Senior IT Project Manager

CEI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI in Pittsburgh seeks an Operations Director / Sr. Project Manager to oversee regional consulting engagements and drive growth in local accounts. This role blends hands-on software development leadership with agile project management and client-partner responsibilities.

The ideal candidate has a software development background, a BS in CS or Engineering, and proven experience leading development teams in a consulting setting. Prior consulting experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must have prior software development background.
• Strong, agile project management skills.
• BS Computer Science, Engineering or commensurate experience; consulting experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements in the local region.
• Drive ownership and growth within local accounts (Client Partner).
• Oversee personal billing as Project Manager according to practice size/pipeline.
• Collaborate with local sales team to drive growth.
• Manage proposals: verify approach, create estimates, plan and market.

Skills

Software development background

Agile project management

Team leadership

Education

BS Computer Science / Engineering

Job description

Operations Director / Sr. Project Manager

Summary

CEI is seeking a regional Operations Director / Sr. Project Manager to help manage and grow their solutions consulting services clients both for remote engagements as well as potential projects forthcoming in the Pittsburgh area.

CEI’s Solutions group provides project-based consulting services for custom application development. We focus on building custom web, mobile, integration, and related applications in the cloud. We are a Microsoft, GitHub, and AWS partner (among others). We also provide both strategy consulting and managed services for our customers. We are headquartered in Pittsburgh PA with offices in various locations including US cities, India, the US, and Spain.

Candidate Description

• The right candidate will have managed software development and/or infrastructure teams and have prior software development background (a must), strong, agile project management skills, and the ability to lead development teams. The ideal candidate possesses BS Computer Science, Engineering or commensurate experience with previous hands‑on software development experience. Prior consulting experience is also a plus.

Primary Responsibilities

Billable as PM / PMO oversight

• Leading client engagements (ideally in the local region)
• Drive ownership and growth within local accounts (think Client Partner)
• Personal billing (as Project Manager) commensurate with size of practice / pipeline
• Work with local sales team to drive growth
• Proposal management and development: verify approach, create estimates, plan, marketing
• Support general sales and marketing efforts at CEI and the region
• Assist with account growth through client-partner relationships

Team Development

• Direct reports: local teams (and influence for those managing on projects); includes team reviews and development / training as aligned to all CEI solutions
• Training, certification, and productivity of team members
• PM / PMO practice support: help with standards, process, training
• Collaboration / adhoc: work across practices / service lines, help with key initiatives CEI Solutions Division

CEI’s Solutions division is a passionate team of software experts that work daily to build custom solutions that exceed customer expectations. Our focus is on custom solutions including cloud, web, mobile, data platform, data integration, BI / AI, and more. We have experience deploying solutions on the three major clouds – Azure, AWS, and GCP. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner and AWS Advanced Tier Partner. We are a mature practice with specialized skills across user experience, business analysis, agile development, testing, and more. We love building solutions together as a team.