Senior IT Program Manager — Onsite, PMP, Governance Lead

Tata Consultancy Services; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental leaves

Auto & home insurance

Training reimbursement

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Parsippany, NJ is seeking a Senior Project Manager with 15+ years in IT delivery to lead large, cross-functional programs. You will govern hybrid delivery, manage budgets, and drive vendor relationships across multiple workstreams such as architecture, data, and QA.

Candidates must hold an active PMI certification (PMP or PgMP) and demonstrate strong leadership in project governance and change management. This is a fully onsite role requiring in-person leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT delivery with a minimum of 10+ years in a dedicated Project Manager role; led at least two large cross-functional projects to completion across various types.
• Strong command of Agile and Waterfall delivery; able to apply right framework to context and manage hybrid projects.
• Expertise in project governance: RAID log, steering committee, change control board, escalation matrix, and status cadence.
• Proficiency in planning and tracking tools: Jira, MS Project, Confluence, Smartsheet; advanced reporting with Excel/Power BI.
• Experience owning project budgets, forecasting, and presenting financial status to leadership.
• Proven vendor delivery management; defining SOWs and governance reviews with vendor leadership.
• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel workstreams across architecture, data, QA, security, and readiness.
• Leadership on organizational change management and stakeholder communication plans.

Responsibilities

• Own accountability for project delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk from initiation to stabilization.
• Define roadmaps and integrated delivery plans; break work into phases and map dependencies.
• Establish and operate project governance from day one; ensure governance is active before delivery begins.
• Manage vendor and partner delivery organizations; own SOWs and contract obligations; enforce SLA commitments.
• Drive cross-functional alignment; chair dependency sessions and maintain an integrated dependency log.
• Oversee project financials; track actuals/forecast weekly and assess budget impact of changes.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies where applicable; PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt.
• Lead change management activities; develop stakeholder plans and track business readiness.

Skills

Project management

Agile & Waterfall

Governance

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Vendor management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

On-site leadership

Education

PMP or PgMP certification

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Confluence

Smartsheet

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Parsippany, NJ is seeking a Senior Project Manager with 15+ years in IT delivery to lead large, cross-functional programs. You will govern hybrid delivery, manage budgets, and drive vendor relationships across multiple workstreams such as architecture, data, and QA.

Candidates must hold an active PMI certification (PMP or PgMP) and demonstrate strong leadership in project governance and change management. This is a fully onsite role requiring in-person leadership.