Senior IT Project Manager - Strategy and Roadmap

Parsons; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

ESOP

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible work schedules

holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead IT strategy and roadmaps for a premier infrastructure program in Newark, NJ. You will drive alignment with enterprise architecture and security, coordinating with IT leadership to track delivery and governance across initiatives.

The role requires 10+ years in IT project or strategy roles, strong stakeholder communication, and experience with cloud, networking, and cybersecurity. Hybrid work schedule with on-site and remote elements is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant IT project or strategy experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT, cloud (Azure preferred), networking, and cybersecurity.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously update the multi-year IT roadmap across applications, infrastructure, data, and security.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives with timelines and dependencies.
• Maintain traceability between strategic goals, initiatives, and outcomes.
• Ensure initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards and target-state designs.
• Support architecture governance checkpoints and identify architecture drift.
• Track delivery of strategic initiatives and maintain dashboards of progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure project outputs map to strategic objectives.
• Inventory prior tactical decisions and assess alignment with target architecture and security standards.
• Develop remediation plans and track progress.
• Manage roadmap-aligned projects including scope, schedule, and risks.
• Maintain project artifacts (charters, RAID logs, status reports).
• Facilitate workshops and provide executive communications and updates.
• Coordinate and administer the IT Steering Committee to support decision-making on IT strategy, roadmap priorities, and major technology investments.
• Develop meeting agendas, materials, and briefing documents, including roadmap updates, initiative status, risks, and decision points.

Skills

IT strategy

Azure cloud

Networking

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

Job description

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented IT Project Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to work on the premier Infrastructure project in the US.

Program background

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure program in the country – a comprehensive set of rail investments that will improve commuter and intercity services, add needed resiliency and, in its later stages, create new capacity between Newark, New Jersey and New York City, the busiest section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The first phase of the Gateway Program includes the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), which includes the construction of a new two-track tunnel under the Hudson River connecting to Penn Station New York as well as the full rehabilitation of the existing 110-year-old North River Tunnel. The Gateway Development Commission (GDC), established through bi-state legislation, is responsible for the financing and development of the Hudson Tunnel Project.

Position Summary

The Project Manager – IT Strategy & Roadmap ensures that GDC’s IT Strategic Plan and enterprise architecture are consistently translated into execution, with full alignment, traceability, and governance across all IT initiatives. Working in close coordination with the Deputy Director of Architecture & Planning and IT leadership, this role maintains the IT roadmap, tracks delivery of strategic objectives, and ensures alignment to the target architecture, security posture, and long-term technology vision. This role governs execution but does not own architecture decisions.

Key Responsibilities

IT Strategy & Roadmap Governance

• Maintain and continuously update the multi-year IT roadmap across applications, infrastructure, data, and security.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives with timelines and dependencies.
• Maintain traceability between strategic goals, initiatives, and outcomes.

Architecture Alignment & Governance

• Ensure initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards and target-state designs.
• Support architecture governance checkpoints and identify architecture drift.

Strategic Plan Execution & Delivery Tracking

• Track delivery of strategic initiatives and maintain dashboards of progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure project outputs map to strategic objectives.

Tactical Decision Alignment

• Inventory prior tactical decisions and assess alignment with target architecture and security standards.
• Develop remediation plans and track progress.

Project & Portfolio Management

• Manage roadmap-aligned projects including scope, schedule, and risks.
• Maintain project artifacts (charters, RAID logs, status reports).

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate workshops and provide executive communications and updates.

Governance & Continuous Improvemen t

Support governance processes and improve roadmap and reporting practices.

IT Steering Committee Governance & Administration

• Coordinate and administer the IT Steering Committee (or equivalent governance forum) to support decision-making on IT strategy, roadmap priorities, and major technology investments.
• Develop meeting agendas, materials, and briefing documents, including roadmap updates, initiative status, risks, and decision points.
• Facilitate meetings and ensure clear documentation of decisions, action items, and approvals.
• Maintain records of governance decisions and ensure alignment with the IT Strategic Plan, enterprise architecture, and security requirements.
• Track follow-up actions and ensure timely execution of Steering Committee directives.
• Ensure that proposed initiatives, changes, and exceptions are formally reviewed and approved through established governance processes prior to execution.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

10+ years of relevant IT project or strategy experience.

Strong understanding of enterprise IT, cloud (Azure preferred), networking, and cybersecurity.

Strong stakeholder coordination and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public sector or large-scale infrastructure experience.
• Familiarity with TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
• PMP or similar certification.
• Experience with architecture diagrams/tools (Visio, Lucidchart).

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking
• Project and portfolio management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Analytical problem solving
• Communication and reporting
• Attention to detail

Work Details

• Hybrid schedule (Mon–Wed onsite, Thu–Fri remote).
• Occasional off-hours support during critical milestones.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

About Us

Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.

Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug‑free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.

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