next actions.
• Partner with business and IT leaders on solution rollout planning, readiness assessment, adoption activities, and transition to operations.
• Ensure roles, responsibilities, and process changes are understood and documented.
• Design and document scalable delivery processes, templates, and playbooks.
• Identify and introduce fit-for-purpose tools for planning, tracking, communication, and delivery governance.
• Improve delivery practices using lessons learned, delivery challenges, and organizational maturity.
• Coordinate and oversee IT vendors and implementation partners across active initiatives.
• Ensure vendor deliverables, timelines, and dependencies are transparent and aligned with internal capacity.
• Support contract execution, service expectations, and issue resolution with IT and procurement leadership.
• Support internal and external audits related to IT initiatives, delivery controls, and process documentation.
• Maintain core delivery artifacts, approvals, and decision logs to an audit-appropriate standard.
• Help standardize lightweight governance practices that reduce operational risk without slowing delivery.
• Partner with the CIO to translate strategy into executable initiatives.
• Engage with IT, Data, Finance, Operations, and Compliance leaders to align priorities and sequencing.
• Support capacity planning, intake clarity, and prioritization across the IT portfolio.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level