IT Operations Project Manager

Apex Systems; San Antonio, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking an IT Operations Project Manager in San Antonio, TX, for a 12+ month W2 contract. The role combines hands-on project oversight with strong financial management, budget tracking, forecasting, and resource coordination in a hybrid onsite/remote environment.

You will partner with IT infrastructure and operations teams, manage multiple workstreams, and provide clear status reporting to leadership while maintaining control of schedules, budgets, and risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Experience managing IT operations or IT infrastructure projects.
• Strong financial management, including budget tracking, forecasting, accruals, and spend reporting.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple IT lifecycle and operational workstreams.
• Track budget vs. actuals, forecasted spend, accruals, and financial adjustments.
• Maintain accurate financial reporting and identify budget variances.
• Support resource capacity planning and tracking across initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT infrastructure and operations teams on dependencies and costs.
• Provide concise status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Financial management

Budget tracking

Forecasting

Resource capacity planning

Operational coordination

Microsoft Excel

IT operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

# IT Operations Project ManagerApply**Job#: 3055236****Job Description:****IT Operations Project Manager****Location:** San Antonio, Texas (Hybrid)**Schedule**: 2-3 days onsite, 2-3 days remote. Hours are M-F 8-5**Length**: 12+ Month W2 Contract **Job Summary*** The IT Operations Project Manager will support ongoing technology lifecycle and operational initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for providing practical project oversight with a strong emphasis on **financial management, budget tracking, forecasting, resource capacity, and operational coordination**.**Key Responsibilities*** Manage and support multiple IT lifecycle and operational workstreams.* Track detailed project and operational financials, including **budget vs. actuals, forecasted spend, accruals, and financial adjustments**.* Maintain accurate financial reporting and identify potential budget variances.* Support **resource capacity planning and tracking** across assigned initiatives.* Partner closely with IT infrastructure and operations teams to understand work, dependencies, priorities, and financial impacts.* Provide the appropriate level of project oversight based on the complexity of each initiative rather than applying unnecessary project-management processes.* Coordinate ongoing lifecycle activities where scope, volume, and costs may already be established.* Support vendor management activities, including **invoice review and alignment of invoices to appropriate cost objects**.* Maintain visibility into schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and operational commitments.* Provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.* Work independently with operational teams that have limited time for extensive project-management administration.* Communicate effectively with both technical teams and business leadership, translating project-management concepts into straightforward, actionable information.* Utilize Excel and other reporting tools to maintain accurate financial and operational tracking.**Required Qualifications*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.* Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating projects within an **IT operations or IT infrastructure environment**.* Strong understanding of infrastructure operations such as **networking, fiber, desktop/end-user services, or similar technology operations**.* Strong financial management experience, including: + Budget tracking + Forecasting + Accruals + Budget-to-actual analysis + Spend tracking + Financial reporting* Strong Microsoft Excel skills.* Experience supporting multiple concurrent initiatives or operational workstreams.* Ability to work effectively with technical teams without creating unnecessary administrative or process overhead.* Ability to quickly understand established operational work and determine the appropriate level of project management oversight.* Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate directly and clearly without relying heavily on PM terminology.* Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.**Preferred Qualifications*** Experience supporting **IT infrastructure lifecycle programs or recurring operational initiatives**.* Experience with resource capacity planning.* Vendor management experience.* Experience reviewing invoices and allocating or reconciling costs against cost objects.* Experience working within a utility or similarly complex enterprise IT environment.* Experience managing multiple technology workstreams simultaneously.* Experience working with established IT operations teams supporting ongoing \"run-the-business\" activities.We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy**Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** San Antonio, TX, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** October 8, 2026**Pay Range:** $60 - $75 per hour