IT Project Manager

Beacon Technologies is seeking an IT Project Manager for our client partner. Responsible for the successful initiation, planning, development, administration, risk management, implementation, control, and closure of one or more large, complex technology projects across multiple business units through the Program and Project Management department. This position will initially emphasize the front-end activities needed to translate business needs and strategic priorities into well-defined, executable projects.

These activities may include business analysis, requirements discovery, business case development, solution evaluation, stakeholder alignment, governance preparation, resource planning, and project mobilization.

The successful candidate must also have demonstrated experience managing technology projects through execution, implementation, transition, and closeout. Based on program priorities and business needs, this individual may be assigned to lead approved projects through the full project lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and project startup capabilities with the project management experience necessary to successfully deliver complex business and technology solutions.

These accountabilities are not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities and do not limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of individuals assigned to this position.

• Partners with business and technology leaders to understand strategic priorities, operational needs, business challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Leads or supports business analysis activities to define the business need, clarify the problem or opportunity, identify impacted stakeholders, and document high-level business and functional requirements.
• Translates business needs and strategic objectives into clearly defined project concepts, business cases, charters, implementation approaches, and executable project plans.
• Facilitates discovery sessions, requirements discussions, planning workshops, and stakeholder alignment activities across business, technology, and project teams.
• Develops or supports business cases, funding requests, cost-benefit analyses, feasibility assessments, and executive decision materials for proposed initiatives. Defines measurable business outcomes, success criteria, performance measures, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and value realization objectives.
• Evaluates solution and implementation alternatives in collaboration with business and technology stakeholders. Documents recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, costs, resource needs, and organizational impacts to support informed decision-making.
• Monitors technical and business developments that may affect an initiative and provides recommendations regarding project direction, sourcing approach, sequencing, continuation, modification, or termination.

• Leads project startup and mobilization activities to establish the structure, resources, governance, plans, and controls required for successful project delivery.
• Develops project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk management plans, communication plans, stakeholder engagement plans, and other required project documentation.
• Determines appropriate project resource requirements and staffing skill sets, including the level of business, technical, vendor, and project management expertise needed to successfully complete the project.
• Assesses organizational capacity, implementation readiness, project interdependencies, and resource constraints when recommending project timing and sequencing.
• Identifies and coordinates required governance, architecture, technology, security, sourcing, financial, operational, and leadership reviews.
• Establishes clear project roles, responsibilities, decision-making authority, escalation paths, and working agreements across business, technology, vendor, and project teams.
• Develops transition and mobilization plans that enable the project team to move effectively from initiation and planning into execution.