IT Project Manager

Vertiv Group • Westerville, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager leads the planning, execution, and delivery of projects that support business goals and organizational priorities. The role manages project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and stakeholder expectations, ensuring outcomes meet quality standards and agreed objectives. The position oversees projects from initiation through closure, coordinating cross-functional teams and maintaining governance, documentation, reporting, and accountability throughout the project lifecycle. The Project Manager works with sponsors, business stakeholders, team members, vendors, and leadership to align priorities, remove obstacles, facilitate decisions, manage changes, and support successful handoff and closure. The role is based in the office five days per week and may require domestic or international travel of up to 25% annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, project management, finance, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of experience in IT project management, including experience managing ERP, manufacturing, and new product development projects.
• Experience working with senior leaders to support strategic planning, funding decisions, and cross-functional prioritization.
• Familiarity with waterfall, agile, and hybrid project, program, and product delivery methods.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, and decision-support skills.
• Certification in PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent.
• Experience with enterprise PPM tools.
• Ability to build trust, inspire collaboration, and navigate cultural and geographic diversity.
• Experience navigating a global organization.
• Willingness to work in the office five days per week and travel domestically or internationally up to 25% annually.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from kickoff through completion, aligned with business objectives, timelines, and budget expectations.
• Define project scope and develop and maintain project plans and artifacts, including charters, schedules, status reports, risk and issue logs, action trackers, and meeting documentation.
• Coordinate cross-functional internal staff, consultants, vendors, and third-party implementation partners across technical, functional, and business workstreams.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk targets, escalating concerns when needed.
• Manage stakeholder communications, including project updates, governance meetings, and executive reporting.
• Facilitate planning sessions, status meetings, decision reviews, and lessons-learned discussions.
• Support change control by assessing impacts, documenting requests, and coordinating approvals.
• Identify risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, and track actions through resolution.
• Ensure successful project handoff, transition, and closure.
• Support issue resolution, timely decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement throughout delivery.

What This Job Offers

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