IT Project Manager II

Cornerstonetechtalent; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise-level initiatives across AI, infrastructure, and clinical technology in a hybrid Louisville, KY setting. You will drive strategy, governance, and execution while aligning business and technical teams to measurable outcomes.

The role requires PMP certification, extensive experience managing complex programs, and strong communication with executives.

Qualifications

• PMP certification is required.
• Experience managing enterprise IT projects from initiation through implementation.
• Ability to lead multiple interdependent workstreams with clear accountability.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, dependencies, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to translate complex tech initiatives into executive-level updates.

Responsibilities

• Own the full project lifecycle from discovery to closeout.
• Lead AI, infrastructure, and clinical technology initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Develop comprehensive project plans with scope, schedule and milestones.
• Establish governance and track budgets, risks, and RAIDs.
• Provide executive-level reporting and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate testing, deployment, and post-implementation activities.

Skills

PMP certification

Enterprise IT project mgmt

Stakeholder management

Change management

Executive reporting

Microsoft Project

Azure / cloud platforms

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Senior IT Project Manager – AI, Infrastructure & Clinical Technology

Location: Louisville, KY | Work Model: Hybrid | Schedule: Full-Time, 40 Hours per Week | Travel: Approximately 10%

The Opportunity

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-level technology initiatives spanning Artificial Intelligence, infrastructure, clinical technology, and digital transformation. This is an opportunity for a seasoned technology project leader who is comfortable operating at the intersection of business strategy, technical delivery, and organizational change. You will partner with technical teams, business leaders, clinical stakeholders, vendors, and executive sponsors to move high-impact initiatives from concept and planning through implementation and adoption. We are looking for someone who does more than maintain project plans. The ideal candidate understands how modern technology programs are delivered, can navigate ambiguity, anticipate dependencies and risks, and create the structure necessary to keep highly technical, cross-functional teams moving toward measurable outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Own the full project lifecycle, from discovery, requirements, planning, and project definition through implementation, transition, and closeout. Lead technology initiatives involving areas such as:

• Artificial Intelligence and AI-enabled capabilities
• Enterprise infrastructure
• Cloud and platform modernization
• Clinical and healthcare technology
• Enterprise applications and integrations
• Data, automation, and digital transformation

Develop comprehensive project plans covering scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, risks, and deliverables. Establish project governance and maintain clear accountability across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership. Drive project milestones and proactively identify issues that could impact delivery. Facilitate technical and business discussions across teams with different priorities, terminology, and levels of technical expertise. Translate complex technical initiatives into clear project status, business impacts, risks, decisions, and next steps for executive stakeholders. Coordinate project resources across engineering, infrastructure, security, AI, clinical, application, and operational teams. Manage project scope and ensure changes are evaluated, documented, communicated, and incorporated through an effective change-management process. Track project budgets, forecasts, resource utilization, dependencies, risks, issues, and overall project health. Lead recurring project meetings, steering discussions, technical checkpoints, and executive status reviews. Maintain accurate project documentation, decision logs, RAID logs, roadmaps, status reports, and implementation plans. Partner with technical teams to coordinate testing, deployment, production readiness, operational handoffs, and post-implementation activities. Support organizational adoption of new technology capabilities by ensuring stakeholders understand what is changing, why it matters, and what is required for successful implementation.

Required Qualifications

• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Strong experience managing enterprise IT projects or technology programs from initiation through implementation.
• Demonstrated success leading complex projects involving multiple technical and business teams.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, dependencies, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to manage several interconnected workstreams while maintaining visibility into critical-path dependencies.
• Strong understanding of technology delivery environments and the ability to work effectively with architects, engineers, developers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity professionals, data teams, and business stakeholders.
• Experience producing executive-level project reporting and communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences.
• Strong change-management, stakeholder-management, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to make decisions in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
• Advanced proficiency with project-management and business-productivity tools including Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Highly Desired Experience

• leading projects involving one or more of the following would be especially valuable: Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, or enterprise AI adoption
• AI governance, responsible AI, or AI implementation programs
• Infrastructure modernization
• Cloud migration or cloud transformation
• Cybersecurity or identity initiatives
• Healthcare or clinical technology
• Enterprise application implementations
• Systems integration
• Data platforms and analytics
• Workflow automation
• Microsoft Azure or other major cloud platforms
• Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Vendor and third-party technology implementations
• Healthcare experience is valuable but not required. Candidates coming from other highly regulated, complex enterprise environments may also be strong fits.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Project Manager in this role will quickly establish credibility with both technical and business stakeholders, bring structure to complex initiatives, and maintain visibility into the decisions, risks, dependencies, and actions necessary to keep programs moving forward. You should be comfortable asking difficult questions, escalating issues when appropriate, challenging unrealistic timelines, and helping teams turn broad technology objectives into executable plans. Most importantly, you will help ensure that significant technology investments translate into capabilities that are successfully implemented, adopted, and operationalized across the organization.

Why Work With CornerStone Technology Talent Services?

CornerStone Technology Talent Services connects experienced technology professionals with organizations investing in meaningful, high-impact initiatives. Our technology recruiting team works to understand both the technical requirements of the position and the environment in which the professional will be expected to succeed. We focus on creating strong alignment between our consultants and the organizations they support throughout the engagement. If you are a PMP-certified Senior IT Project Manager who enjoys leading complex technology initiatives and working alongside AI, infrastructure, clinical, and enterprise technology teams, we would like to hear from you.