Remote Cloud & AI Project Manager

CDW; Vernon Hills (IL); Remote; USD 78,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead cloud and AI consulting engagements, including transformation, migration, optimization, and configuration. The role is 100% remote in the United States, with a focus on billable projects and client-facing delivery.

You will manage comprehensive project plans, budgets, and milestones, coordinating with customers and third-party partners while applying Agile, ITIL, and cloud best practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical consulting, including direct management/interactions with customers.
• Experience managing project budgets, including change order management.
• Minimum 3 years Customer-facing experience in either Project Delivery or Customer Success capacity
• Minimum 1 year Enterprise Project Delivery experience
• Ability to manage cloud consulting and AI engagements
• Ability to manage third-party partners as part of consulting engagements
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies such as SCRUM / Kanban
• Knowledge of ITIL practices (Change Management, Problem Management, Risk Mitigation)
• AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS AI Practitioner Certifications (required within 60 days of hire)
• Preferred qualifications include active CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP certification and enterprise project delivery experience

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, document and manage activities throughout cloud and AI consulting engagements as a billable project manager
• Participate in consulting sessions to understand challenges, technical needs, and customer requirements
• Create and manage comprehensive project plans and validate requested deliverables, resource requirements, internal goals, client priorities and milestones
• Monitor project progress and provide status reports on budgets, timelines, risks, assumptions, scope changes, issues and dependencies to clients and team members
• Control and analyze project finances by ensuring project funding is secured and documented and creating cost estimates that are aligned with resource requirements
• Communicate and manage relationships with all involved personnel to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements

Skills

Customer-facing

Budget management

Project delivery

Agile methodologies

ITIL knowledge

SCRUM/Kanban

AWS Practitioner

Tools

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS AI Practitioner

Job description

CDW is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead cloud and AI consulting engagements, including transformation, migration, optimization, and configuration. The role is 100% remote in the United States, with a focus on billable projects and client-facing delivery.

You will manage comprehensive project plans, budgets, and milestones, coordinating with customers and third-party partners while applying Agile, ITIL, and cloud best practices.