Senior Information Technology Project Manager

Comtech Global, Inc; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Comtech Global, Inc in Columbus, OH is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead planning, stakeholder engagement, execution, and delivery on a long-term onsite contract. The role requires coordinating business and IT teams and managing schedules and resources.

Responsibilities include developing WBS and RACI matrices, tracking progress, producing dashboards and executive updates, managing risks and changes, and ensuring go-live readiness with quality and budget control.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and resource management.
• Experience in risk mitigation and issue resolution.
• Strong experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements.
• Experience with data analysis and decision-making.
• Experience in PMO-driven environments is highly desirable.
• Experience coordinating business and IT stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Experience with vendor management and contract oversight.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, dependencies, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder engagement & business requirements.
• Develop project plans with timelines, milestones, resources, budgets, quality standards, and communication.
• Oversee project execution and monitor progress against approved plans.
• Prepare dashboards, status reports, and executive-level updates.
• Identify and resolve project issues, bottlenecks, and deviations.
• Facilitate communication and coordination across project teams.
• Identify, assess, document, and monitor project risks.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget changes through formal change-control processes.
• Track issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Coordinate business and IT resource allocation.
• Manage vendor relationships and support vendor onboarding activities.
• Assist with technical requirements, compliance, and contract-related activities.
• Coordinate with quality, security, architecture, and other technical teams.
• Monitor vendor deliverables and ensure alignment with project requirements.
• Develop communication plans and lead status/risk/quality reviews.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and project documentation.
• Coordinate go-live planning, rollout readiness, and implementation activities.
• Ensure project closure activities are completed.
• Conduct lessons-learned sessions and document project outcomes.

Skills

5+ years PM experience

Risk mitigation

Business requirements

Data analysis

PMO-driven environments

Vendor management

Contract oversight

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Multi-project management

Job description

IT Project Manager, Columbus, OH - ONSITE

Long term Contract

Direct client

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead project planning, stakeholder engagement, execution, risk management, and delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong experience coordinating business and IT teams, managing project schedules and resources, handling risks and changes, and working in PMO-driven environments.

Key Responsibilities

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Business Requirements

• Identify and analyze stakeholder needs, expectations, and influence.
• Conduct discovery meetings, interviews, and workshops to gather business requirements.
• Document, validate, and maintain business and project requirements.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, requirements, and project scope.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

2. Project Planning

• Develop comprehensive project plans covering timelines, milestones, resources, budgets, quality standards, and communication.
• Create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and RACI matrices.
• Coordinate with business leaders, SMEs, IT teams, and vendors to define project activities and deliverables.
• Establish project schedules, dependencies, milestones, and resource requirements.

3. Project Execution & Monitoring

• Oversee project execution and track progress against approved plans.
• Monitor project schedules, deliverables, resources, and dependencies.
• Prepare dashboards, status reports, and executive-level project updates.
• Identify and resolve project issues, bottlenecks, and deviations.
• Facilitate communication and coordination across project teams.
• Identify, assess, document, and monitor project risks.
• Conduct risk workshops and maintain a comprehensive risk register.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget changes through formal change-control processes.
• Track issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Coordinate business and IT resource allocation.
• Manage vendor relationships and support vendor onboarding activities.
• Assist with technical requirements, compliance, and contract-related activities.
• Coordinate with quality, security, architecture, and other technical teams.
• Monitor vendor deliverables and ensure alignment with project requirements.

6. Communication & Reporting

• Develop communication plans tailored to different stakeholder groups.
• Lead project status meetings, steering committee meetings, risk reviews, and quality meetings.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and project documentation.

7. Quality Assurance & Delivery

• Ensure project deliverables meet defined quality standards and requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and defect-resolution activities.
• Coordinate go-live planning, rollout readiness, and implementation activities.
• Ensure project closure activities are completed.
• Conduct lessons-learned sessions and document project outcomes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling, and resource management.
• Experience in risk mitigation and issue resolution.
• Strong experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements.
• Experience with data analysis and decision-making.
• Experience working in PMO-driven environments is highly desirable.
• Experience coordinating business and IT stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Experience with vendor management and contract oversight.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, dependencies, and stakeholders.