Description

Key Responsibilities

Lead enterprise IT projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, deployment, and closure.

Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, success metrics, and acceptance criteria.

Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource allocations, budgets, and forecasts.

Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change control processes.

Coordinate cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and external partners.

Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business objectives.

Create and deliver executive-level project status reports, dashboards, and presentations.

Drive project governance, decision-making processes, and stakeholder communications.

Oversee vendor engagements, contract deliverables, service-level commitments, and project outcomes.

Support requirements gathering, solution implementation, testing, user acceptance activities, deployment, and operational readiness.

Establish measurable KPIs and success metrics to track business outcomes and benefits realization.

Develop recovery and mitigation strategies when project timelines, budgets, or deliverables are at risk.

Conduct post-implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions, and project closeout activities.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.

7+ years of experience managing complex enterprise IT projects.

Proven experience delivering large-scale IT implementation, integration, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application modernization, data migration, or digital transformation initiatives.

Strong expertise in project lifecycle management, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning.

Experience managing project vendors, contracts, statements of work (SOWs), and third-party deliverables.

Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and project portfolio management (PPM) tools.

Experience utilizing Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies.

Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical teams.

PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting public-sector, government, utility, or highly regulated organizations.

Experience with enterprise asset management, customer service, billing, permitting, data analytics, or operational technology platforms.

Background managing infrastructure, network, cybersecurity, mobile application, or field operations projects.

Knowledge of organizational change management and business process transformation initiatives

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree