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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Program / Senior Project Manager - **Company:** Integres, LLC - **Location:** Saint Paul, MN, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Information Technology - **Published:** September 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usa0c09f9dd7f003952b9ed80076346795 ## About the Role * 5+ years of professional experience in IT project/program management, with demonstrated responsibility for managing complex technology initiatives. * Strong experience leading projects involving multiple teams, stakeholders, systems, and dependencies. * Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, risks, issues, resources, dependencies, and deliverables. * Experience developing and maintaining detailed project plans and project management documentation. * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business users, vendors, and leadership. * Experience facilitating meetings, driving action items, resolving issues, and maintaining project momentum. * Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. * Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams in a complex environment. * Experience producing executive-level and project-level status reports. * Strong understanding of standard IT project management methodologies, governance, and change-control practices. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills., * Experience working with state government, public-sector, or other government IT organizations. * Previous experience supporting MNIT, Minnesota state agencies, or the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). * Experience managing large or complex enterprise technology programs. * Experience working in environments with formal project governance, oversight, and reporting requirements. * Experience coordinating third-party vendors, contractors, and implementation partners. * PMP certification or equivalent formal project-management credential. * Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies. * Familiarity with state government IT standards, processes, and governance frameworks. ## Description We are seeking an experienced IT Program / Senior Project Manager to support the Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). The selected professional will lead a complex, high-visibility technology project and will be responsible for providing strong program and project leadership from planning and initiation through implementation and closeout., * Provide overall program and senior-level project management for a complex MNIT/DOC technology initiative. * Lead project planning, initiation, execution, monitoring, control, and closure activities. * Establish and maintain project scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and resource plans. * Develop and maintain detailed project plans and ensure activities remain aligned with established timelines. * Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams consisting of technical, business, operational, vendor, and other project stakeholders. * Serve as a primary point of contact for project-related coordination, communication, status, and escalation. * Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, stakeholder discussions, and executive-level reviews as required. * Track project progress against approved baselines and communicate status, accomplishments, issues, risks, and upcoming activities. * Identify, document, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies. * Develop mitigation and contingency strategies and escalate significant risks or issues appropriately. * Manage project deliverables and ensure they are completed, reviewed, approved, and delivered on schedule. * Coordinate requirements, decisions, action items, and dependencies across business and technical teams. * Monitor project resources and support appropriate allocation of people, time, and other project resources. * Manage project changes through appropriate change-control processes, including scope, schedule, resource, and priority changes. * Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, meeting materials, risk/issue logs, decision logs, action items, and other required artifacts. * Provide regular and accurate project status reporting to MNIT/DOC leadership and other stakeholders. * Identify project-level conflicts and facilitate resolution among stakeholders and delivery teams. * Ensure project activities follow applicable MNIT/DOC policies, procedures, standards, and governance requirements. * Support coordination with vendors, contractors, and other external partners when applicable. * Monitor project quality and ensure deliverables meet established requirements and acceptance criteria. * Coordinate testing, implementation, transition, and deployment activities as required by the project. * Support organizational change, communications, training, and transition activities where applicable. * Maintain clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences. * Provide senior-level guidance and recommendations to project stakeholders and leadership. * Ensure timely escalation of issues that could affect project scope, schedule, budget, quality, or successful delivery. * Perform other project and program management activities necessary to support successful completion of the initiative., Title: IT Program/Senior Project Manager Location: Remote Duration: 11 Months Description of Project The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) part… + 17 hours ago + Apply easily + ## Related Videos - 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