Senior Technical Project Manager - IT Infrastructure & Agile Delivery

Pantex Plant; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead large-scale IT infrastructure programs and drive agile delivery across multiple teams. You will shape architecture discussions, coordinate across cybersecurity, networking, cloud, and operations, and manage risks and dependencies at the program level.

The role requires senior-level program management experience, strong communication with executives, and a track record of delivering complex IT projects on time and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on combination of at least 12 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level leadership for large-scale IT infrastructure programs and portfolios.
• Oversee multiple concurrent infrastructure project teams with agile delivery.
• Guide program architecture discussions and major decision facilitation.
• Ensure accountability across project and technical teams to meet delivery commitments.
• Collaborate across cybersecurity, operations, engineering, networking, cloud, and facilities teams.
• Identify interdependencies and align roadmaps across projects.
• Maintain RAID processes for risks, assumptions, issues, and decisions.
• Deliver executive reporting, portfolio overviews, and strategic resourcing.
• Develop program timelines, forecasts, and multi-year plans.
• Lead procurement planning and vendor oversight for major programs.
• Maintain architecture deliverables and roadmaps per standards.
• Support planning, budgeting, capacity modeling, and long-range strategy.
• Some travel may be required.

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

RAID management

Vendor management

Strategic planning

Executive briefing

Cloud & networking

SAFe knowledge

JIRA

ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/IT

Master's degree in engineering/science/IT

Alternative: 12 years ed/experience

Tools

JIRA

ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: Amarillo, TX - Pantex Plant

Job Title: Senior Technical Project Manager - IT Infrastructure & Agile Delivery

Career Level From: Specialist

Career Level To: Senior Specialist

Organization: IT Infrastructure (51426345)

Job Specialty: System Architecture

What You'll Do

• Provide senior-level leadership, direction, and accountability for large-scale, complex IT infrastructure programs and portfolios supporting critical Pantex missions
• Oversee multiple concurrent infrastructure project teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology strategies, modernization roadmaps, and agile delivery principles
• Serve as a strategic delivery leader responsible for guiding program architecture discussions, solution planning, delivery sequencing, and major decision facilitation
• Establish and enforce strong accountability across project and technical teams, ensuring senior contributors, engineers, analysts, and vendor teams meet delivery commitments
• Direct cross-functional collaboration and navigate organizational boundaries to align cybersecurity, operations, engineering, networking, cloud, facilities, and application teams
• Identify, manage, and communicate high-level interdependencies spanning multiple projects, roadmaps, and operational teams, ensuring strategic sequencing and alignment
• Actively manage and elevate strategic risks, organizational impacts, high-visibility issues, and executive decisions through a structured RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions) process
• Drive executive communication and reporting, including portfolio overviews, program risk assessments, mitigation plans, and strategic resourcing needs
• Create advanced program-level timelines, financial forecasts, resource strategies, and alignment plans for multi-year initiatives
• Lead procurement planning and vendor oversight for major infrastructure programs, ensuring contract performance, cost adherence, and timely delivery
• Ensure program documentation, architectural deliverables, roadmaps, and technical artifacts are developed and maintained in accordance with quality standards
• Support departmental planning, annual budgeting, capacity modeling, and long-range infrastructure strategy development
• Some travel may be required

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience. Typical engineering/science/information technology experience ranging from 6 to 10 years.
• OR Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• OR applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 12 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

Not applicable.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5-10 years of progressive project or program leadership experience OR Master's degree with 3-5 year of senior-level experience
• Experience leading large-scale or enterprise-wide IT infrastructure initiatives
• Demonstrated success managing multi-year, multi-team infrastructure programs involving cloud, networking, datacenters, cybersecurity, or enterprise operations
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, or equivalent scaled agile certification
• Extensive experience using JIRA, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools for portfolio and program-level planning
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills with experience briefing senior leadership
• Deep knowledge of advanced risk management, dependency mapping, resource modeling, and strategic mitigation planning
• Experience managing vendor contracts, Statement of Works (SOWs), cost models, and multi-year procurement pipelines
• Experience with structured RAID management, governance reporting, and portfolio-level dashboards
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills with the ability to resolve cross-team challenges
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing other project managers or Scrum Masters
• Ability to drive strategic clarity, decision-making, and alignment across complex technical environments
• Experience executing agile projects, leading agile ceremonies, and guiding teams through agile maturity

#JointheMission: Your Impact Starts Here

At Pantex, you won't just find a job—you’ll discover a career of purpose safeguarding national security through work performed nowhere else on Earth. We empower dedicated, innovative individuals like you to achieve their greatest impact surrounded by exceptional talent and limitless opportunities for professional growth.

When you #JointheMission, you choose a lifetime career where your commitment is genuinely valued and rewarded. At Pantex, we believe that extraordinary talent thrives when supported by a balanced life. Discover the flexibility that empowers you to excel, coupled with a benefits package designed for your total peace of mind from comprehensive health coverage and robust retirement planning, to opportunities for continuous learning through education reimbursement.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active‑duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.