Senior IT Project Manager

sbasite; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

SBA Communications seeks a Senior IT Project Manager to lead key IT projects from planning through execution and post-go-live support. You will coordinate across business units, systems, vendors, and stakeholders, ensuring projects meet timelines, budgets, and governance standards.

You will manage detailed plans, risk/issue logs, and status reporting, while guiding teams to deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment. Excellent stakeholder communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management/IT project management or related experience.
• Experience leading technology projects, system implementations, or enterprise programs.
• Knowledge of PM methodologies, scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change control processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT projects across business functions, systems, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Define goals, scope, milestones, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, risk logs, issue logs, and documentation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget & scheduling

Risk management

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS or related

Tools

MS Project

Portfolio tools

Job description

Since 1989, SBA Communications has been a pillar of the wireless industry. Today, as a publicly traded global leader and S&P 500 company, our network of over 46,000 communication sites spans 10+ countries, forming the critical infrastructure that connects millions. We are the force behind the scenes—the essential infrastructure that keeps our world connected.

We are looking for innovators to join the dynamic team that makes it all possible. In an industry that moves fast, we rely on our agility to stay ahead of the curve and deliver results. However, we never achieve it alone. Our culture is defined by a "Team First" focus, where every team member matters, and we collaborate passionately to support our customers' objectives.

We believe in shared success. At SBA, we invite every team member to think like an owner.

Financial Wellbeing:

• Plan for your future with our Global Ownership Program (Annual RSU awards for eligible employees), a 401K with a generous company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering company stock at a discount.

Mental Wellbeing:

• We prioritize your health with access to a dedicated Health Concierge service.

Personal Growth & Balance:

• Enjoy a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package, paid holidays, and paid volunteer hours.
• We also fuel your ambition with tuition reimbursement, support for professional certifications, and a wellness reimbursement program.

Your Next Career Opportunity - Senior IT Project Manager

The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading assigned Information Technology projects from planning through execution, implementation, and post-go-live support within established project management standards, policies, timelines, and budgets. This role manages cross-functional technology initiatives across business functions, systems, vendors, and stakeholder groups. The incumbent must demonstrate strong project ownership, sound judgment, stakeholder management, and accountability in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

What You Will Do - Primary Responsibilities

• Lead active and assigned IT projects across business functions, systems, vendors, and stakeholder groups.
• Define project goals, scope, milestones, timelines, budget estimates, deliverables, success criteria, and resource needs in partnership with business and IT leaders.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, issue logs, decision logs, action item trackers, and project documentation.
• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings with business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and third-party partners; issue agendas, capture decisions, and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
• Manage project scope, dependencies, risks, issues, change requests, and budget impacts; escal...
• Partner with business analysts, development teams, infrastructure teams, quality assurance resources, vendors, and business users to support requirements, design, testing, training, implementation, and stabilization activities.
• Prepare and deliver clear project status updates, dashboards, reports, and presentations for project teams, management, executive leadership, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Create and review project charters, business cases, ROI analyses, process maps, workflow diagrams, use cases, implementation plans, communication plans, training plans, and other project-related materials.
• Ensure projects comply with IT governance standards, organizational policies, procedures, security requirements, and project management practices.
• Use project management and portfolio tools to monitor project performance, schedule adherence, resource utilization, milestone completion, and overall delivery status.
• Provide guidance to project team members and less experienced project managers or coordinators by sharing project management practices, templates, tools, and lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, reporting, documentation, governance, stakeholder communication, and team effectiveness.
• Complete other projects and duties as assigned.

What You'll Need - Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience may be considered. 5+ years of project management, IT project management, technology implementation, business analysis, or related experience.
• Experience leading technology projects, system implementations, application enhancements, infrastructure initiatives, process improvements, or enterprise business systems projects.
• Working to advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and practices, including scope management, schedule management, budget tracking, risk management, issue resolution, change control, a