IT Project Manager

SPECTRAFORCE; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectraforce is seeking an experienced Senior Network Project Manager to support a growing portfolio of enterprise network and infrastructure initiatives remotely in the United States. You will lead complex, high-visibility projects involving SD-WAN, WAN upgrades, firewall consolidation, load balancer migrations, and core network transformations.

The role requires strong senior PM experience, PMP certification, and a proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and vendors while delivering on

Qualifications

• Senior PM with enterprise networking/infrastructure project experience.
• Strong vendor and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts to business impact.
• Proven track record delivering on scope, schedule and budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise network and infrastructure projects from initiation to closure.
• Oversee budgets, timelines, resources, and financials across multiple projects.
• Review SOWs, track vendor deliverables, and manage risk and issues.
• Prepare executive-level status updates and portfolio communications.
• Coordinate with hospitals, technical teams, and leadership.

Skills

Senior-level project management

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Financial forecasting

Executive presentation

Risk management

Education

PMP Certification

Tools

ServiceNow

Project Portfolio Management tools

Job description

Duration : 6 months (Possible Extension)

Location: Remote

Summary

Client is seeking an experienced Senior Network Project Manager to support a growing portfolio of enterprise network and infrastructure initiatives. These professionals will lead complex, high-visibility projects involving network transformation, SD-WAN, WAN upgrades, circuit conversions, firewall consolidation, load balancer migrations, and core network lifecycle initiatives. The ideal candidates will have strong senior-level project management experience, a solid understanding of enterprise networking and infrastructure, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and vendors while delivering projects within scope, schedule, and budget. Candidates must be comfortable engaging with technical teams, hospital leadership, business stakeholders, and executive management. The ability to translate technical network concepts into business impact, communicate project value, challenge technical designs when necessary, and proactively drive project delivery is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise network and infrastructure projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery within defined scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Manage multiple projects across the network portfolio, including Cisco SD-WAN implementations, WAN upgrades, circuit turn-ups and provider conversions, firewall consolidation, load balancer migrations, wireless initiatives, and core network transformation.
• Establish project plans, schedules, milestones, resource assignments, dependencies, and delivery expectations.
• Manage project financials, including budget tracking, forecasting, labor projections, financial variances, and total cost of ownership, where applicable.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, technical teams, architects, program managers, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Review Statements of Work (SOWs), monitor vendor commitments, and ensure deliverables meet contractual and project expectations.
• Prepare meeting agendas, facilitate productive meetings, document decisions, and follow up on action items, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, status reports, financial workbooks, schedules, and risk, action, issue, and decision logs.
• Manage resource assignments, labor forecasting, and project projections using ServiceNow or other project portfolio management tools.
• Prepare and distribute weekly project status reports by Friday, highlighting progress, milestones, risks, budget status, and required decisions.
• Develop Google Slides presentations and communicate project progress, business impact, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with program managers on executive-level presentations and portfolio updates as needed.
• Translate technical information into clear business outcomes, financial implications, operational benefits, and potential risks for non-technical audiences.
• Independently identify project challenges, ask relevant questions, engage technical architects, and challenge proposed designs when necessary to support successful delivery.
• Support cutover planning and coordinate with project teams and vendors during implementation windows, including occasional off-hours activities.

Required Qualifications

• Strong senior-level project management experience leading complex enterprise projects.
• Experience managing network projects or enterprise infrastructure projects with relevant network exposure.
• Understanding of multiple network technology areas, such as SD-WAN, WAN, routing and switching, firewalls, load balancers, wireless, or core network infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, forecasts, financial health, and project variances.
• Strong vendor management skills, including experience reviewing SOWs and tracking vendor deliverables.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work with technical teams and non-technical business leaders.
• Ability to explain technical concepts in business terms and articulate project value, operational impact, risks, and costs.
• Strong project planning, documentation, reporting, risk management, issue resolution, and action-item tracking skills.
• Ability to work independently, proactively resolve challenges, question assumptions, and drive accountability across project teams.
• Experience preparing and presenting project updates to executives and senior leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines and multiple competing priorities.
• Flexibility to support project cutovers and occasional work outside standard business hours.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Healthcare industry experience, particularly managing hospital network or infrastructure projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multi-site enterprise network environments or healthcare infrastructure transformation.
• Experience with Cisco SD-WAN, WAN upgrades, circuit turn-ups, and circuit conversions between service providers.
• Experience with firewall consolidation or migration projects, including Fortinet and Palo Alto technologies.
• Experience managing load balancer migration projects, including AVI and F5.
• Familiarity with routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks, load balancers, and core network lifecycle initiatives.
• Enterprise infrastructure and data center project management experience.
• Experience using ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management (PPM) or other project portfolio management tools.
• Familiarity with Google Workspace, including Google Slides and Google Sheets, or the ability to adapt quickly from Microsoft Office tools.