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# IT Project Manager - Public Sector Technology Modernization

- **Company:** Cornerstone Concilium Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $190,424.0 - $205,036.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Systems, Scrum Methodology, Systems Integration, Enterprise Software Applications, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=69991f6cc97f226c

## About the Role

* Education and experience, one of:
 + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field and 2+ years implementing and managing integrated information systems projects; or
 + 6+ years implementing and managing integrated information systems projects.
 * Recent lead PM experience: within the last 5 years, served as lead IT Project Manager on at least one integrated IT systems or infrastructure project, with direct ownership of scope, integrated schedule, budget, and risk/issue management.
 * Authorized to work in the United States for the full engagement., * Able to commit to working on-site in San Francisco (SoMa / Civic Center area) every Monday and Tuesday. San Francisco residency is not required.
 * Two strong IT project examples from the last 5 years where you personally owned delivery, with measurable outcomes and schedule/budget results.
 * Public-sector or government IT experience, including governance, procurement, and interdepartmental funding.
 * Experience in infrastructure, network and voice modernization, cybersecurity, cloud, or enterprise applications.
 * Certifications such as PMP, CAPM, Agile/Scrum, or ITIL (helpful, not required).
 * Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical topics for executive audiences.

## Description

* Lead complex, multi-year IT modernization projects through planning, implementation, and operational transition.
 * Develop project charters that define scope, deliverables, stakeholder roles (RACI -Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed), communication plans, and risk, issue, and change controls.
 * Build integrated project schedules with dependencies, critical path, task owners, milestones, and baselines.
 * Develop bottom-up budgets, secure client-department funding through interdepartmental agreements, and prepare procurement requests and RFPs.
 * Keep projects within 10% of approved baseline schedule and budget, documenting variances and change requests.
 * Oversee system integration, testing, UAT, deployment, and production readiness, including occasional after-hours cutovers.
 * Serve as primary liaison between IT leadership, business departments, and vendors; manage vendor performance and contract deliverables.
 * Report status, risks, and metrics to executives and governance bodies through dashboards and progress summaries.
 * Lead change management, including communication, training, and user adoption., * Able to work Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, plus occasional approved after-hours cutovers.
 * Available to personally attend a client interview.
 * Willing to work only on client-issued equipment and to follow the client's security and AI-use policies.