Information Technology Project Manager

Bayforce; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayforce is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead end-to-end IT initiatives across the USCAN region, supporting manufacturing operations and customer-focused programs. The role requires coordinating IT, business, data/analytics, and vendors within a matrix environment, ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining governance.

You will maintain artifacts in enterprise tools and drive adoption and value realization through structured PMO practices and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years IT project management experience delivering cross-functional initiatives.
• Recent experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiar with structured project delivery methods; Agile/iterative practices.
• Strong planning, prioritization, problem solving, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, risks/issues, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Own the full project lifecycle from initiation to close.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery cadence.
• Lead cross-functional IT, business, data/analytics, and vendor teams.
• Facilitate project routines with clear agendas, decisions, and follow-ups.
• Scope, schedule, cost, and quality management; governance and artifacts.
• Coordinate release planning and operational readiness for cutover.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Prioritization

Risk & issue management

Education

Bachelor's degree (IT/CS/Business)

Tools

Daptiv PPM

SharePoint

Job description

Preferred Location: Milwaukee, WI with onsite as needed but open to remote within driving distance

Role Description:

The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering IT projects across the USCAN region, supporting both Manufacturing (plant/shop-floor/operations) and Customer-focused initiatives (customer experience, commercial enablement, and customer-facing process/technology improvements). The role leads projects end-to-end from initiation through closeout, ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction while adhering to IT PMO governance and compliance standards. The Project Manager maintains project artifacts and reporting in enterprise portfolio tools (e.g., Daptiv PPM) and enables adoption and value realization.

• Own the full project lifecycle: initiate, plan, execute, deploy/go-live, stabilize (as needed), and close.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery cadence across workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional teams (IT, business, data/analytics, and vendors) in a matrix environment; drive accountability and remove blockers.
• Facilitate project routines (working sessions, standups, steering/operating forums) with clear agendas, decisions, and follow-ups.
• Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Quality Management
• Define project scope, objectives, success measures, roles, and key deliverables in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Maintain project schedule, budget estimates/forecasts, and status reporting; manage changes through disciplined change control.
• Coordinate release planning and rollout activities (as applicable) and ensure operational readiness for cutover.
• Track progress against milestones and quality expectations; identify and drive corrective actions when performance deviates.
• Governance, Tooling & Documentation
• Promote and enforce IT PMO methodology, required artifacts, and stage-gate expectations; keep documentation audit-ready.
• Maintain accurate project data and evidence in portfolio/project tools (e.g., Daptiv PPM) and project repositories (e.g., SharePoint).
• Capture and manage key decisions, actions, and change requests using appropriate logs (decision/action/RAID).
• Risk, Issue, Dependency, and Stakeholder Management
• Proactively manage RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, decisions), mitigation plans, and escalation paths to protect business continuity.
• Identify cross-project dependencies and coordinate with impacted teams to keep commitments aligned.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 5+ years of IT Project Management experience delivering cross-functional initiatives in a corporate environment.
• Recent experience within a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of structured project delivery methods; familiarity with Agile/iterative delivery practices.
• Strong skills in planning, prioritization, problem solving, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, risks/issues, and change control.