Project Manager Consultant
About The Position
The IT Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, enterprise-wide infrastructure initiatives that support strategic business and technology objectives. This role provides leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring successful planning and execution of projects related to infrastructure modernization, platform delivery, and operational improvement. This position requires a seasoned professional with strong program leadership, stakeholder influence, and technical understanding, capable of operating in highly complex, fast-paced environments while driving alignment across business and IT.
Requirements
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification
- Experience in large-scale infrastructure transformations or cloud initiatives
- Familiarity with SDLC and release management practices (high-level understanding)
- Exposure to enterprise architecture or IT strategy planning
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of large-scale, cross-functional infrastructure programs with significant business impact
- Drive project strategy, prioritization, and execution planning aligned to organizational goals
- Oversee multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring alignment across interdependent workstreams
- Establish and maintain roadmaps, timelines, financial tracking, and delivery metrics
- Serve as a trusted partner to leadership, business stakeholders, and IT executives
- Provide clear, concise executive-level reporting, insights, and recommendations
- Facilitate governance forums, including steering committees and decision-making sessions
- Drive alignment across competing priorities and organizational boundaries
- Lead collaboration across infrastructure, engineering, security, architecture, and operations teams
- Ensure coordination across key infrastructure domains, including: Compute, storage, and virtualization; Network and connectivity; Cloud and platform services; Identity and security
- Manage dependencies, integration points, and sequencing across complex initiatives
- Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies at both project and program levels
- Implement mitigation strategies and lead escalations as needed
- Drive accountability for resolution across teams and stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to enterprise governance frameworks, architecture standards, and security policies
- Maintain oversight of project controls, documentation, and quality standards
- Support regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements where applicable
- Manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking
- Optimize resource allocation across internal teams and external partners
- Oversee vendor performance, deliverables, and contractual commitments
- Lead initiatives with significant organizational and operational change implications
- Partner with business and IT leaders to drive adoption and minimize disruption
- Guide communication and readiness strategies at a program level
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
