IT PMO Project Manager – Software Development

General Dynamics Electric Boat; New London (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat seeks an IT Project Manager – Applications and Software Development to join its PMO in Connecticut. The role requires overseeing complex IT initiatives, full project lifecycles, and cross-functional teams including system engineers, developers, and business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will drive project scopes, timelines, resources, and budgets, while delivering on-time, within-budget deployments and executive-level reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher required.
• 5+ years of IT project management experience, including ERP/Oracle-EBS or HCM software.
• Experience managing high-risk, high-visibility projects with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
• Prior experience working within a PMO and governance/delivery standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT projects with complex initiatives and full lifecycle ownership.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans with dependencies, vendors, risks, testing, and deployment.
• Lead cross-functional IT teams including engineers, application owners, business stakeholders and vendors.
• Define project goals and deliverables with stakeholder alignment.
• Serve as communication hub to ensure resources are aligned across internal and external teams.
• Develop scopes, timelines, resources, and budgets for projects, programs, or portfolios.
• Oversee project execution, manage technical deployments, and ensure feasibility and smooth integration.
• Track KPIs and report status, risks, and milestones to diverse audiences.
• Act as liaison between technical staff and IT stakeholders to maintain alignment.
• Anticipate risks and develop contingency plans.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

ERP systems

Leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

The EBIT PMO is looking for a highly motivated individual to join the team as an IT Project Manager – Applications and Software Development. The successful candidate must be able to work well in a team setting, effectively communicate, and be willing to drive project, program, and/or portfolio performance.

Responsibilities of the IT Project Manager – Applications and Software Development Projects include:

• Lead projects with complex IT initiatives, including but not limited to managing full project lifecycles of projects.
• Create and maintain integrated, detailed project plans addressing application dependencies, vendor deliverables, risks, testing plans, and deployment plans.
• Lead cross-functional teams across IT (system engineers, developers, infrastructure engineers), application owners, business stakeholders, IT vendors and more.

Additional Responsibilities Include

• Scope Definition:Works with the IT Project Team to determine the project’s goals and deliverables, ensuring they meet stakeholder expectations.
• Team Leadership: Serves as the communication hub between project team members (internal and external to EBIT) to ensure resources are aligned.
• Project/Program/Portfolio Planning: Develops detailed project scopes, timelines, resource plans, and budgets within the IT project, program, or portfolio.
• Project Execution & Technical Oversight: Leads project / program team resources to complete deliverables, on time and within budget. Utilizes software development and/or IT hardware (networking, server, etc.) technical knowledge and experience to manage software and hardware deployments. Works closely with IT technical staff to ensure feasibility and smooth integration of systems and/or applications.
• Reporting: Tracks key performance metrics and regularly reports project/program/ portfolio status, risks, and milestones to various audiences.
• Collaboration with Technical/Engineering Teams: Serves as a liaison between technical stakeholders (for projects with technical customers) and IT technical staff to ensure both groups remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Anticipates technical challenges (task dependencies, pre-requisite steps, schedule constraints, system and partner resource availability, etc.) and develops contingency plans.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher
• 5+ years of IT project management experience, including experience with Oracle-EBS or ERP applications or HCM software
• Prior experience managing high-risk, high-visibility projects with multiple dependencies and stakeholders
• Prior experience working within a PMO and adhering to governance and delivery standards

Preferred

• Prior IT roles with Software Development, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Networking, or Server Administration responsibilities
• Project experience with Finance, Supply Chain and Human Capital Management (HCM) software implementations

Skills

• Must have strong communication skills to effectively engage technical staff and non-technical stakeholders, and ensure project deliverables meet objectives
• Must be able to utilize problem solving skills to troubleshoot technical issues while managing project schedule and deliverables
• Must have the ability to manage complex IT cutovers, migrations, and business continuity planning.
• Must have strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level reporting.
• Must have the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly regulated, and continuously changing environment.

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