Senior IT Project Manager

Job Summary

IT Senior Project Manager will own the delivery of mission-critical, multi-year programs with enterprise scope and significant business impact. This role will influence organizational direction, set delivery standards and drive innovation and transformation across the PMO. It will also provide strategic program leadership and executive communication to sponsors and C-level stakeholders.

Duties

• Define and socialize vision, roadmap, and operating model for complex initiatives.
• Lead risk posture and control design for programs (compliance, security, data privacy).
• Establish and enforce governance gates, quarterly planning, and performance dashboards (OKRs/KPIs).
• Drive cross-organizational adoption of new delivery models (DevOps, platform-driven, product-centric).
• Coach senior PMs and program leads; develop playbooks and best practices.
• And other job duties as assigned by the line manager.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree; Master's preferred.
• 10–12 years in complex IT program delivery.

Preferred Education & Experience (optional):

• PMP required; PgMP strongly preferred; SAFe/SPC, ITIL, or equivalent frameworks beneficial.
• Or equivalent combination of education, professional training and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.
• Executive storytelling and stakeholder influence.
• Portfolio-level risk and dependency management.
• Expert command of hybrid delivery, automation, and metrics-driven governance.
• Communicates vision and goals to multiple project teams; leads executive briefings; sets strategic direction.
• Manages escalated conflicts; builds relationships with external partners; resolves high-impact issues.