Principal, Project Management

ingrammicro; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingram Micro is seeking a Principal, Project Manager to deliver large, complex IT programs with limited oversight. You will lead cross-functional and third-party teams, align objectives with sponsors, and drive governance and reporting to executives. Responsibilities span strategy, risk, budgeting, and benefits realization.

The role requires expert PM discipline across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments, with proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and dependencies globally.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of project and program management principles across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments.
• Ability to independently structure and lead large, complex, high-visibility technology initiatives with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, vendors, and dependencies.
• Advanced capability in planning, risk/issue management, financial management, resource planning, and benefits tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of large IT projects from initiation to operations and benefits realization.
• Develop delivery strategy and integrated plan including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and change activities.
• Clarify objectives with sponsors and control functions; maintain alignment as conditions change.
• Establish governance, reporting cadence, and escalation paths appropriate to risk and complexity.
• Lead matrixed teams and vendors across locations and time zones; coach staff and remove barriers.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional issues; develop options and present recommendations.

Skills

Expert knowledge of PM principles

Lead large complex initiatives

Integrated planning & dependency mgmt

Executive presence & communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / business / engineering / PM

Master’s degree in MBA / information systems / tech mgmt

Tools

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Project

Job description

Accelerate your career. Join the organization that's driving the world's technology and shape the future.

Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. Our market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set us apart. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com

Come join our team where you'll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let's shape tomorrow - it'll be a fun journey!

The Principal, Project Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of large, complex, and strategically significant IT projects or programs with limited managerial oversight. The role converts desired business results into an integrated delivery approach, directs cross‑functional and third‑party teams, resolves advanced delivery issues, and provides decision‑ready reporting to sponsors and governance bodies. The incumbent operates as an internal expert in project delivery, coaches and delegates work for less experienced professionals, and influences project management policies, practices, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of large, complex IT projects or coordinated workstreams from initiation through transition to operations and benefits realization.
• Develop the delivery strategy and integrated plan, including scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, quality, communications, procurement, and organizational change activities.
• Clarify objectives and success measures with executive sponsors, business owners, technology leaders, and control functions; maintain alignment as conditions change.
• Establish fit‑for‑purpose governance, decision rights, escalation paths, controls, documentation standards, and reporting cadence appropriate to project risk and complexity.
• Lead matrixed teams and vendors across functions, locations, and time zones; delegate work, review deliverables, coach lower‑level professionals, and remove delivery barriers.
• Anticipate and resolve advanced, ambiguous, or cross‑functional issues. Develop options, assess tradeoffs, and present clear recommendations for timely decisions.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and changes. Ensure owners, response actions, due dates, and escalation criteria are defined and monitored.
• Monitor financial performance, resource capacity, vendor commitments, and forecast accuracy; identify variances and drive corrective action.
• Integrate security, privacy, compliance, architecture, operational readiness, and business continuity requirements into the delivery lifecycle.
• Provide concise, evidence‑based status reporting and executive communications that address progress, decisions, risks, financials, dependencies, and outcome readiness.
• Improve project management methods, templates, metrics, and lesson‑learned practices; influence adoption of consistent delivery standards across teams.

Job Qualifications and Educational Requirements

Required skills and competencies

• Expert knowledge of project and program management principles, governance, delivery controls, and lifecycle practices across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments.
• Demonstrated ability to independently structure and lead large, complex, high‑visibility technology initiatives with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, vendors, and dependencies.
• Advanced capability in integrated planning, critical‑path and dependency management, risk and issue management, change control, financial management, resource planning, and benefits tracking.
• Strong executive presence, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, decision framing, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority, build alignment among competing priorities, and translate technical and business information for varied audiences.
• Working knowledge of IT governance, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, architecture, service transition, procurement, and vendor management considerations.
• Proficiency with enterprise project management, collaboration, reporting, and data analysis tools. Experience with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling tools, and portfolio or work‑management platforms is preferred.

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, business, engineering, project management, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in business administration, information systems, technology management, or a related field.

Preferred certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent recognized project management credential; PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI‑ACP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe certification, PRINCE2, or ITIL certification rele