IT Project Manager

Sunflower Services PBC; Lake in the Hills (IL); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Sunflower Services PBC is seeking a Project Manager to join our IT PMO. The role coordinates project planning, testing, and go-live readiness while ensuring clear communication among business users, technical teams, and vendors.

The ideal candidate will manage requirements, track issues, and drive processes to improve enterprise systems across the organization. Hybrid or remote options supported, based in multiple states.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of IT project coordination or management experience.
• Experience supporting technology projects, system implementations, or enterprise applications.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project planning, task tracking, status updates, and meeting coordination.
• Lead testing coordination, including test plans, scripts, UAT schedules, and results tracking.
• Partner with business users, technical teams, vendors, and project leads to ensure requirements are validated.

Skills

IT project coordination

Testing coordination

Stakeholder management

Requirements validation

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Department: Information Technology

Location: Hybrid, based in Washington, DC, or Durham, NC; or Remote in Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, or Virginia

Who We Are

Today’s societal challenges are more complex, interconnected, and urgent than ever. Sunflower Services is comprised of over 240 professionals with deep expertise in the philanthropic sector. We provide support services to fiscal sponsors and intermediaries—and their hundreds of mission-driven projects—that are creating meaningful change. We welcome jobseekers who are motivated by results and driven by impact. For a list of current job openings at Sunflower, please visit our LinkedIn page.

Sunflower Services is an independent, nonprofit-owned Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to providing operational excellence to nonprofit and social impact organizations. Sunflower delivers integrated solutions in finance, HR, grants management, compliance, and other administrative areas, helping mission-driven organizations and changemakers focus on what matters most: their impact.

Position Overview

Project management role within PMO office, responsible for process and systems improvements, coordinating project activities, tracking deliverables, and leading testing efforts for enterprise system changes and implementations. Serves as a key support point between business users, technical teams, vendors, and project leads to ensure requirements are validated, issues are documented, and projects move forward with clear communication and follow-through.

What You’ll Do

IT Project Management

• Coordinate project planning, task tracking, status updates, and meeting coordination.
• Lead testing coordination, including test plans, test scripts, UAT schedules, and results tracking.
• Work independently with business users to confirm test scenarios align with requirements and operational workflows.
• Track defects, open issues, decisions, risks, and follow-up items through resolution.
• Coordinate go-live readiness activities, documentation, communication, and post-launch issue tracking.

Process and Systems Improvements

• Serve as project manager for Partner Solutions-related system improvements, and identify opportunities for improvements
• Design and lead staff trainings, creating related resources and running bi-weekly office hours
• Lead and motivate staff and clients to develop and implement meaningful use of our technology, and provide related trouble-shooting support
• Identify patterns in requests and where appropriate propose & implement solutions
• Maintain systems, process documentation, and data quality
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with technology stakeholders across the organization; make connections in understanding the impact of systems improvements across all platforms and teams
• Collaborate with IT team to determine priorities and ensure alignment across the firm

What You’ll Bring

• 2-4 years of experience in IT project coordination and/or management of business systems support, testing, or related work.
• Experience supporting technology projects, system implementations, or enterprise applications.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage tasks, timelines, and competing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors.
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills, and comfort documenting issues and outcomes.

Compensation And Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $56,000 - $64,000. Our salary ranges are based on national compensation benchmarks of similar sized companies in professional services. This position is eligible for an annual bonus at 5% of the annual salary.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a flexible spending account and health savings account, in addition to a 401k with a company match, and commuter benefits.

We give generous paid time off, with 16 days of vacation time, 10 days of personal time, 20 hours of volunteer time, 11 company holidays, and 4 optional holidays.

We support work-life balance with parental leave, UrbanSitter membership, Employee Resource Groups, and fitness and telecommunications reimbursements.

We value growth and development with options for education reimbursement and professional development.

We also offer disability, life insurance, additional voluntary insurances, and access to Teladoc and Health Advocate.

Location Requirements

This is a full-time position. The position can operate on a hybrid schedule, based in our Washington, DC, or Durham, NC offices, or it can be fully remote from the following locations: Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, or Virginia.

If a new hire is within proximity of our Washington, DC or Durham, NC offices, the expectation during onboarding (~90 days) is that you come into the office a minimum of 3 days per week. After this onboarding period, employees can then come into the office on a more flexible schedule with the remaining days worked at home/remotely.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds at a time

We will make reasonable accommodations under the guidelines of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Sunflower Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer without regard to race, gender, disability status, veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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