Senior IT Project Manager

Toyota Tsusho America; Georgetown (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary with BonusOpportuni

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Medical, Dental and VIsn

Flexible Spending and Health Savings

14 Paid Company Holidays

401(k) with Company Contribution

Educational Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Toyota Tsusho America in Kentucky is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to oversee large IT programs and multiple projects, translating business needs into technical requirements and ensuring delivery outcomes and governance. You will coach PMs, drive PMO improvements, and manage vendor relationships.

The role requires strong leadership of matrixed teams across geographies, effective stakeholder communication, risk management, and a focus on value realization and security/compliance.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years leading complex IT programs/projects in enterprise environments.
• Proven delivery of large-scale initiatives (ERP/CRM transformations, cloud migrations, data platforms, enterprise security, M&A integrations).
• Demonstrated leadership of matrixed teams and third parties across multiple business units and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Guide requirements gathering, MVP definition, and incremental value delivery; oversee testing strategy, release governance, cutover orchestration, and production stabilization.
• Own program/portfolio strategy, scope, roadmap, and value realization aligned to business OKRs; establish governance, steering committees, and KPIs.
• Build multi-release plans, dependency networks, capacity models, and integrated risk/compliance plans across teams; lead cross-functional delivery.
• Drive financial management: business cases, multi-year budgets, benefits tracking, EAC/ETC, and variance recovery; direct contract and vendor management.
• Lead change management and communications strategies to drive adoption and measurable outcomes; mentor PMs and uplift delivery practices.
• Interface with portfolio management to sequence investments and manage cross-program dependencies; anticipate and resolve systemic delivery impediments.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Governance

Requirements gathering

Job description

We firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company! With success in mind as the ultimate goal, we strive to create and provide an environment that offers challenging, stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities. We are looking for The Right One to join our team!

What’s In It For You?

• Competitive Salary with Bonus Opportunities

• Paid Time Off

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits (Low Premiums!)

• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts

• 14 Paid Company Holidays

• 401(k) with Company Contribution

• Educational Tuition Reimbursement

Summary

The Senior IT Project Manager oversees large, impactful IT programs and multiple projects, managing project intake, research, requirements, and assignments. They translate business needs into technical requirements, ensure delivery outcomes, benefits realization, financial stewardship, governance, and executive stakeholder alignment. Additionally, they coach other project managers, drive PMO improvements, and handle vendor management, contract negotiation, and portfolio planning.

What You’ll Do

• Guide requirements gathering and prioritization, MVP definition, and incremental value delivery; ensure readiness for change. Oversee testing strategy, release governance, cutover orchestration, and production stabilization. Ensure adherence to security, privacy, regulatory, and audit controls; partner with compliance and internal audit.
• Own program/project portfolio strategy, scope, roadmap, and value realization aligned to business OKRs. Establish governance: steering committees, decision frameworks, escalation paths, and measurable KPIs.
• Build multi-release plans, dependency networks, capacity models, and integrated risk/compliance plans across teams. Lead cross-functional delivery spanning product, engineering, data, security, enterprise architecture, and operations.
• Drive financial management: business cases, multi-year budgets, benefits tracking, EAC/ETC, and variance recovery. Direct contract and vendor management: RFPs, SOWs, SLAs, negotiation, performance management. Communicate crisply with executives: options analysis, trade-offs, risks, and decisions required.
• Lead change management and communications strategies to drive adoption and measurable outcomes. May mentor PMs, uplift delivery practices, and champion continuous improvement. Interface with portfolio management to sequence investments and manage cross-program dependencies. Anticipate and resolve systemic delivery impediments; implement process and tooling enhancements
• Other duties.

What You Need

• 5 – 7 years leading complex IT programs/projects in enterprise environments.
• Proven delivery of large-scale initiatives (e.g., ERP/CRM transformations, cloud migrations, data platforms, enterprise security, M&A integrations).
• Demonstrated leadership of matrixed teams and third parties across multiple business units and geographies.

Travel

• Less than 10% Travel Required

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! It is the policy and commitment of the company to maintain a work environment that provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all its employees and applicants. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital/domestic partner status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other applicable lawfully protected basis. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

We seek to employ individuals qualified for a position by virtue of job-related educational standards, training, experience, and personal qualifications.