Job Description

The Senior IT Project Manager leads and delivers complex IT infrastructure, operations, and service management projects. This role ensures projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget while meeting business objectives and maintaining regulatory, compliance, high-quality, and security standards. This role is a contract position with the potential to become an FTE position.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and close IT infrastructure and operations projects, such as data center migrations, network upgrades, cloud implementations, system integrations and application go-lives.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines in collaboration with stakeholders and technical teams.
• Develop detailed project plans, manage resources, and monitor progress to ensure milestones are achieved.
• Identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including IT engineers, system administrators, vendors, and business users.
• Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders through regular reports and presentations.
• Manage project budgets, procurement, and contracts as needed.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, healthcare standards, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Support operational readiness, transition activities, and knowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Continuously improve project management processes, methodologies, and tools.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• 10+ years of experience managing IT infrastructure and operations projects in a medium-to-large enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure components (servers, storage, networking, cloud platforms) and operational processes (ITIL, service management).
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing vendor relationships.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capacity to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to risk management.
• Experience with project management software and collaboration tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Teams).
• This position is remote primarily with occasional onsite visits to main campus.

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