Strategic IT Programs Lead: End-to-End Delivery

Ingram Micro, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingram Micro, Inc. in United States is seeking a Principal, Project Manager to drive successful delivery of large, complex IT initiatives from initiation to operations and benefits realization.

The role requires leading matrixed teams, coordinating with executive sponsors, and integrating security, privacy, and compliance into delivery while coaching less experienced professionals and enhancing delivery standards across programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years of functional experience in IT project or program management.
• Five+ years leading large, complex IT projects with integrated scope, schedule, budget.
• Experience coaching and delegating work to project team members.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale initiatives with global teams, third parties, and organizational change.
• PMP or PMI certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of large, complex IT projects or workstreams from initiation through transition to operations and benefits realization.
• Develop the delivery strategy and integrated plan including scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, quality, communications, procurement, and change activities.
• Clarify objectives and success measures with executive sponsors and control functions; maintain alignment as conditions change.
• Establish governance, decision rights, escalation paths, controls, documentation standards, and reporting cadence per project risk.
• Lead matrixed teams and vendors across functions, locations, and time zones; delegate work and coach others.
• Anticipate and resolve advanced, cross-functional issues; develop options and present clear recommendations.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, changes; define and monitor actions, due dates, escalation criteria.
• Monitor financial performance, resource capacity, vendor commitments, and forecast accuracy; drive corrective action.
• Integrate security, privacy, compliance, architecture, and business continuity into the delivery lifecycle.
• Provide concise status reporting and executive communications addressing progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Improve PM methods, templates, metrics, and adoption of delivery standards across teams.

Skills

Program leadership

Integrated planning

Risk & issue management

Executive communication

Influence without authority

IT governance & security

Multi-stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/business/engineering

Master's degree preferred

PMP/PMI-ACP/PMI certifications

CSM/SAFe/PRINCE2/ITIL beneficial

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft 365

Job description

Ingram Micro, Inc. in United States is seeking a Principal, Project Manager to drive successful delivery of large, complex IT initiatives from initiation to operations and benefits realization.

The role requires leading matrixed teams, coordinating with executive sponsors, and integrating security, privacy, and compliance into delivery while coaching less experienced professionals and enhancing delivery standards across programs.