Project Manager

Computer Task; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CTG is seeking a Project Manager in Dallas, TX to lead technology, infrastructure, cloud, and application transformation initiatives onsite or hybrid for a 12-month engagement. You will drive planning, governance, delivery, and closure, coordinating cross-functional teams, customers, and vendors to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.

The role requires 3+ years of enterprise project management experience, PMP certification, and a track record of managing budgets, forecasts, risks, and change

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressively responsible project management experience with complex technology or transformation initiatives.
• Experience as a Project Manager for an enterprise software/SaaS vendor or technology consulting firm.
• Experience managing project financials, including budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, ETC/EAC, revenue, costs, margin.
• Experience establishing and managing scope, schedule, cost, resource, risk, quality, change, and benefits baselines.
• Experience translating contracts, statements of work, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria into executable project controls.
• Experience leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed engagements preferred.
• Experience in enterprise technology transformation, managed services, cloud, infrastructure, or consulting preferred.
• Experience coaching project managers and improving project management practices preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Project Management, or related field preferred.
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in good standing required.
• Agile, Scrum, Lean, ITIL, or additional PMI certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology, infrastructure, cloud, application, consulting, and transformation projects through the full lifecycle, from planning and kickoff through transition, acceptance, and closure.
• Develop integrated delivery plans covering scope, schedule, cost, resources, dependencies, milestones, risks, quality, and acceptance criteria.
• Own project performance and drive timely decisions and corrective actions across scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and customer value.
• Establish project governance, workstream accountability, decision rights, escalation paths, and communication cadences across cross-functional teams.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resource demand, revenue, expenses, margin, cash flow, and financial assumptions.
• Monitor actuals, commitments, estimates to complete, estimates at completion, revenue, margin, and utilization; analyze variances and implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate change requests for scope, schedule, resource, contractual, and financial impact and maintain appropriate documentation and approvals.
• Select and apply predictive, Agile, or hybrid project management methodologies based on project requirements, risk, and complexity.
• Maintain project charters, integrated plans, RAID logs, stakeholder and communication plans, change and decision logs, financial baselines, benefits measures, and closure documentation.
• Lead governance reviews, health checks, retrospectives, lessons learned, and executive status reporting.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, opportunities, and recovery plans with clear ownership, due dates, escalation thresholds, and financial exposure.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, commitments, decisions, financial performance, risks, and recovery actions.
• Lead and motivate cross-functional teams, resolve delivery conflicts, coach developing project managers, and promote accountability and collaboration.
• Coordinate operational readiness, transition, customer acceptance, benefits realization, and formal project closure.

Skills

Project governance

Hybrid methodologies

Budget management

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk management

Executive comms

Cross-functional teams

Forecasting

Vendor mgmt

Contract interpretation

Education

PMI PMP

Bachelor's degree

Agile/PMI certs

Tools

Scheduling tools

Reporting tools

Financial systems

Job description

CTG is seeking to fill a Project Manager position for our client.

Location: Dallas, TX – Onsite/Hybrid Remote
Duration: 12 months

Duties:

• Lead technology, infrastructure, cloud, application, consulting, and transformation projects through the full lifecycle, from planning and kickoff through transition, acceptance, and closure.
• Develop integrated delivery plans covering scope, schedule, cost, resources, dependencies, milestones, risks, quality, and acceptance criteria.
• Own project performance and drive timely decisions and corrective actions across scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and customer value.
• Establish project governance, workstream accountability, decision rights, escalation paths, and communication cadences across cross-functional teams.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resource demand, revenue, expenses, margin, cash flow, and financial assumptions.
• Monitor actuals, commitments, estimates to complete, estimates at completion, revenue, margin, and utilization; analyze variances and implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate change requests for scope, schedule, resource, contractual, and financial impact and maintain appropriate documentation and approvals.
• Select and apply predictive, Agile, or hybrid project management methodologies based on project requirements, risk, and complexity.
• Maintain project charters, integrated plans, RAID logs, stakeholder and communication plans, change and decision logs, financial baselines, benefits measures, and closure documentation.
• Lead governance reviews, health checks, retrospectives, lessons learned, and executive status reporting.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, opportunities, and recovery plans with clear ownership, due dates, escalation thresholds, and financial exposure.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, commitments, decisions, financial performance, risks, and recovery actions.
• Lead and motivate cross-functional teams, resolve delivery conflicts, coach developing project managers, and promote accountability and collaboration.
• Coordinate operational readiness, transition, customer acceptance, benefits realization, and formal project closure.

Skills:

• Project management and delivery governance
• Predictive, Agile, and hybrid methodologies
• Financial planning, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Budget, revenue, cost, margin, and cash-flow management
• Scope, schedule, resource, risk, quality, and change management
• Contract and statement-of-work interpretation
• Executive communication and stakeholder management
• Risk mitigation and project recovery
• Critical-path and dependency management
• Earned value and performance measurement
• Enterprise scheduling, collaboration, financial, resource-management, and reporting tools
• Negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution

Experience:

• 3+ years of progressively responsible project management experience, including complex customer-facing technology or transformation initiatives.
• Experience as a Project Manager for an enterprise software/SaaS vendor or technology consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience managing project financials, including budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, ETC/EAC, revenue, costs, margin, and change economics.
• Experience establishing and managing scope, schedule, cost, resource, risk, quality, change, and benefits baselines.
• Experience translating contracts, statements of work, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria into executable project controls.
• Experience leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed, multi-workstream, or multi-vendor engagements preferred.
• Experience in enterprise technology transformation, managed services, cloud, infrastructure, application modernization, or consulting preferred.
• Experience coaching project managers and improving project management practices preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in good standing required.
• Agile, Scrum, Lean, ITIL, or additional PMI certification preferred.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

About CTG

CTG, a Cegeka company, delivers IT and business solutions that enhance clients’ digital agility, empowering them to seize new opportunities and overcome any challenge. Backed by more than 60 years’ experience and a commitment to being a reliable, results-driven partner, we work shoulder to shoulder with clients to shape digital together. Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to our clients and the preferred career destination for digital and technology experts. With more than 9,000 team members in over 15 countries, we combine global expertise with local insight to deliver innovative solutions. We operate across the Americas, Europe, and India, working with over 3,000 clients in many of today's highest-growth industries.

Together, we shape what’s next—working shoulder to shoulder to deliver impactful solutions for our clients and society. Our culture is built by the people who work at CTG, the values we hold, and the actions we take. It's a living, breathing thing that is renewed every day through the ways we engage with each other, our clients, and our communities. At CTG, you’ll find a workplace where you are encouraged to grow, supported in your ambitions, and empowered to shape your own career journey. For more information, visit www.ctg.com.

CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.

CTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTG will assure equal opportunity and consideration to all applicants and employees in recruitment, selection, placement, training, benefits, compensation, promotion, transfer, and release of individuals without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, disability, marital or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other discriminatory factors as required by law. CTG is fully committed to promoting employment opportunities for members of protected classes.