Project Manager

Smart IMS Inc; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CyberThink is seeking a Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple IT initiatives across infrastructure, cybersecurity, application, and enterprise technology domains. This role emphasizes end-to-end delivery using Waterfall methodologies, with collaboration across technical teams, vendors, and senior leadership to ensure objectives, timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met.

The position requires strong experience managing several concurrent projects, creating detailed plans, RAID logs,

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing multiple IT projects in Waterfall environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain project plans, roadmaps, RAID logs, issue trackers, and status artifacts.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing budgets, timelines, and resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate approximately 4–5 concurrent IT projects from initiation to closeout.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.
• Define scope, objectives, resources, timelines, and success criteria with stakeholders.
• Create RAID logs and proactively manage risks and mitigation plans.
• Monitor budgets, schedules, and resource allocations against baselines.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, cybersecurity, application development, and vendor teams.
• Facilitate meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communications.
• Prepare executive status reports, dashboards, and updates.
• Manage vendor and contractor performance and project commitments.
• Conduct closeout activities and lessons learned sessions.

Skills

Multi-project management

Waterfall project management

Risk management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/PM or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Duration (Contract): 12 Months

Client Location: Wilmington, DE 19801

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description

As a Project Manager, you will lead and coordinate multiple concurrent IT initiatives across infrastructure, cybersecurity, application, and enterprise technology domains. This role is responsible for end-to-end project delivery using primarily Waterfall methodologies while collaborating with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and senior leadership to ensure successful execution of project objectives, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage approximately 4 5 concurrent IT projects of varying size and complexity from initiation through project closeout.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.
• Define project scope, objectives, resource requirements, timelines, and success criteria in partnership with stakeholders.
• Create and maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) and proactively manage project risks and mitigation plans.
• Monitor project budgets, schedules, and resource allocations against established baselines.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure, cybersecurity, application development, business operations, and vendor teams.
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communications.
• Prepare executive-level status reports, presentations, dashboards, and project updates.
• Manage vendor and contractor performance, deliverables, and project commitments.
• Conduct project closeout activities, lessons learned sessions, and process improvement initiatives.

Required Skills, Experiences, Education, and Competencies

• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent IT projects within structured Waterfall project management environments.
• Strong experience creating and maintaining project plans, schedules, roadmaps, RAID logs, issue trackers, and status reporting artifacts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, budget, timeline, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams including infrastructure, cybersecurity, application support, and vendor organizations.
• Strong risk management, issue resolution, and project governance skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication abilities.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to prioritize competing initiatives and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology, infrastructure, cybersecurity, compliance, or data-related projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience managing mid-to-large-scale IT initiatives.
• Experience delivering finance-related projects including reporting, compliance, audits, enterprise data, or financial systems projects.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with both Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $50.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.