IT Project Manager, CTO's Operating Partner

powerdigitalmarketing; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Digital Marketing is seeking an Operating Partner to align IT, security, and product initiatives for a senior technology leader across time zones. You will maintain a clear view of priorities, run leadership routines, and handle operational follow-through so strategy-focused time is preserved.

You will coordinate stakeholders, organize leadership meetings, and manage budgets, vendor agreements, and procurement processes while escalating blockers with recommended next steps.

Qualifications

• At least three years in project or program management, chief-of-staff work, or technology operations supporting a senior technology leader.
• Experience managing several workstreams through a work-management tool.
• Strong written English, including the ability to turn incomplete updates into clear status reports and decision memos.
• Comfort with budgets, vendor agreements, renewals, and procurement processes.
• Enough technical understanding to track IT, security, and software initiatives and ask useful questions.
• Persistent, respectful follow-up and confidence holding senior stakeholders to agreed commitments.
• Advanced spoken and written English (C1 or higher), availability during U.S. business hours, and short-notice availability outside those hours.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a central portfolio of technology initiatives, with owners, dates, status, risks, and decisions kept current.
• Organize leadership meetings, prepare agendas and notes, track actions, and coordinate weekly and monthly executive reporting.
• Manage vendor coordination, procurement follow-ups, contract renewal dates, hiring logistics, budget and salary-cap tracking, and cross-team requests.
• Follow up on commitments, identify blockers early, and escalate issues with a recommended next step.
• Use AI tools to improve business processes and support relevant departmental workflows.
• Keep stakeholders informed and ensure each commitment has clear ownership and a due date.

Skills

Project management

Program management

Chief-of-staff

Tech operations

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Vendor management

English proficiency

Tools

Work-management tools

Job description

Role overview

Serve as the operating partner to a senior technology leader, coordinating the organization’s IT, security, and product initiatives. You will maintain a clear view of priorities and commitments, run leadership routines, and handle operational follow-through so the technology leader can focus more time on strategy. The work spans teams in multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a central portfolio of technology initiatives, with owners, dates, status, risks, and decisions kept current.
• Organize leadership meetings, prepare agendas and notes, track actions, and coordinate weekly and monthly executive reporting.
• Manage vendor coordination, procurement follow-ups, contract renewal dates, hiring logistics, budget and salary-cap tracking, and cross-team requests.
• Follow up on commitments, identify blockers early, and escalate issues with a recommended next step.
• Use AI tools to improve business processes and support relevant departmental workflows.
• Keep stakeholders informed and ensure each commitment has clear ownership and a due date.

Requirements

• At least three years in project or program management, chief-of-staff work, or technology operations supporting a senior technology leader.
• Experience managing several workstreams through a work-management tool.
• Strong written English, including the ability to turn incomplete updates into clear status reports and decision memos.
• Comfort with budgets, vendor agreements, renewals, and procurement processes.
• Enough technical understanding to track IT, security, and software initiatives and ask useful questions.
• Persistent, respectful follow-up and confidence holding senior stakeholders to agreed commitments.
• Advanced spoken and written English (C1 or higher), availability during U.S. business hours, and short-notice availability outside those hours.

Nice to have

Experience using modern AI or agentic tools to support business operations.

Benefits and work setup

The role works across multiple time zones. The source does not specify other work-location details or benefits.