IT Project Manager: Cross-Functional Delivery & Change

National Fire Protection Association; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

National Fire Protection Association is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support technology initiatives across NFPA's Codes & Standards development lifecycle. You will coordinate work across business teams, IT, and external vendors to manage a multi-year roadmap involving systems, integrations, and organizational change.

The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, and comfortable working across multiple teams and priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably supporting technology, digital transformation, or complex systems initiatives.
• PMP, CAPM, or similar certification a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects involving both business and technical teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate with business, technical, and vendor teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day project activities, independently or in partnership with other internal or vendor project leads.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and timelines.
• Work with the team to break project roadmaps into clear, manageable phases of work.
• Coordinate work across internal teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Provide clear, concise project status updates and ensure risks, issues, and decisions are visible to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Drive follow-through on decisions, action items, and commitments.
• Adapt plans as priorities, requirements, and organizational needs evolve.
• Escalate issues and risks when needed and help the team identify options and next steps.
• Support system enhancement requests and intake processes to prioritize and coordinate ongoing improvements.
• Identify cross-team dependencies and ensure the right stakeholders are engaged at the right time.
• Build strong working relationships and foster collaboration across teams with different priorities and areas of expertise.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder comms

Cross-functional teamwork

Agile/Waterfall/hybrid

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Smartsheet

Job description

National Fire Protection Association is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support technology initiatives across NFPA's Codes & Standards development lifecycle. You will coordinate work across business teams, IT, and external vendors to manage a multi-year roadmap involving systems, integrations, and organizational change.

The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, and comfortable working across multiple teams and priorities.