Senior IT Project Manager

Team: Project Management

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of complex, high-risk IT projects across manufacturing systems, enterprise applications, infrastructure, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Define project strategies, scope, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and cost baselines while ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and PMO governance.
• Manage project budgets, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, business cases, ROI analysis, and executive approvals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, documentation, and collaboration sites while ensuring accurate project reporting and communication.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes to maintain successful delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops, and cross-functional collaboration between technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.
• Support solution design, future-state business process improvements, system optimization, testing, quality assurance, validation, and change management activities.
• Ensure compliance with established project management methodologies, governance standards, and quality expectations while driving continuous improvement across project execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing complex IT projects across multiple technologies and business functions.
• Demonstrated expertise delivering projects involving shop floor manufacturing MES applications, including Solumina.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, portfolio management, governance frameworks, and organizational change management.
• Proven ability to gather business requirements, design technology solutions, and optimize business processes.
• Extensive experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong vendor management, procurement, and contract negotiation experience.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, leadership, and stakeholder communication skills.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Experience managing enterprise application projects, including ERP or SAP implementations, is preferred.
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.

Benefits

• Annual base salary ranging from $86,450 to $136,000, depending on experience, qualifications, location, and market factors.
• Eligibility for annual cash incentive compensation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and retirement benefits.
• Flexible work schedules supporting work-life balance.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development, mentorship, continuing education sponsorship, and ongoing technical training.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment that values innovation and diverse perspectives.
• Opportunity to contribute to impactful, mission-driven technology initiatives.
• Remote work opportunity for eligible candidates located in Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, or Indiana.