Senior IT Infrastructure Transformation Lead

Pegasystems; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 113,800 - 176,500; Full time

Job summary

Pegasystems in the United States is seeking a Principal IT Project Manager to lead IT Infrastructure initiatives within our IT PMO, partnering with IT Managers, Operations, Product, and engineering to deliver complex programs.

You will oversee planning, risk management, dependencies, and transparency into delivery metrics, ensuring quality, scope, time, budget, and business value. The role requires collaboration across global teams and continuous improvement of delivery processes.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years minimum of project management experience leading IT projects from definition through deployment.
• 5 years minimum of experience working in a large global environment.
• Experience managing IT Infrastructure projects in cloud, network, endpoint, identity/access, security, data center, collaboration platforms, or enterprise technology services.
• Experience coordinating technical delivery across engineering, operations, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills enabling you to manage cross functional projects in a resource matrix environment.
• Ability to proactively manage change by assessing project impacts and creating plans to address resistance to change.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery approaches and related project management tools.
• Strong process and methodology knowledge across IT delivery lifecycles, including infrastructure delivery, operational readiness, and software delivery where applicable.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment.
• BS degree in an IT related field; MBA or Computer Science is a plus.
• Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities.
• An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment.
• Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + Bonus incentive and Employee Equity in the company.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management oversight for complex IT Infrastructure initiatives, including infrastructure modernization, platform, cloud, network, security, workplace technology, and enterprise technology services efforts.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Resource Managers, and the PMO to drive effective capacity planning and resource allocation across multiple projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies across Infrastructure, Operations, Security, Enterprise Applications, vendors, and business stakeholders to support successful planning and execution.
• Manage implementation planning, cutover readiness, stakeholder communications, and transition to support or operations teams to ensure projects are delivered with minimal disruption.
• Ensure project artifacts are complete, accurate and contribute to ongoing process improvements and organizational learning.
• Deliver clear, timely and actionable transparency into project status for stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making.
• Lead Project Closures and Retrospectives to identify Best Practices.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and partner with project teams to effectively negotiate priorities, sequencing, implementation windows, and delivery schedules

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Agile

Waterfall

Hybrid delivery

Risk management

Vendor coordination

Global delivery

Education

BS degree in IT-related field

MBA or Computer Science is a plus

Job description

Pegasystems in the United States is seeking a Principal IT Project Manager to lead IT Infrastructure initiatives within our IT PMO, partnering with IT Managers, Operations, Product, and engineering to deliver complex programs.

You will oversee planning, risk management, dependencies, and transparency into delivery metrics, ensuring quality, scope, time, budget, and business value. The role requires collaboration across global teams and continuous improvement of delivery processes.