Project Manager - Professional Services at Forhyre New York, NY

Downtown Boulder Partnership; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Forhyre in New York, NY seeks a seasoned Project Manager - Professional Services to lead IT initiatives end-to-end, from feasibility to production sign-off. You will manage budgets, coordinate vendors and stakeholders, ensure on-time delivery, and produce key deliverables like charters and implementation plans.

You will drive procurement, risk management, and cross-team collaboration to deliver high-quality outcomes while maintaining budgets and schedules in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Project Management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong negotiation skills with business, InfoSec, and IT teams.
• Proven track record delivering complex IT projects on time and within budget.
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.
• Experience with vendor selection and management.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and operations.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and manage procurement processes to select vendors.
• Coordinate across teams on project reporting, prioritization, resource allocation, and visibility.
• Estimate project budget and validate utilization against resources engaged.
• Forecast project budget based on resource utilization.
• Coordinate and engage with stakeholders, including business users and vendors, from feasibility study to realization.
• Negotiate with users to reach consensus on requirements, delivery schedule, and resource commitment.
• Set up infrastructures and milestones.
• Identify issues/risks with mitigation plans to avoid impacts and escalations.
• Escalate issues and impacts to stakeholders.
• Plan and execute user acceptance testing with sign-off.
• Plan and execute production deployment with sign-off.
• Ensure proper transitioning services implemented.
• Produce quality deliverables such as project charter and implementation plan.
• Update all stakeholders with status and risks.
• Enable IT support.
• Project closure sign-off.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Vendor management

PM tools & methodologies

IT infrastructure knowledge

Problem solving

Work under pressure

Job description

Overview

Project Manager - Professional Services, Forhyre. New York, NY.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and manage procurement processes to select vendors
• Coordinate across teams on project reporting, prioritization, resource allocation, and visibility
• Estimate project budget and validate utilization against resources engaged
• Forecast project budget based on resource utilization
• Coordinate and engage with different stakeholders, including business users and vendors, from feasibility study, implementation, and benefit realization
• Initiate, liaise and negotiate with users to reach consensus on the requirements, delivery schedule, and resource commitment
• Set up infrastructures and milestones
• Identify issues/risks proactively with mitigation plans to avoid impacts and escalations
• Escalate issues and impacts to the appropriate stakeholders
• Plan and execute user acceptance test followed by signing off
• Plan and execute production deployment followed by sign-off
• Ensure proper transitioning services implemented
• Produce quality project deliverables such as project charter and implementation plan
• Update all stakeholders with the latest status and issues/risks
• Enable IT support
• Project closure sign-off

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Project Management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiation skills with business, InfoSec, and IT teams
• Proven track record of delivering complex IT projects on time and within budget
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
• Experience with vendor selection and management
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and operations
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

If you are a proactive, results-driven Project Manager with a passion for delivering high-quality projects, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.