IT Project Manager

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc.; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. in Columbus, OH seeks an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead the Genesys Cloud CX migration and contact center reporting rollout. You will coordinate across teams, manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and decisions for leadership visibility.

The role requires 8+ years of IT project management, strong communication, and a track record leading large, multi-team initiatives in enterprise settings. Hybrid work and a 12-month contract are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in information systems, business, engineering, or related field.
• Eight+ years IT project management experience with large multi-team tech implementations.
• Experience delivering contact center technology projects (routing, IVR, telephony, reporting).
• Experience managing vendors and systems integrators, tracking deliverables and acceptance.
• Experience planning platform migrations or cutovers with minimal disruption to operations.
• Strong leadership, communication, and status reporting for business and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of the Genesys Cloud CX migration and contact center reporting rollout.
• Build and manage integrated migration plan across teams and Genesys delivery groups.
• Plan migration waves and cutovers around call volumes and service levels.
• Coordinate requirements, build, testing, and readiness activities across teams.
• Track vendor deliverables and milestones in partnership with procurement and CX leads.
• Run project governance, provide status updates for leadership and stakeholders.
• Support planning and estimation for future CX initiatives and reusable delivery practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Planning and organization

Problem solving

Collaboration

Adaptability

Accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems / business / engineering

Job description

IT Project Manager

Location: Columbus, OH (Hyrbid)

Duration: 12 Month Contract

Job Description

The Senior IT Project Manager leads day-to-day delivery of the Genesys Cloud CX migration, including the move of contact center reporting. The role builds and manages the integrated plan across teams and Genesys delivery teams, plans migration waves and cutovers around call volume and service levels, and keeps scope, schedule, budget, risks, and decisions visible to leadership.

Essential Job Functions & Tasks

Genesys Cloud CX Migration

• Build and manage the integrated migration plan, including scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, and budget across teams and Genesys delivery teams.
• Plan migration waves and cutovers around call volume, service levels, and operational commitments in partnership with Contact Center Operations.
• Lead risk, issue, change, and decision management, and elevate early when schedule, scope, or quality is at risk.
• Coordinate requirements, build, testing, and readiness activities so they stay in sync across teams.
• Track vendor deliverables, milestones, and acceptance in partnership with procurement and Customer Experience Systems leads.

Contact Center Reporting Migration

• Plan and track the migration of contact center reports and dashboards, including dependencies on data and reporting teams.
• Coordinate reporting cutover and legacy report retirement so leaders keep the visibility they need.

Governance and Communication

• Run project governance, working sessions, and status reporting for leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, risks, actions, and changes.
• Prepare concise updates on progress, risks, and needed decisions for Technology and Customer Operations leaders.

Contact Center Technology Roadmap

• Support planning, sequencing, and estimating for future Customer Experience Systems initiatives.
• Establish reusable delivery practices, plan templates, and lessons learned that speed up future efforts.

Gigawatt AI Portfolio Support

• Support planning and coordination of AI-enabled initiatives that connect to the contact center, including pilots and production rollouts.
• Manage cross-team dependencies between contact center platforms and Gigawatt teams.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor s degree in information systems, business, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Eight or more years of IT project management experience, including leading large, multi-team technology implementations.
• Experience delivering contact center technology projects, including routing, IVR, telephony, or reporting.
• Experience managing vendors and systems integrators, including tracking deliverables and acceptance.
• Experience planning platform migrations or cutovers with minimal disruption to operations.
• Strong leadership, communication, and status reporting skills with both business and technical audiences.

Preferred

• Experience delivering a Genesys Cloud CX or other enterprise CCaaS migration.
• Experience with AI, analytics, or self-service initiatives in a contact center.
• Experience in a regulated industry, preferably electric utility or energy.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, or related project management certification.

Core Competencies

• Planning and Organization
• Leadership
• Accountability
• Risk Management
• Decision Support
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Adaptability

Success Measures

• Migration waves delivered on schedule and within budget, with minimal disruption to customers and agents
• Clear, current visibility into progress, risks, and decisions for leadership
• Vendor deliverables tracked and accepted against agreed milestones
• Contact center reporting available and trusted through and after cutover
• Repeatable delivery practices that support Contact Center roadmap and Gigawatt AI work