Senior IT Project Manager

Senior IT Project Manager

Date: May 5, 2026

Location: Lexington, MA, US

Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, cross‑functional programs critical to organizational transformation, including enterprise platforms, data initiatives, and infrastructure modernization. The role requires a strategic thinker who can operate at both the executive and delivery levels—driving alignment, managing risk, and ensuring high‑quality outcomes across projects and programs.

The ideal candidate brings strong program and project management discipline, technical fluency, and the ability to influence stakeholders in a highly matrixed, research‑driven environment.

• Lead multi‑year, multi‑phase programs across technology and business domains (e.g., ERP, Service Now, cloud, data platforms)
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, roadmaps, and cross‑workstream dependencies
• Establish and drive program governance, cadence, and reporting across multiple project work streams
• Define success metrics and use data‑driven insights to track performance, risks, and outcomes

• Build comprehensive project plans from initiation through deployment and hypercare
• Apply hybrid delivery models (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum) based on program needs
• Drive disciplined execution across the full SDLC, including discovery, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Ensure alignment between business requirements, technical delivery, and strategic objectives

• Communicate program status, risks, and decisions clearly to executive leadership and steering committees
• Facilitate decision‑making in complex or ambiguous environments
• Build strong relationships across business, technical, and research stakeholders
• Influence without authority to drive alignment and outcomes in a matrixed organization

• Partner with stakeholders to define and refine business requirements in complex or evolving environments
• Ensure traceability from requirements through delivery and validation
• Support business case development and value realization tracking

• Manage program budgets, forecasts, and resource plans (including internal and external labor)
• Develop and manage vendor relationships, including SOWs, deliverables, and performance tracking
• Drive accountability for financial performance, including Cap Ex/OpEx considerations and forecasting accuracy

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program‑level risks and dependencies
• Lead issue resolution and escalation, particularly in high‑pressure or ambiguous situations
• Drive organizational change management and user adoption for major initiatives

• 8+ years of experience managing complex IT and business transformation programs
• Proven experience delivering large‑scale initiatives such as ERP implementations, Service Now deployments, cloud transformations (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), or Dev Sec Ops  initiatives
• Strong command of project and program management methodologies (PMBOK, Agile/Scrum, hybrid approaches)

• Solid understanding of application development, system architecture, integrations, and infrastructure (cloud/on‑prem/hybrid)
• Hands‑on experience managing full SDLC delivery across multiple projects

• Experience managing program budgets, forecasting, variances and estimates to completion
• Ability to develop business cases and align delivery to measurable outcomes that capture value delivery

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a matrixed environment
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills without direct authority
• Experience facilitating executive‑level discussions and driving decisions

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage crises, and drive resolution under pressure
• Strong analytical and structured problem‑solving skills

• PMP Certification
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
• ITIL…