Project Manager, IT Strategy & Roadmap

Mace; Branchburg Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Mace is seeking an IT project and strategy leader to own the multi-year IT roadmap across applications, infrastructure, data, and security. You will translate strategy into executable initiatives, maintain traceability to outcomes, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

The role emphasizes governance, executive communication, and collaboration with stakeholders to drive technology investments within a complex, public-sector-oriented program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of IT project or strategy experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT, cloud (Azure preferred), networking and cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the multi-year IT roadmap across applications, infrastructure, data, and security.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives with timelines and dependencies.
• Maintain traceability between strategic goals, initiatives, and outcomes.
• Ensure initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards and target-state designs.
• Support architecture governance checkpoints and identify architecture drift.
• Maintain enterprise network diagrams covering on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Document architecture artifacts with version control and standards alignment.
• Manage roadmap-aligned projects including scope, schedule, and risks.
• Maintain project artifacts (charters, RAID logs, status reports).
• Facilitate workshops and provide executive communications and updates.
• Support governance processes and improve roadmap and reporting practices.
• Coordinate IT Steering Committee to support decision-making on strategy and investments.
• Develop meeting agendas and briefing documents with status, risks and decisions.
• Facilitate meetings and document decisions and follow-ups.
• Maintain governance decision records and ensure alignment with IT Strategy and security.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

Azure cloud

Networking

Cybersecurity

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF

PMP

Visio/Lucidchart

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

Job description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project deliveryconsultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The Project

Mace, as part of MPA delivery partner joint venture of Mace-Parsons-Arcadis, have been selected as the Gateway Development Commissions partners of choice to support the GDC across the Gateway Program in New York, inclusive of the Hudson Tunnel Project.

The busiest rail connection between New York, New Jersey, and the Northeast Corridor, the Hudson Tunnel Project will improve capacity, reliability, and resiliency of commuter and intercity rail transit serving 800,000 daily passengers from Washington, D.C. to New York and New England. A milestone project supported by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the project is slated to receive nearly $12 billion in federal funding, the largest investment in a mass transit project in modern history.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult, And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

• Safety First - Going Home Safe and Well.
• Client Focus - Deliver on Our Promise.
• Integrity - Always Do the Right Thing.
• Create Opportunity - For Our People to Excel.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Maintain and continuously update the multi-year IT roadmap across applications, infrastructure, data, and security.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives with timelines and dependencies.
• Maintain traceability between strategic goals, initiatives, and outcomes.
• Ensure initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards and target-state designs.
• Support architecture governance checkpoints and identify architecture drift.Maintain enterprise network diagrams covering on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Ensure architecture documentation is version-controlled and aligned to standards.
• Manage roadmap-aligned projects including scope, schedule, and risks.
• Maintain project artifacts (charters, RAID logs, status reports).
• Facilitate workshops and provide executive communications and updates.
• Support governance processes and improve roadmap and reporting practices.
• Coordinate and administer the IT Steering Committee (or equivalent governance forum) to support decision-making on IT strategy, roadmap priorities, and major technology investments.
• Develop meeting agendas, materials, and briefing documents, including roadmap updates, initiative status, risks, and decision points.
• Facilitate meetings and ensure clear documentation of decisions, action items, and approvals.
• Maintain records of governance decisions and ensure alignment with the IT Strategic Plan, enterprise architecture, and security requirements.
• Track follow-up actions and ensure timely execution of Steering Committee directives.
• Ensure that proposed initiatives, changes, and exceptions are formally reviewed and approved through established governance processes prior to execution.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of relevant IT project or strategy experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT, cloud (Azure preferred), networking, and cybersecurity.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and communication skills.
• Public sector or large-scale infrastructure experience.
• Familiarity with TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
• PMP or similar certification.
• Experience with architecture diagrams/tools (Visio, Lucidchart).

Note: The estimated starting salary for this position is $150k. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills and qualifications.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.