Project Manager

CAI; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Job summary

CAI is seeking a skilled Project Manager to join its IT team in a full-time, hybrid role. The position involves managing multiple moderately complex projects, coordinating delivery across four technology platforms, and ensuring alignment with architecture and modernization goals.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of program management experience, strong governance and RAID/log management, and proficiency with tools like MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, and Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• 8+ years of program or project management experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading multi-team technology initiatives in cloud environments such as AWS.
• Experience establishing and managing phase-gate or stage-gate governance for large-scale programs.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple delivery teams with interconnected dependencies and integrated release schedules.
• Strong expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis, resource planning, and program forecasting.
• Experience maintaining RAID logs and administering formal change management processes.
• Knowledge of Agile, hybrid, and phased project delivery methodologies.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience creating executive dashboards, status reporting, and steering committee materials.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage phase-based project schedules with clear ownership.
• Lead phase-gate governance, reviews, and decision logs.
• Coordinate multiple pods across four technology platforms with dependencies and release schedules.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and stakeholder reviews to identify blockers.
• Manage RAID logs and oversee formal change control processes.
• Monitor project health, resource capacity, and milestones; drive corrective actions.
• Prepare executive status reports and steering committee materials.
• Partner with business, technical, and consulting stakeholders to ensure delivery aligned with architecture, design, and modernization objectives.
• Promote project management best practices and governance standards across delivery teams.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Schedule management

RAID logs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Azure DevOps

Job description

Project Manager

Req number: R8803

Employment type: Full time

Worksite flexibility: Hybrid

Who we are

CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right- whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

Job Summary

Responsible for the management of one or multiple moderately complex projects concurrently; plans and performs analysis of company functions, processes, and activities

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to join our IT team. This position will be full-time, hybrid, and is a contract position.

What You'll Do

• Develop and manage phase-based project schedules, ensuring all deliverables have clear ownership and align with program objectives
• Lead phase-gate governance by defining entry and exit criteria, coordinating reviews, validating deliverables, and maintaining decision logs
• Coordinate multiple delivery pods across four technology platforms, managing dependencies, release schedules, integrations, and shared environments
• Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions, scrum-of-scrums meetings, and stakeholder reviews to proactively identify and resolve blockers
• Manage program RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies) and oversee formal change control processes
• Monitor project health, resource capacity, schedule variances, and milestone achievement while driving corrective actions when needed
• Prepare executive-level status reports, steering committee presentations, and program communications for agency leadership
• Partner with business, technical, and consulting stakeholders to ensure successful delivery aligned with architecture, design, and modernization objectives
• Promote project management best practices, governance standards, and continuous improvement across all delivery teams

What You'll Need

Required

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• 8+ years of program or project management experience
• 5+ years of experience leading multi-team technology initiatives in cloud environments such as AWS
• Experience establishing and managing phase-gate or stage-gate governance for large-scale programsProven ability to coordinate multiple delivery teams with interconnected dependencies and integrated release schedules
• Strong expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis, resource planning, and program forecasting
• Experience maintaining RAID logs and administering formal change management processes
• Knowledge of Agile, hybrid, and phased project delivery methodologies
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
• Experience creating executive dashboards, status reporting, and steering committee materials
• Exceptional communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority

Desired

• PMP certification.
• Scrum Master, Agile, SAFe, or related certification.
• Experience with HR modernization or Human Capital Management initiatives.
• Experience replacing legacy systems through phased or parallel-run implementations.
• Familiarity with state procurement, governance, regulatory, and compliance processes.

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

Reasonable accommodation statement

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail] or (888) 824 - 8111.

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Computer Aid, Inc.(CAI) not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.

$97-$107 per hour

The pay range for this position is listed above. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, experience, and education. Benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as 401k retirement account access. Employees in this role may also be entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.