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 bonus

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

15+ paid company holidays

401(k) with company contribution

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Toyota Tsusho America is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to oversee large, enterprise IT programs. You will translate business needs into technical requirements, ensure delivery outcomes, governance, and executive alignment, and mentor fellow PMs while driving PMO improvements.

You will manage vendor relationships, budgets, and multi-release plans across product, engineering, data, security, and operations to ensure value realization. Travel is limited.

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 and prioritization, MVP definition, and incremental value delivery; oversee testing strategy, release governance, cutover orchestration, and production stabilization.
• Own program/project portfolio strategy, scope, roadmap, and value realization aligned to business OKRs; establish governance structures and 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, and operations.
• Drive financial management: business cases, multi-year budgets, benefits tracking, and variance recovery; manage contracts and vendor relationships (RFPs, SOWs, SLAs).
• Lead change management and communications to drive adoption and measurable outcomes; mentor PMs and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

IT project leadership

Stakeholder management

PMO governance

Vendor management

Requirements gathering

Tools

ERP/CRM platforms

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, risks, trade-offs, 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.