Sr IT Project Manager III

Zuven technologies Inc; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameren is seeking an experienced IT/Digital Project Manager to lead technology projects across various areas. The role requires coordinating business, technical, and vendor teams while managing scope, timelines, and budgets in a hybrid delivery environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in project management, experience with waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methods, and strong stakeholder communication. PMP is preferred but not required; degree is optional.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Project Management experience in medium to large organizations.
• Experience with predictive/waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery models.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and cross-team dependencies.
• Strong planning, scheduling, financial, risk, and change management skills.
• Experience working with business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Jira.
• PMP preferred but not required.
• Degree preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT/Digital projects from planning through closure.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, RAID items, and status reporting.
• Coordinate activities and dependencies across business, technical, and vendor teams.
• Manage concurrent projects that may span applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, vendor solutions, and other technology initiatives.
• Facilitate project meetings, decisions, governance, and change control.
• Manage project financials, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and variances.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive accountability for project commitments and elevate issues when appropriate.
• Ensure projects follow applicable Ameren project governance and control processes.

Skills

Project management

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Scheduling

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Position Overview

Ameren is seeking an experienced IT/Digital Project Manager to lead technology projects and initiatives across a variety of areas. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded Project Manager who can manage multiple concurrent projects, work effectively with business and technical teams, and adapt their approach across predictive/waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery models.

Key Responsibilities

Lead IT/Digital projects from planning through closure.

Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.

Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, forecasts, RAID items, and status reporting.

Coordinate activities and dependencies across business, technical, and vendor teams.

Manage concurrent projects that may span applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, vendor solutions, and other technology initiatives.

Facilitate project meetings, decisions, governance, and change control.

Manage project financials, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and variances.

Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.

Drive accountability for project commitments and elevate issues when appropriate.

Ensure projects follow applicable Ameren project governance and control processes.

Qualifications

5+ years of Project Management experience in medium to large organizations.

Demonstrated experience managing technology projects using predictive/waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches.

Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and cross-team dependencies.

Strong project planning, scheduling, financial management, risk, issue, and change management skills.

Experience working with business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party vendors.

Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Jira.

Ability to understand technical concepts without needing to be the technical subject matter expert.

PMP preferred but not required.

Degree preferred but not required.

Work Environment

Hybrid work environment.

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Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No