IT Project Manager

Fisher Investments; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Paid time off

Family support

Hybrid work option

Job summary

Fisher Investments seeks an IT Project Manager to translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, and to provide leaders with decisions-ready insights. You will join the Infrastructure and Operations team to deliver large technology initiatives across infrastructure, security, data, and architecture.

You will lead cross‑functional projects, coordinate priorities with senior leaders, and drive governance, reporting, and risk management across the portfolio to ensure on‑time

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT project management or program management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional technology projects with multiple teams.
• Experience producing consolidated portfolio reporting for executives.
• Comfort presenting to senior leadership and steering committees.
• Strong grasp of governance, risk, dependencies, and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an integrated view of the technology portfolio with status, milestones and risks.
• Consolidate project information into executive-level reports for leadership.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and portfolio reviews.
• Identify cross-project risks, dependencies, and resource conflicts.
• Partner with tech and business leaders on prioritization and capacity planning.
• Deliver concise status updates covering progress, risks, decisions, and actions.

Skills

IT project management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Agile & Waterfall

Portfolio governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Job description

The Opportunity

As IT Project Manager, you will report to the Infrastructure and Operations Team Lead to translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, establish accountability across teams, and provide leaders with the information needed to make informed decisions. Your background combines strong project leadership, technology fluency, executive communication, and organizational skills. You can translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, establish accountability across teams, and provide leaders with the information needed to make informed decisions.

Overview

The Opportunity

As IT Project Manager, you will report to the Infrastructure and Operations Team Lead to translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, establish accountability across teams, and provide leaders with the information needed to make informed decisions. Your background combines strong project leadership, technology fluency, executive communication, and organizational skills. You can translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, establish accountability across teams, and provide leaders with the information needed to make informed decisions. You will partner with technology teams, business stakeholders, senior leaders, and executives to deliver complex technology projects while providing visibility into portfolio health, priorities, risks, dependencies, resources, and performance.

The Day-to-Day

• Maintain an integrated view of the technology portfolio, including project status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, resources, priorities, and key decisions.
• Consolidate project and workstream information into clear, executive-level reporting for technology leadership, executives, and steering committees.
• Prepare and facilitate steering committee meetings and portfolio reviews, ensuring discussions focus on key risks, decisions, priorities, and actions.
• Identify and communicate cross-project risks, dependencies, resource conflicts, and schedule impacts.
• Partner with technology and business leaders on portfolio prioritization, sequencing, capacity, and organizational impact.
• Track portfolio metrics and provide insight into delivery trends, performance, and areas requiring leadership attention.
• Ensure portfolio information remains accurate and current while continuously improving governance and reporting practices without creating unnecessary administrative overhead.
• Lead assigned technology projects from initiation and planning through execution, implementation, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, dependencies, and decision logs.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across areas such as infrastructure, operations, security, data, architecture, collaboration, and other technical disciplines.
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure technology initiatives align with business needs, project objectives, and organizational priorities.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, status reviews, risk discussions, and decision-making forums.
• Proactively identify and drive resolution of risks, issues, dependencies, and obstacles while maintaining accountability for project commitments.
• Manage scope, schedule, priorities, resources, and stakeholder expectations while maintaining project momentum.
• Translate technical concepts, challenges, and tradeoffs into clear business impacts, decisions, and actions.
• Provide concise project status reporting covering accomplishments, upcoming milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and escalation needs.

Your Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in IT project management, program management, or related technology delivery roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross‑functional technology projects involving multiple technical teams.
• Experience managing or coordinating a technology project portfolio and producing consolidated portfolio reporting.
• Experience preparing materials for and presenting to executive leadership and steering committees.
• Strong understanding of project and portfolio management principles, governance, risk management, dependency management, and prioritization.
• Experience with both Agile and traditional/Waterfall delivery approaches and the ability to apply the appropriate methodology based on the initiative.
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools and executive reporting or dashboard solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Why Fisher Investments

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• This is an in‑office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER