Project Manager IT

UNICON International Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

UNICON International Inc. in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Project Manager IT to lead end‑to‑end project delivery onsite four days a week.

You will own planning, governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement for PS&P initiatives, coordinating SAP resources, infrastructure teams, and external vendors. The role covers requirements to go‑live, defect management, readiness, cutover, hypercare, and transition to support, ensuring timely milestones and quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Lead project planning and execution for PS&P initiatives by defining scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, resource needs, and governance expectations with business and IT stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, SAP functional and technical resources, infrastructure, security, testing teams, external vendors, and business subject-matter experts to maintain alignment and delivery accountability.
• Maintain integrated project plans and track actions, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and change requests; escalate items requiring leadership direction and follow through to closure.
• Prepare clear project status reports covering accomplishments, upcoming milestones, schedule health, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and required management actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning and execution for PS&P initiatives by defining scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, resource needs, and governance expectations with business and IT stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, SAP functional and technical resources, infrastructure, security, testing teams, external vendors, and business subject-matter experts to maintain alignment and delivery accountability.
• Maintain integrated project plans and track actions, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and change requests; escalate items requiring leadership direction and follow through to closure.
• Prepare clear project status reports covering accomplishments, upcoming milestones, schedule health, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and required management actions.
• Facilitate project meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing checkpoints, readiness reviews, cutover planning sessions, and post-launch stabilization meetings; document decisions, owners, and due dates.
• Coordinate SIT and UAT planning, test readiness, execution progress, defect triage, business sign-off, deployment readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
• Apply change-control and quality-management practices to validate scope changes, assess business and technical impacts, coordinate approvals, and protect committed delivery outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk & issue tracking

Vendor coordination

Change control

Job description

Job Title

Project Manager IT

Location

Greenboro, NC

Work Model

Onsite - 4 days a week.

Salary

83-88k

Position Overview

Project Management: Project planning, scope, schedule, resources, milestones, RAID management, governance, status reporting, stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination, quality, and change control

Position Overview

Project Management: Project planning, scope, schedule, resources, milestones, RAID management, governance, status reporting, stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination, quality, and change control

Delivery Lifecycle: Requirements, design coordination, SIT, UAT, defect management, readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, transition to support

What’s Needed

• Lead project planning and execution for PS&P initiatives by defining scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, resource needs, and governance expectations with business and IT stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, SAP functional and technical resources, infrastructure, security, testing teams, external vendors, and business subject-matter experts to maintain alignment and delivery accountability.
• Maintain integrated project plans and track actions, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and change requests; **escalate items requiring leadership direction** and follow through to closure.
• Prepare clear project status reports covering accomplishments, upcoming milestones, schedule health, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and required management actions.
• Facilitate project meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing checkpoints, readiness reviews, cutover planning sessions, and post-launch stabilization meetings; document decisions, owners, and due dates.
• Coordinate SIT and UAT planning, test readiness, execution progress, defect triage, business sign-off, deployment readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
• Apply change-control and quality-management practices to validate scope changes, assess business and technical impacts, coordinate approvals, and protect committed delivery outcomes.

WANTS

• Lead project planning and execution for PS&P initiatives by defining scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, resource needs, and governance expectations with business and IT stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, SAP functional and technical resources, infrastructure, security, testing teams, external vendors, and business subject-matter experts to maintain alignment and delivery accountability.
• Maintain integrated project plans and track actions, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and change requests; **escalate items requiring leadership direction** and follow through to closure.
• Prepare clear project status reports covering accomplishments, upcoming milestones, schedule health, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and required management actions.
• Facilitate project meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing checkpoints, readiness reviews, cutover planning sessions, and post-launch stabilization meetings; document decisions, owners, and due dates.
• Coordinate SIT and UAT planning, test readiness, execution progress, defect triage, business sign-off, deployment readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
• Apply change-control and quality-management practices to validate scope changes, assess business and technical impacts, coordinate approvals, and protect committed delivery outcomes.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation (or approved range)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Other standard benefits as applicable

About Unicon

UNICON is a workforce solutions provider with over 35 years of experience supporting organizations across a variety of industries. We partner with our clients to deliver skilled professionals while maintaining a strong focus on quality, compliance, and long-term relationships. UNICON is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.