Product Manager

Piper Companies; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Piper Companies in Fairfax, VA is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a leading engineering and infrastructure organization. The role focuses on delivering IT infrastructure and data center projects, with emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and executive communication.

You will manage full project delivery lifecycle, supervise vendor relationships, and drive migrations and hyper-care support.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of Project Management experience supporting IT infrastructure or data center environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of IT Operations, Systems Migration, Security, and enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience working with data center technologies and concepts including WAPs, fiber connectivity, wave circuits, and related infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
• Strong executive communication skills with experience presenting project updates, risks, and recommendations.
• Experience working with project management platforms such as ClickUp, Jira, Microsoft Project, or similar tools.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• PMP certification preferred.Scrum, Agile, Product Owner, or related project delivery training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage infrastructure-focused projects throughout the full project delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with the outgoing Project Manager to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure a seamless transition of responsibilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, PMO leadership, IT Operations, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Drive project execution related to data center technologies, system migrations, network infrastructure, and operational initiatives.
• Communicate project status, milestones, risks, and dependencies to leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure project deliverables remain on schedule and within scope.
• Support a recently completed enterprise IT migration currently in a hyper-care phase, helping drive adoption and issue resolution.
• Facilitate recurring status meetings and maintain project documentation utilizing ClickUp.

Skills

Project Management

IT Operations

Data Center

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Vendor Management

Agile/ Scrum

ClickUp

Jira

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ClickUp

Jira

Microsoft Project

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a leading engineering and infrastructure organization in Fairfax, VA. The ideal candidate will possess strong project delivery experience, exceptional communication skills, and a solid understanding of IT operations and data center environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage infrastructure-focused projects throughout the full project delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with the outgoing Project Manager to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure a seamless transition of responsibilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, PMO leadership, IT Operations, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Drive project execution related to data center technologies, system migrations, network infrastructure, and operational initiatives.
• Communicate project status, milestones, risks, and dependencies to leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure project deliverables remain on schedule and within scope.
• Support a recently completed enterprise IT migration currently in a hyper-care phase, helping drive adoption and issue resolution.
• Facilitate recurring status meetings and maintain project documentation utilizing ClickUp.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of Project Management experience supporting IT infrastructure or data center environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of IT Operations, Systems Migration, Security, and enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience working with data center technologies and concepts including WAPs, fiber connectivity, wave circuits, and related infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
• Strong executive communication skills with experience presenting project updates, risks, and recommendations.
• Experience working with project management platforms such as ClickUp, Jira, Microsoft Project, or similar tools.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• PMP certification preferred.Scrum, Agile, Product Owner, or related project delivery training preferred.

Compensation

• Competitive Salary range
• Benefits package available through Piper Companies.

Preferred Experience

• Data Center Operations
• Infrastructure Modernization
• Enterprise IT Migrations
• Vendor Management
• PMO Governance
• Agile Project Delivery
• Hyper-Care Support
• Executive Stakeholder Management

Keywords

Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, PMP, Agile, Scrum, Product Owner, ClickUp, IT Operations, Infrastructure Projects, Data Center, Data Center Migration, Systems Migration, Fiber Optics, Wave Circuits, WAP, Network Infrastructure, PMO, Vendor Management, Executive Communication, Risk Management, Change Management, Hyper Care, Fairfax VA, Infrastructure Delivery, Cross-Functional Leadership

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