Strategic Tech Project Lead

Wakefern Food Corp.; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wakefern Food Corp. is seeking a Strategic Project Lead, Tech to guide large-scale technology initiatives within the Tech PMO, ensuring governance, risk management, and measurable business value.

This role partners with Tech, business, vendor, and PMO stakeholders to plan, coordinate, and execute initiatives that require strong technical project management discipline. You will drive alignment with enterprise goals, manage dependencies, and lead change management and communications to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or business-related field.
• PMP certification preferred.
• 7+ years of project management experience in complex tech projects.
• Experience with post-merger integration a plus.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and stakeholder governance.
• Experience with enterprise system implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of complex technology initiatives.
• Define project success criteria, delivery milestones, governance expectations, and measurable outcomes.
• Contribute to PMO standards, project delivery practices, templates, and lessons learned.
• Facilitate alignment across Tech teams, business partners, vendors, PMO stakeholders, and other cross-functional groups.
• Manage dependencies and resolve conflicts across business units.
• Communicate project status, delivery progress, risks, issues, decisions, and outcomes to senior leadership.
• Conduct post-project reviews and lessons-learned sessions.

Skills

PMP certification

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or business-related field

PMP certification

Tools

Planview Adaptive Work

Smartsheet

Job description

Wakefern Food Corp. is seeking a Strategic Project Lead, Tech to guide large-scale technology initiatives within the Tech PMO, ensuring governance, risk management, and measurable business value.

This role partners with Tech, business, vendor, and PMO stakeholders to plan, coordinate, and execute initiatives that require strong technical project management discipline. You will drive alignment with enterprise goals, manage dependencies, and lead change management and communications to ensure