Project Manager

Apex Systems; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 128,943,360 - 157,597,440; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Birmingham, AL is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead IT initiatives within the PMO, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing RAID logs, risks, milestones, and budgets to ensure delivery on scope and quality.

The role requires planning sessions, driving decisions, supporting testing, training, and adoption activities, and partnering with vendors for seamless handoffs and timely closure.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of related experience with at least 1 year in IT initiatives.
• Solid background in IT and project management.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership and delivery discipline for assigned projects.
• Plan and facilitate requirements, design, status, risk/issue, and readiness sessions.
• Coordinate across teams, manage handoffs, dependencies, and blockers.
• Maintain RAID and action/decision logs with owners and due dates; report status.

Skills

MS Office

Visio

Teams/SharePoint

PM Tools

Stakeholder Mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

Microsoft Office

Visio

Project Management tools

Teams/SharePoint

Job description

# Project ManagerApply**Job#: 3043796****Job Description:**Project Manager**Location:** Birmingham, Alabama (On-site)Role OverviewThe Project Manager, PMO supports the PMO roadmap by planning, organizing, and delivering cross-functional IT projects that enable business outcomes. This role builds and maintains project plans, manages risks, issues, actions, and decisions (RAID), coordinates resources and vendors, and ensures delivery aligns with scope, milestones, budget, and quality expectations. The Project Manager communicates status and risks, facilitates working sessions to drive decisions, translates business needs into actionable requirements, and supports testing, communication, training, and adoption activities.Key Responsibilities* Demonstrate leadership presence, accountability, ownership, and delivery discipline for assigned projects.* Build working relationships with stakeholders and project team members; communicate tradeoffs and escalate issues with context and recommended next steps.* Plan and facilitate project working sessions (requirements, design, status, risk/issue, and readiness) to drive clarity and decisions.* Coordinate across teams to manage handoffs and dependencies, helping to resolve blockers.* Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, milestones, resources, budget, communications, and adoption tasks.* Manage scope, timeline, budget inputs, and quality expectations for assigned initiatives.* Maintain RAID and action/decision logs with clear owners and due dates; drive mitigation planning and timely resolution.* Produce status reporting for stakeholders at appropriate levels.* Partner with technology teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to coordinate delivery activities, testing, cutover readiness, and stabilization support.Required Qualifications**Experience:*** Three to five years of related experience, with at least one year of experience in complex IT initiatives.* A solid background in IT and project management.**Education:*** Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field, or equivalent experience.**Technical Skills:*** Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio (or other process diagramming tools), Teams/SharePoint, and Project Management tools (Microsoft or others).Preferred Qualifications* PMP certification is preferred. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy**Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Birmingham, AL, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** July 24, 2026**Pay Range:** $45 - $55 per hour