Project and Partner Management Lead

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Full Time AZ Phoenix, Glendale, AZ, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

At Air Life, we are dedicated to improving the quality of every breath.

Excellence with Every Breath is not just a tag line, but the way we work and take care of our customers. With a mindset to evolve, innovate, and grow, we are a premier manufacturer of the highest-quality and market-leading breathing consumables. This growth philosophy has positioned us to increase our global footprint and business reach, impacting even more people around the world.

Our expanding family of the most trusted brands offers a product portfolio that spans the continuum of care from first responder to home care, with safety, patient comfort, and clinical performance in mind. Collective expertise allows us to provide quality products and experiences to our patients, customers, and our people. Our values of Customer first, Differentiate with our People, Bias for Action, Continuous Improvement and Accountability define who we are and how we work.

Join us!

The Project and Partner Management Lead serves as Air Life IT's internal PMO leader, responsible for bringing rigor, consistency, and accountability to how IT plans, prioritizes, and delivers work. This role partners with IT leadership and business stakeholders to establish and maintain project intake processes, drive ways of working improvements, and ensure IT projects are delivered on time, on scope, and within budget.

This is an equal-parts strategist-and-practitioner role: the right candidate actively manages projects while building the systems and habits that allow the broader IT team to work more effectively. This role also coordinates the management of IT's vendor and consulting partner relationships, ensuring external resources operate within Air Life's project framework and service expectations.

The specific minimum competencies needed to perform the essential duties of the job include knowledge, skills, abilities, level of education, and experience necessary for successful performance. These competencies are generally demonstrated through specific service, education, or training.

• Demonstrated experience in IT project management offices or PMO functions in a mid-market enterprise environment.
• Proficiency with Agile and hybrid project management methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe); hands-on experience implementing Agile for IT enhancement delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of project intake and portfolio prioritization frameworks; experience managing a portfolio of concurrent IT projects across multiple functional areas.
• Experience designing and operationalizing ways of working improvements, including meeting cadences, status reporting standards, decision-making frameworks, and escalation protocols.
• Proficiency with project and portfolio management tools;
  Smartsheet experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage external vendor and consulting partner engagements, including SOW review, milestone tracking, and invoice validation.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting status, risk, and investment decisions to C-suite and PE sponsor audiences.
• Strong understanding of IT governance and change management practices.
• Experience in a PE-backed, high-growth manufacturing or medical device environment preferred.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certification preferred.

7–12 years of progressive IT project management experience, including 3+ years in a PMO leadership or senior program management role.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field. PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent certification strongly preferred.

Up to 20% as required by the business.

• Design, implement, and continuously improve Air Life IT's project intake and prioritization process, ensuring…