Sr. IT Project Manager

FOCUSPOINT; Nashville (TN); Hybride; USD 83 000 - 124 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

FOCUSPOINT in Nashville or Dallas seeks a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives within a high-visibility IT portfolio. You will drive delivery, manage financials, and coordinate vendors while communicating with executive stakeholders.

You will independently lead large strategic projects or multi-workstream programs spanning planning, execution, implementation, and closure, with significant IT impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT project management experience.
• Experience in enterprise IT PMO or portfolio environment.
• Strong analytical skills with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication across technical, business, vendor and executive audiences.
• Proven leadership, facilitation, negotiation and decision making.
• Experience managing third party vendors, contractors and professional services.
• Strong scheduling, scope, resources, risks, issues and change management.
• Familiar with Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, MS Project.

Responsabilités

• Lead complex IT projects and multi-workstream programs from initiation to closure.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resources.
• Establish scope, objectives, governance and success criteria.
• Drive execution across technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors.
• Monitor delivery—scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality.
• Identify risks early and implement corrective actions.
• Manage vendor deliverables, schedules, dependencies and financials.
• Own project financials: budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis and reporting.
• Prepare executive status updates, dashboards and financial summaries.

Connaissances

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical skills

Communication

Leadership

Vendor management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Risk management

Outils

Power BI

Jira

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

Microsoft Project

Description du poste

Position: Senior IT Project Manager (Nashville or Dallas)
Location: Nashville or Dallas
Employment Type: Contract
Compensation: Commensurate with experience

FocusPoint is supporting a confidential enterprise client seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross functional technology initiatives. This role sits within a high visibility IT portfolio and requires a seasoned project leader who can drive delivery, manage financials, coordinate vendors, and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

If you excel in enterprise IT project delivery, financial stewardship, stakeholder alignment and you thrive in environments where accuracy, ownership, and judgment matter then this is a strong fit.

Role Overview

The Senior IT Project Manager will independently lead large strategic projects, multi project programs, or multiple concurrent initiatives. The work spans planning, execution, implementation, and closure, with significant visibility across the IT organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT projects and/or multi workstream programs from initiation through closure.

• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource strategies.

• Establish clear scope, objectives, governance, and success criteria.

• Drive execution across technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.

• Monitor delivery performance across scope, schedule, budget, resources, and quality.

• Identify risks early and implement corrective actions before they impact outcomes.

• Manage vendor deliverables, schedules, dependencies, and financial commitments.

• Own project financials: budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis, and reporting.

• Prepare concise, executive ready status updates, dashboards, and financial summaries.

• Maintain high standards of data quality for portfolio reporting.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT project management experience leading complex, cross functional technology initiatives.

• Experience working within an enterprise IT PMO or portfolio environment.

• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Excellent communication skills across technical, business, vendor, and executive audiences.

• Proven leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and decision making capabilities.

• Experience managing third party vendors, contractors, and professional services.

• Demonstrated success managing schedules, scope, resources, risks, issues, and change.

• Strong project financial management experience (budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis).

• Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, Microsoft Project, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or related certifications.

• Experience delivering projects across enterprise IT domains (infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, applications, data, integration, digital transformation).

Location Requirements

Candidates must be willing to relocate to a commutable distarnace to Nashville, TN or Dallas, TX. Hybrid engagement may be possible depending on project needs.