Senior IT Project Manager

Morton Salt•Overland Park, KS

10h

About The Position

Morton Salt is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-wide IT initiatives, driving execution across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

Requirements

Seven (7) or more years of project management experience within Information Technology environments.
Five (5) or more years of experience managing data related projects or programs (e.g., data platforms, data migrations, BI, integrations, master data, and analytics).
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Hands-on experience with project management tools and reporting platforms.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading successful business system consolidation projects through data analysis, harmonization, normalization, validation, and migration is preferred.
Project management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent experience) are preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead complex IT initiatives by managing multiple large‑scale or multi‑phase projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery of defined outcomes related to scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
Develop and manage detailed project plans that clearly define objectives, success metrics, strategy, staffing, schedules, dependencies, risks, contingency plans, and resource allocation to support predictable execution.
Oversee high‑risk and high‑visibility projects with significant business impact by proactively identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, mitigating, and communicating risks and issues.
Apply strong technical knowledge to assess project feasibility, guide technical discussions, challenge assumptions, and resolve complex issues related to infrastructure, data, cloud platforms, security, and integrations.
Coordinate cross‑functional teams including infrastructure, data, application, security, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely delivery of all project deliverables.
Communicate project status clearly and consistently by providing executive‑level updates on progress, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies to senior leaders and other stakeholders.
Manage vendor relationships by establishing strong partnerships, jointly developing project plans, and ensuring timely delivery of IT equipment, software, and professional services.
Ensure compliance with IT PMO governance by managing projects in accordance with established policies, standards, methodologies, and documentation requirements.
Monitor and control project execution through regular schedule reviews, milestone tracking, budget oversight, change control, and performance metrics.
Lead project retrospectives and lessons learned sessions to capture insights, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen project delivery practices across the organization.
Support organizational change management by identifying impacts to people, process, and technology and helping ensure successful adoption of delivered solutions.