IT Project Manager

Vertiv • Westerville, OH

4d • 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 scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and stakeholder expectations while ensuring project outcomes meet quality standards and agreed objectives.

The Project Manager oversees projects from initiation through closure, defining scope, developing plans, coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking progress, and maintaining project governance. The role works with sponsors, business stakeholders, team members, vendors, and leadership to align priorities, resolve obstacles, and support timely decisions. It keeps deliverables, dependencies, risks, and success criteria visible and actively managed.

The position maintains project documentation and reporting, facilitates meetings, manages changes, supports issue resolution, communicates with stakeholders, and drives accountability and continuous improvement. The role is in the office five days per week and may involve domestic or international travel of up to 25% annually. The successful candidate is expected to embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles and Behaviors in support of its strategic priorities.

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 managing ERP, manufacturing, and new product development projects.
• Experience working with senior leaders on 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.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build trust, inspire collaboration, and navigate cultural and geographic diversity.
• Experience navigating a global organization.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship is not provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from kickoff through completion, aligning delivery with business objectives, timelines, and budget expectations.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts, including charters, schedules, status reports, risk and issue logs, action trackers, and meeting documentation.
• Manage cross-functional teams of internal staff, consultants, vendors, and third-party implementation partners, coordinating accountability across technical, functional, and business workstreams.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk targets, and escalate concerns as needed.
• Manage stakeholder communications, 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 handoff, transition, and closure activities at project completion.

What This Job Offers

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