IT Project Manager

The IT Project Manager will plan and manage projects across IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, and Business Intelligence. This position will coordinate cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, consultants, and vendors to deliver projects within the approved scope, schedule, and budget., * Manage multiple IT projects from initiation through implementation and closure.

• Develop project charters, plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and status reports.
• Coordinate project activities across Infrastructure, Applications, BI, cybersecurity, and business teams.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, design reviews, testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.
• Track project milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items.
• Lead project meetings and communicate progress, challenges, and required decisions to leadership.
• Manage project scope and follow established change-control processes.
• Coordinate vendors and consultants and track their schedules, costs, commitments, and deliverables.
• Support statements of work, purchase orders, invoice reviews, and vendor-performance monitoring.
• Ensure projects follow IT governance, cybersecurity, compliance, documentation, and change-management requirements.
• Maintain complete project documentation and support the transition of completed projects to operational teams.
• Assist IT leadership with project prioritization, resource planning, and portfolio reporting.

Typical Projects

• Network, server, cloud, cybersecurity, and end-user technology projects
• ERP and enterprise-application implementations, upgrades, integrations, and enhancements
• Data warehouse, reporting, dashboard, and BI projects
• Application modernization, system migration, and process-automation initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Four to seven years of project-management experience, including experience managing IT projects.
• Experience with Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, BI, or data-related projects.
• Knowledge of standard project-management methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with project planning, budgeting, risk management, vendor coordination, and status reporting.
• Strong communication, organization, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, SharePoint, or equivalent., * PMP, CAPM, Scrum Master, or a similar certification.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Infor LN or Deltek Costpoint.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or another regulated industry.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Cognos, SQL, cloud platforms, and system integrations.
• Understanding of ITAR, CMMC, cybersecurity, and formal change-control requirements.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams and external consulting partners.