Project Manager / Delivery Lead

Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager / Delivery Lead to drive a large enterprise program focused on stabilizing and maturing UAT and DEV environments for higher quality, efficiency, and AI-assisted development.

You will coordinate 10+ teams, own the end-to-end plan, and report progress to senior leadership, ensuring data privacy and adherence to governance as you enable scalable, production-ready environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience delivering cross-functional initiatives.
• 5+ years leading large-scale, multi-team infrastructure or platform programs.
• 3+ years leading projects focused on environments, test data management, and data privacy considerations.
• Experience enabling AI-driven development efficiencies is a strong plus.
• Proven experience driving environment stabilization, platform maturity, or large-scale integration efforts.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC frameworks, and enterprise delivery governance.
• Expertise in Jira for planning, tracking, and reporting at scale.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio; Smartsheet familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale, long-term programs across a complex enterprise environment from initiation through production rollout.
• Drive execution of an environment and test data strategy, aligning 10+ teams on priorities, sequencing, and shared outcomes while ensuring data privacy and security standards.
• Coordinate and integrate partially completed work into a unified, executable roadmap with clear milestones and ownership.
• Establish and enforce accountability structures across all workstreams, including teams with shared resource models and competing priorities.
• Manage interdependencies, risks, and blockers across multiple teams while maintaining strong engagement from senior leadership.
• Own the end-to-end integrated program plan, ensuring alignment across all workstreams supporting environment stabilization initiatives.
• Act as the primary liaison between technical and business stakeholders, identifying data and testing needs while translating complex environment and system challenges into actionable plans.
• Navigate a highly matrixed organization while maintaining accountability for timelines, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Provide consistent, transparent communication through executive-level reporting, program reviews, and stakeholder updates.
• Drive environment readiness and operational stability, ensuring UAT environments are production-reliable prior to future development enhancement initiatives.
• Forecast and manage resource allocations across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with program priorities.
• Track and manage program budgets with strong financial discipline.

Skills

Jira

Program management

Delivery leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Agile methodologies

Tools

Smartsheet

Visio

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

An organization is seeking an innovative, solutions-oriented Senior Technical Project Manager / Delivery Lead with strong analytical, technical, and program management capabilities. This role requires a blend of rigorous delivery leadership, technical fluency, and expertise in Jira to drive visibility, coordination, and execution across complex initiatives.

A key responsibility of this role will be leading a large-scale enterprise program focused on stabilizing and maturing UAT and DEV environments to improve quality, development efficiency, testing capabilities, and support AI-assisted development initiatives. Success in this role will depend on strong coordination, integration, and execution across multiple ongoing efforts.

The position is responsible for driving planning, execution, and day-to-day program oversight across the full lifecycle, partnering closely with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver scalable, high-quality outcomes. The successful Delivery Lead will improve delivery outcomes through proactive project leadership in addition to standard project management tracking and reporting activities.

Areas of Responsibility

Program & Delivery Leadership

• Lead large-scale, long-term programs across a complex enterprise environment from initiation through production rollout.
• Drive execution of an environment and test data strategy, aligning 10+ teams on priorities, sequencing, and shared outcomes while ensuring data privacy and security standards.
• Coordinate and integrate partially completed work into a unified, executable roadmap with clear milestones and ownership.
• Establish and enforce accountability structures across all workstreams, including teams with shared resource models and competing priorities.
• Manage interdependencies, risks, and blockers across multiple teams while maintaining strong engagement from senior leadership.

Project Oversight & Execution

• Own the end-to-end integrated program plan, ensuring alignment across all workstreams supporting environment stabilization initiatives.
• Act as the primary liaison between technical and business stakeholders, identifying data and testing needs while translating complex environment and system challenges into actionable plans.
• Navigate a highly matrixed organization while maintaining accountability for timelines, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Provide consistent, transparent communication through executive-level reporting, program reviews, and stakeholder updates.
• Drive environment readiness and operational stability, ensuring UAT environments are production-reliable prior to future development enhancement initiatives.
• Forecast and manage resource allocations across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with program priorities.
• Track and manage program budgets with strong financial discipline.

• Integrated program plans
• Weekly status reporting
• Milestone tracking and dependency mapping
• Risk and issue registers

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience delivering cross-functional initiatives.
• 5+ years leading large-scale, multi-team infrastructure or platform programs.
• 3+ years leading projects focused on environments, test data management, and data privacy considerations.
• Experience enabling AI-driven development efficiencies is a strong plus.
• Proven experience driving environment stabilization, platform maturity, or large-scale integration efforts.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC frameworks, and enterprise delivery governance.
• Expertise in Jira for planning, tracking, and reporting at scale.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio; Smartsheet familiarity is a plus.