Sr. Project Manager

TEKsystems•Waukegan, IL

3d•$65 - $75•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to support a large-scale integration initiative resulting from a merger and acquisition (M&A). This role will serve as a dedicated project manager responsible for coordinating multiple technology workstreams, driving cross-functional alignment, and ensuring successful delivery of critical integration milestones. The ideal candidate will have experience managing complex enterprise programs with multiple stakeholders and dependencies, preferably within an M&A environment. This individual will act as the central point of coordination across numerous infrastructure and end-user technology towers, helping drive planning, execution, accountability, and risk management.

Requirements

10+ years of Infrastructure Project Management experience in a global environment
Experience managing M&A or Divestiture related projects
Strong coordination, reporting, presentation, communication and follow up/tracking skills (PowerPoint, PowerBi, Excel skills)
8+ years of IT Project Management or Program Management experience.
Proven experience leading large, complex enterprise technology initiatives.
Strong experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams and stakeholder groups.
Demonstrated ability to identify, manage, and drive resolution of project dependencies and risks.
Experience creating executive-level project status reporting and governance structures.
Strong communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.
Experience delivering infrastructure, end-user computing, or enterprise platform projects.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integrations.
Experience with enterprise technology integration programs involving multiple infrastructure towers.
Familiarity with Microsoft 365 migration or integration initiatives.
Experience with ServiceNow implementation or integration projects.
Understanding of identity and access management concepts.
Experience managing endpoint deployment and migration programs.
Familiarity with Quest migration tools for Active Directory, laptop, and mobile device migrations.

Responsibilities

Serve as the dedicated project manager for a large enterprise integration program.
Coordinate activities across multiple technology towers and workstreams.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
Establish governance processes and provide regular status reporting to leadership.
Drive accountability across teams and proactively challenge timelines, risks, and blockers when necessary.
Ensure alignment between business objectives and technical execution plans.
Maintain visibility across all integration workstreams and ensure interdependencies are identified and managed.
Facilitate communication and coordination between infrastructure, application, collaboration, identity, networking, endpoint, and service management teams.
Support planning workshops and strategy sessions to define the overall integration roadmap.
Escalate issues and risks appropriately to keep deliverables on track.
Support infrastructure integration planning and execution activities.
Manage coordination efforts across: Hosting and infrastructure services, Networking integration, Identity and access management, Enterprise applications, End-user computing services.
Oversee planning and execution activities related to: Microsoft 365 integration and migration initiatives, ServiceNow integration activities, End-user technology transitions and deployments, Endpoint rollouts and user readiness activities, Identity integration supporting application access and authentication requirements.
Coordinate migration workstreams leveraging Quest migration solutions.
Support migrations involving: Active Directory, Laptops and endpoint devices, Mobile devices.
Collaborate with technical teams to manage migration timelines, testing, pilot activities, and production deployments.