ZR_2980_JOB

Zohorecruit; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead university-focused application development and modernization programs. You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, and a broad stakeholder network across academia, healthcare, research, and enterprise environments.

The role demands 12–22 years of experience, strong .NET/Microservices/Azure/C#, and a proven delivery track record in onsite-offshore models. Local candidates in Pittsburgh are preferred, with 3 days onsite per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Three years of work experience implementing, managing, and maintaining multiple simultaneous technology projects.
• Experience leading enterprise level application or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple vendors and subcontractors.
• Having or working toward attaining Project Management Institute Certification (i.e. PMP).

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Assist departments to set realistic goals and ensure technical feasibility.
• Coordinate resource availability and allocation across departments.
• Develop risk management plans and perform risk assessments.
• Create detailed work breakdown structures and track progress.
• Build and manage relationships with project team members and external partners.
• Develop and communicate project status to stakeholders.
• Lead changes to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Coordinate district-wide events and activities as designated.
• Monitor budgets and expenditures related to programs and grants.
• Coordinate efforts across personnel outside scope to achieve goals.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the CTO.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Vendor coordination

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor degree in technical field

PMP certification (in progress)

Tools

.NET

Azure

MS SQL Server

C#

Microservices

Job description

Pittsburgh, United States | Posted on 07/23/2026

3 days a week onsite in Pittsburgh PA, In-person interview, local candidates preferred

One more role, we need a strong Project Manager for a University managing application development team.

We need to identify strong local Pittsburgh PM candidates who can support a hybrid onsite model. The ideal profile should include strong project management experience in application development and/or modernization programs, stakeholder coordination, requirements management, delivery tracking, risk/dependency management, and comfort working in a complex university, healthcare, research, or enterprise environment.

POSITION GOAL

Manage key technology projects with the goal of delivering each within scope, on time, and within budget.

You are asenior Project Manager with12 – 22 years’ experience and also the following experience:-

• 5 – 10 years in SW development using .NET, Microservices
  
• 4- 6 years in Microsoft Azure (with some Azure certification)
  
• Good experience in MS SQL server along with .NET/C# backend
  
• 3-5 years in Project / Program Management
  
• Worked in onsite – offshore model in onsite for 3-5 years
  
• Are used to working with 6 – 7 client stakeholders in a single project / program (e.g. client side Director/VP, Business Users of SW, Product Owner, Architect, QA Lead/QA Director, DevOps and Infra).
  

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. *Ability to lead all relevant project stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.

2. *Assist all departments involved in a project to set realistic goals and ensure technical feasibility of solutions.

3. *Coordinate resource availability, alignment, and allocation across all departments both technical and non-technical to ensure project success.

4. *Develop risk management plans and perform risk assessments.

5. *Develop detailed work breakdown structures, monitor, and track progress against task completion.

6. *Successfully build and manage relationships with project team members and external partners to the district.

7. *Develop communication plans and consistently communicate project status to stakeholders in an organized consistent manner. 8. *Lead change management of scope, schedule, and budget.

9. *Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

10. *Assist in coordinating district-wide events and activities as designated.

11. *Coordinate the development of and monitoring of budgets, including expenditures related to programs and grants.

12. Coordinate efforts of personnel outside scope of authority to achieve project goals.

13. Perform other related duties as assigned by the Chief Technology Officer.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor degree in a technical field or equivalent experience, degree preferred.
  
• Three (3) years of work experience implementing, managing, and maintaining multiple simultaneous technology projects.
  
• Experience leading, to completion, enterprise level application or infrastructure projects.
  
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple vendors and subcontractors.
  
• Having or working toward attaining Project Management Institute Certification (i.e. Project Management Professional (PMP) status.