Senior IT Project Manager – Microsoft & GovTech Delivery

Planet Technologies UG; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to drive large, multi-project initiatives across government and commercial clients in the United States. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets and schedules, and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver on time and within scope.

The role requires 7–10 years of technical project management experience, PMP certification, and strong expertise with Office

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 to 10 years’ experience as a Technical Project Manager ideally in a Microsoft Office 365 Environment.
• Specific experience managing large, complex IT projects as well as simultaneously handling multiple projects.
• Prepare and present information related to project progress, vision, roadmap, status reports, and other topics to senior levels of leadership, taking into account the listeners and nature of the information being presented.
• Successful history of managing project scope and identifying and prepare necessary change orders.
• The ability to assess risk and know when to escape issues as it pertains to the successful completion of projects on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction
• Oversees budget and record keeping; personnel management; contract management; project schedule and meeting all applicable regulations, policies, and requirements.
• Review customer invoices and assist the accounting department as needed with related questions.
• Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies
• Previous experience in a technical project environment planning and forecasting, addressingRisk Management as well as tracking and monitoring both the project plan and budgeting
• Ability to read and generally understandcomplextechnical requirements.
• Ability to effectively present and lead customers through technical assessment and solution architecture
• Specific knowledge of the Microsoft suite of solutions, curiosity to stay current on development trends
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Azure DevOps, and OnePlan.

Responsibilities

• Planet project managers deliver a wide range of technical projects. Responsible for successful service delivery and contract execution of engagements for various customer verticals (state and local government agencies, higher education, commercial, and defense industrial base)
• Office 365 implementations (email, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint) and migrations including Modern Endpoint Management, Azure deployments and migrations, Data and AI deployments, Microsoft D365, PowerApps and, custom development work, Organizational Change Management, Security and Compliance
• Leading a diverse IT project team comprised of engineers with expertise in different subject matter areas, architects, cloud strategists, and project managers from initiation to production implementation, tracking project details to ensure expected results are achieved.
• Creating, managing, and controlling project schedules and all required activities to ensure alignment with multiple schedules and requirements across all workstreams.
• Develops and implements risk assessment, change management, quality assurance, performance, and control measures to ensure completion of projects in accordance with established standards, schedules, and budget parameters.
• Develop project artifacts: project plan, implementation plans with milestones, weekly status reports, agendas, and meeting minutes paying attention to detail.
• Maintain and manage Program Level budgets for various workstreams and across multiple SOWs for a single customer.
• Responsible for the effective communication of project status, issues, risks, and budgetary information to key stakeholders and leadership.
• Regularly meet with internal and external stakeholders to gather, prioritize, and refine requirements to discuss ongoing work, discuss opportunities and address any challenges.
• Ability to identify and manage ambiguity and plan alternatives.
• Develop project management what-if scenarios to facilitate decision making.
• Ability to assess performance and recommend new measures to improve performance.
• Professional with excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Knowledgeable in the specific area of expertise to demonstrate a proactive approach to help customers make basic decisions around features and capabilities with the option of identifying and referring additional products or services within the specific areas of technical competence if needed and/or required for the customer.

Skills

Technical PM

Microsoft 365

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

OnePlan

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to drive large, multi-project initiatives across government and commercial clients in the United States. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets and schedules, and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver on time and within scope.

The role requires 7–10 years of technical project management experience, PMP certification, and strong expertise with Office