Senior Project Manager

Presidio•Glastonbury, CT

11h

About The Position

Presidio is seeking Senior Project Managers to lead all aspects of IT projects, including scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs, and change control. These roles involve working directly with project teams, clients, and partners to ensure successful project delivery within scope, on time, and within budget. Senior Project Managers are expected to communicate effectively across all organizational levels and project teams, acting as trusted advisors to clients with a consultative mindset and customer-first approach. The specific role is for a customer-facing Senior Project Manager experienced in managing AWS, GCP, Azure Cloud Infrastructure, and DevOps client projects. This position is a key part of the Project Management Office for Presidio's Cloud Services practice, managing critical, complex, and enterprise-level projects for clients in Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, and Energy industries. The role involves delivering professional service projects in Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps, requiring a deep understanding of the Application Stack, Agile processes, technical project delivery, and Cloud technologies (AWS & Azure). The Senior Project Manager will serve as a critical liaison between technical teams, client stakeholders, business development, and solutions architecture team members, supporting technical teams working with cutting-edge technologies in Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps, including automation, assessments, cloud builds, application migrations, and workshops.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
7+ years of experience in IT project management and general IT consulting.
Demonstrable skills across project management standard methodologies (Project Management Institute defined), Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, Waterfall).
Ability to manage Agile/Scrum/Kanban/Waterfall (Depending on client environment) processes to effectively deliver new applications and app modernization projects.
Proficient in Confluence, Jira and Microsoft Project for project goal and timeline tracking.
Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Trello, Teamwork, Zoho and similar project management toolsets to manage project tracking, key performance indicators, project budget, resources, and timelines.
Experience working with the Microsoft Office suite of tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint).

Nice To Haves

PMP or similar professional certification.
CSM or similar professional certification.
AWS Cloud Practitioner or similar certification.
Azure Fundamentals or similar certification.
Experience leading projects which leverage AWS and/or Azure technologies.
Strong time management, analytical, communication, thought leadership, team building, motivational and customer service skills.
Excellent client-facing communication and relationship building skills.
Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change and have ownership of staying up-to-date on current and emerging technologies and tools as they relate to our business and project needs.
Demonstrated consultative mindset – able to understand client challenges, connect technology solutions to business outcomes, and serve as a trusted advisor throughout the engagement.
Customer-first orientation – consistently prioritizes client success, builds empathy-driven relationships, and proactively drives alignment across stakeholders to ensure an exceptional experience.
Passion, creativity, energy, and enthusiasm towards collaborating on the exciting growth and development of our company.
A desire to learn new technologies, methodologies, solutions and understand the business needs of our customers.
Adaptability to our overall vision, goals and dynamic culture and environment.

Responsibilities

Manage expectations and requirements of multiple project stakeholders (to include internal, partner and customer sponsors and stakeholders).
Plan and implement IT solution development projects.
Close collaboration and alignment with the delivery and sales team leadership to drive consistent business value for our customers and support the overall business goals and strategy of Presidio.
Build and maintain schedules (with knowledge of relevant tools).
Lead resolution of issues/escalations related to budget, schedule, and scope.
Oversee the activities of various stakeholders (Scrum meetings, project meetings, technical deep dive sessions, etc.).
Ensure deadlines and cost targets are met and escalate to Presidio leadership when necessary.
Maintain detailed, comprehensive project documentation and reports using project management tools.
Serve as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of projects.
Lead cross-functional, virtual, and offshore teams.
Develop comprehensive project plans to track project tasks, schedule, risks, and issues to be shared with the project team and client team.
Ensure that projects align with Presidio overall strategic objectives.
Act as a trusted advisor to clients — guiding them through business challenges, clarifying desired outcomes, and shaping project delivery to drive measurable value.
Foster a consultative partnership with customers by understanding their business objectives, proactively identifying opportunities, and ensuring solutions align with strategic goals.
Champion a customer-first approach across all project phases — ensuring every decision, communication, and milestone contributes to client satisfaction and long-term relationship success.
Effectively communicate timelines, key performance indicators, agile scrum standups and sprints, and delivery timelines from the Presidio development team to the client stakeholders.