Infrastructure Senior Technical Project Manager

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum? Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Infrastructure Senior Technical Project Manager to lead large infrastructure programs with hybrid delivery in Chicago, IL or Tempe, AZ.

You will drive complex initiatives, ensure governance, and coordinate across multiple teams to meet objectives. Your experience includes 7+ years in project management, familiarity with Waterfall, Hybrid, and Agile methods, and PMI/industry standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading infrastructure technology projects and teams.
• PMI standards, IT controls and risk requirements knowledge.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Matrixed environment navigation and stakeholder collaboration.
• PMP/ACP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project team to deliver objectives with scope, schedule, resources and cost control.
• Provide governance, roles, responsibilities, phases and milestones.
• Develop plans, leadership, and track progress toward goals.
• Identify risks and dependencies with contingency planning.
• Ensure adherence to project standards, IT controls, risk and regulatory needs.
• Communicate status, risks, and impacts clearly to stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and motivate the team.
• Plan and manage project resources with stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions across teams and run sessions.
• Establish and execute project communication plans.
• Escalate blockers promptly to resolve decisions.

Skills

Infrastructure project mgmt

PM methodologies

PMI standards

Multi-project leadership

Results oriented

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Info synthesis

Organization

Self-starting

Team collaboration

Infrastructure tech

Clarity

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

PMP/ACP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Clarity

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Title: Infrastructure Senior Technical Project Manager

Duration: 12 months

Location

Chicago, IL OR Tempe, AZ (Hybrid - onsite 3 days per week)

Contractor's Role:

Responsible for leading the successful delivery of large infrastructure technology programs and projects following Client's standards and best practices.

Experience Level

Level 3, minimum of 7+ years' experience

Qualifications

• Experience leading infrastructure technology projects and leading teams to execute highly complex initiatives of significant scope, scale and risk to successfully deliver project objectives and benefits.
• Program/project management expertise including working knowledge and application of Waterfall, Hybrid and/or Agile methodologies.
• Skillful in adopting corporate project management standards (which incorporate PMI standards), IT controls, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability leading multiple concurrent projects.
• Results oriented and bias for action and execution.
• Sound problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Adept at navigating a matrixed environment, influence, inform, and collaborate with all levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills to effectively share information, collaborate and drive results ensuring appropriate level of engagement from all members of the project team.
• Ability to easily process information from various sources and simplify the complex.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Self-starter with an ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and manage ambiguity.
• Thrive in a team environment and work well with others.
• General familiarity with infrastructure technology (Servers / Storage / Network / Database / Middleware).
• Familiarity working with PPM Tools such as Clarity and other tools including Service Now, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite including MS Project, SharePoint, and Teams, etc.
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification

Nice to Haves

• Experience in a large financial services firm or highly regulated industry a plus
• Experience leading application development initiatives
• Network project experience preferred

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead project team to successfully deliver project objective and benefits providing required oversight to ensure control of scope, schedule, resources and cost.
• Provide structured project management leadership by establishing governance, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for all project team members, defining phases, and identifying deliverables/milestones.
• Develop project plans, provide executional leadership, and track progress on project goals.
• Identify and manage areas of risk and dependencies including contingency planning and developing project health restoration plans.
• Ensure adherence to NT project standards, IT controls, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Provide timely communications on project status and health including scope, schedule, resource, and/or budget as well as articulate key risks/issues and associated impacts.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and motivate project team.
• Partner with stakeholders to plan for and manage project resources.
• Facilitate discussions and working sessions across the various teams involved in the project.
• Establish and execute against project communication plans.
• Escalate in a timely manner to the appropriate party(ies) to address decisions needed, the removal of road blocks and other obstacles or constraints.