Infrastructure Project Manager

HireTalent; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HireTalent is seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to plan, lead, and deliver IT projects across Infrastructure, Information Security, Business Systems & Operations, and Analytics using waterfall, agile, or hybrid methods.

You will manage multiple concurrent projects, coordinate across teams, vendors, and business units; develop scope, schedules, and delivery plans; and report status, risks, issues, and leadership escalations.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent preferred.
• 3-5 years IT project management experience.
• 5+ years of experience in an IT-related field preferred.
• Solid understanding of waterfall, agile, and hybrid project management principles and practices and ability to adapt methodologies to projects.
• Strong interface with technical delivery teams and to evaluate project risks and issues objectively.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage IT projects supporting Infrastructure, Information Security, Business Systems & Operations, and Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics.
• Support project scope and schedule development/management while focusing on timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; manage risks, issues, and escalations; and perform delivery planning and execution for assigned projects.
• Own project management responsibilities for two to four separate projects: build and manage project schedules based on defined scope and resource constraints; manage and control scope and deliverables for assigned projects.
• Demonstrate ability to gather and provide project-level estimates and reporting (Status, Risks/Issues, Leadership Escalations) for teams executing projects
• Orchestrate team project delivery while holding teams accountable for their commitments; identify and remove roadblocks to project work.
• Facilitate work across multiple technical teams, business units, 3rd party vendors/partners, and other projects as needed to achieve assigned projects’ goals and deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Agile/waterfall/hybrid

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Job description

• The Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating project teams through waterfall/agile/hybrid project management practices. They will enable the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the delivery of the project to provide exceptional business value to users.
• This role is responsible for managing multiple concurrent, high-visibility projects using waterfall/agile/hybrid methods in an environment that may cross multiple business units or teams. The focus of the role is building on project management principles and practices to adapt project delivery approaches to provide the right balance of agility and predictability to suit the business goals of projects.

You Will:

• Directly manage information technology projects supporting Infrastructure, Information Security, Business Systems & Operations, and Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics.
• Support project scope and schedule development/management while focusing on timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; manage risks, issues, and escalations; and perform delivery planning and execution for assigned projects.
• Own project management responsibilities for two to four separate projects: build and manage project schedules based on defined scope and resource constraints; manage and control scope and deliverables for assigned projects.
• Demonstrate ability to gather and provide project-level estimates and reporting (Status, Risks/Issues, Leadership Escalations) for teams executing projects
• Orchestrate team project delivery while holding teams accountable for their commitments; identify and remove roadblocks to project work.
• Facilitate work across multiple technical teams, business units, 3rd party vendors/partners, and other projects as needed to achieve assigned projects’ goals and deliverables.

You Have:

• BA/BS or equivalent preferred.
• 3-5 years of Information Technology Project Management experience.
• 5+ years of experience in an IT related field preferred.
• Solid understanding of waterfall/agile/hybrid project management principles and practices and ability to adapt methodologies to projects.
• Sufficient level of business/technical background to provide interface with technical project delivery teams and to be able to evaluate project risks and issues accurately and objectively.
• Knowledge of project facilitation, situational awareness, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and consensus building.
• Strong relationship management skills that enable effective navigation in a highly matrixed organization to quickly earn sponsorship and trust to mobilize and motivate project teams.
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively and manage multiple cross-functional teams.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) preferred. Agile certifications such as PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are helpful.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.