Technical Project Manager: Lead IT Projects In-Person

DataPerk; Birmingham, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DataPerk, a Birmingham-based IT Managed Services Provider, seeks an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive complex client projects from kickoff to closure. You will coordinate clients, sales, engineers, and vendors, translating technical requirements into actionable plans and ensuring on-time delivery.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of tech project management experience, with a solid IT foundation in networking, cloud, security, and Microsoft technologies, and a track record mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience managing client-facing technology projects.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, networking, cloud, cybersecurity, managed services, or related technologies.
• Experience coordinating technical resources and project schedules.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must live in or relocate to the Birmingham, AL area and work in-person.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain Statements of Work, project plans, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Lead project planning sessions with engineers, technical resources, sales, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Review and validate project estimates, labor requirements, sequencing, and dependencies.
• Identify technical risks, resource constraints, missing requirements, and potential delivery issues before they become problems.
• Coordinate and assign project activities across our technical and project management teams.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining visibility into priorities, deadlines, budgets, and resources.
• Monitor project financial performance, labor consumption, profitability, and scope.
• Manage change requests, scope changes, budget impacts, and schedule adjustments.
• Lead project kickoffs, status meetings, stakeholder reviews, and project closeouts.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, accomplishments, and recommendations to clients and internal leadership.
• Serve as an escalation point for project-related issues.
• Coordinate clients, engineers, vendors, sales, scheduling, and internal departments to keep projects moving.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, reporting, and project records.
• Conduct project reviews and identify lessons learned and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Client-facing

Risk management

Scheduling

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Business/IT-related degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

IT infrastructure

Job description

DataPerk, a Birmingham-based IT Managed Services Provider, seeks an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive complex client projects from kickoff to closure. You will coordinate clients, sales, engineers, and vendors, translating technical requirements into actionable plans and ensuring on-time delivery.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of tech project management experience, with a solid IT foundation in networking, cloud, security, and Microsoft technologies, and a track record mentoring