Sr IT Project Manager

Toshiba Business; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group health coverage

401(k) plan

Generous paid holiday schedule

Employee discounts

Job summary

A leading technology firm located in Lake Forest, CA, is seeking a Sr IT Project Manager to lead complex software initiatives throughout the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will possess over 8 years of experience in project management with a strong focus on requirements management and stakeholder communication. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment with business goals. This role comes with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software project management experience.
• Expertise in leading multiple project teams in complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage vendor and third-party coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead software project delivery across the full SDLC.
• Drive requirements coordination and delivery readiness.
• Manage project controls: scope, schedule, risk, and change.
• Coordinate testing and release activities.
• Provide stakeholder communication and executive reporting.

Skills

Requirements management

Project scope management

Change management

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

BA Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Business

Job description

Salary Range: $120,000.00 to $150,000.00 depending on experience.

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) has an exciting Sr IT Project Manager opportunity located at our Lake Forest, CA location.

Join a global powerhouse with a 150-year heritage when you become a part of Toshiba Business Solutions. Toshiba is an industry leader in digital displays, document security and software solutions. We help businesses print smarter, work more securely, improve workflow, and communicate better. Our reputation in the industry is due in large part to the outstanding care our people provide.

Summary

The Sr Proj Mgr IT is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering complex software initiatives across the full software development lifecycle. This role partners closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, QA, and third-party vendors to ensure solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives. This position emphasizes requirements management, delivery governance, testing coordination, and stakeholder communication in a multi-project environment with competing priorities and shared resources. Provide work direction to less senior project managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead Software Project Delivery Across the Full SDLC
  • Plan, organize, and manage complex software development initiatives from initiation through production release and post-implementation transition.
  • Define project objectives, success criteria, and delivery plans aligned to business priorities.
  • Ensure projects are executed in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
  • Proactively identify delivery risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive resolution in collaboration with engineering, QA, and business stakeholders.
• Drive Requirements Coordination and Delivery Readiness
  • Facilitate requirements discovery and validation activities in partnership with business stakeholders and product owners, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, documented, reviewed, and approved for delivery.
  • Ensure requirements are actionable for development teams and traceable through design, build, testing, and release.
  • Ensure requirements, quality and readiness to support efficient software delivery.
• Manage Project Controls: Scope, Schedule, Risk, and Change
  • Establish and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, and dependency tracking across multiple concurrent initiatives.
  • Manage scope control and change management processes to ensure alignment with approved business objectives.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, escalating issues as appropriate.
  • Balance competing priorities and resource constraints while maintaining delivery commitments.
• Coordinate Testing and Release Activities
  • Plan and coordinate system, integration, and user acceptance testing activities in partnership with QA teams and business stakeholders.
  • Ensure test plans, test execution, defect tracking, and remediation processes are followed.
  • Validate release readiness and coordinate deployment, release communication, and transition to support and operations teams.
• Provide Stakeholder Communication and Executive Reporting (10%)
  • Deliver regular, clear, and concise project status reporting to leadership, sponsors, and stakeholders.
  • Communicate progress, risks, issues, and mitigation strategies at both operational and executive levels.
  • Facilitate steering committee updates and decision-making forums as required to support timely delivery and issue resolution.

Qualifications

• BA Degree (Information Systems, Computer Science, Business) or equivalent
• A minimum of eight years of software project management across the full Software Development Life Cycle with an emphasis on requirements management (implementation, documentation, and traceability), delivery governance, testing coordination, cross-functional stakeholder management and communication in a multi-project environment with competing priorities and shared resources.
  • Expertise in project scope, change and risk management
  • Expertise in coordination of system, integration, and user acceptance testing
  • Expertise in leading multiple project teams, delegating work, managing team accountability/gap analysis in complex highly integrated environments
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments and manage projects in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing vendor and third-party delivery coordination
• Must have experience managing Executive-level communication and reporting
• Must have ability to travel periodiclly

Benefits

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following:

• Group health coverage (medical, dental, & vision)
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Pre-tax spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Company provided life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal business/volunteer days

Toshiba America Business Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email [e-mail] to request an accommodation.