Strategic IT Project Lead - PMO & Change Management

Deercreekseniorliving; Eagle (ID); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex cross-functional technology initiatives across IT operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and PMO maturity.

You will drive programs from initiation to delivery, balancing scope, timelines, and budgets while aligning with business priorities and stakeholder needs. Collaborating with IT leaders, vendors, and acquisition teams, you will advance PMO standards, governance, and change management practices to enable scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field.
• 6+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Experience managing enterprise IT projects including infrastructure, software implementations, cybersecurity, cloud, or operational technology initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and organizational change management practices.
• Experience applying Agile principles and facilitating Scrum ceremonies.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale organizational integrations.
• Healthcare, senior living, home health, hospice, or regulated-industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity across IT Operations.
• Develop and maintain project charters, schedules, budgets, RAID logs, communication plans, and status reporting.
• Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, and resource requirements.
• Contribute to PMO standards, methodologies, templates, and governance processes.
• Promote project management best practices across the IT organization.
• Build relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, technical teams, and external partners.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, decision-making, and issue resolution.
• Develop communication and change management strategies that support adoption of new processes and technologies.
• Translate technical concepts into business language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate vendors, consultants, and third-party implementation partners.
• Ensure vendor deliverables meet quality and performance expectations.

Skills

PM experience

Enterprise IT projects

Multi-project delivery

PM methodologies

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

PMP certification

Agile/Scrum

Mergers & acquisitions

Healthcare industry

Microsoft 365

Monday.com

Zendesk

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Monday.com

Zendesk

Job description

Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex cross-functional technology initiatives across IT operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and PMO maturity.

You will drive programs from initiation to delivery, balancing scope, timelines, and budgets while aligning with business priorities and stakeholder needs. Collaborating with IT leaders, vendors, and acquisition teams, you will advance PMO standards, governance, and change management practices to enable scalable