Director, IT Project Manager

Your role 

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to join our global team in overseeing large-scale IT projects, with a special focus on post-acquisition integrations. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of proven experience in managing complex IT projects, strong leadership skills, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams across different time zones. You will play a pivotal role in integrating newly acquired companies' IT systems and processes, ensuring seamless transitions, and driving successful project delivery.

What you’ll do

• Lead and Manage Large IT Projects: Plan, execute, and deliver large-scale IT projects from inception to completion, ensuring that timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
• Post-Acquisition Integration: Oversee the IT integration process during and after acquisitions, ensuring smooth transitions of systems, applications, and infrastructure.
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with cross-functional teams including IT, Cyber Security, Compliance, Legal, HR, Finance, Operations, Product, Sales and Marketing and external vendors to manage project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify project risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate where necessary to ensure minimal impact on project timelines.
• Budget Management: Manage project budgets, forecast financial needs, and ensure all IT initiatives stay within financial targets.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure that all IT integration projects adhere to global security, compliance, and privacy standards, especially in highly regulated environments (GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Facilitate effective communication between business units and technical teams to align IT integration goals with business objectives.
• Vendor Management: Collaborate with third-party vendors, ensuring contracts and deliverables are met, and manage relationships to ensure high-quality support for project needs.
• Performance Monitoring: Track and report project progress using standardized project management tools and methodologies.
• Training and Change Management: Lead change management efforts, ensuring that all users impacted by system changes receive adequate communication, training and support.

What you’ll need 

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in IT project management, with a focus on large-scale global projects and post-acquisition integrations, preferably in the Data Center or IT infrastructure sectors.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field is a plus.
• Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, or ITIL certifications preferred. Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud services, data centers, cybersecurity, and application management. Familiarity with ERP, CRM, and enterprise systems is a plus.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams, foster collaboration, and inspire project ownership.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate challenges in fast-paced environments.
• Travel: Ability to travel internationally as needed to oversee global project initiatives.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Digital team 

IT

Our IT team is at the heart of our business. We develop infrastructures, design and build networks, support servers and provide the first line of support by delivering rich connectivity for our customers. With new data centers coming online all the time, it’s a rapidly changing technical environment so our team is always ready to innovate and take the lead on projects. We constantly develop, deploy and support vital networks and data services that drive business performance and improve life for customers around the globe.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more. 

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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