Senior IT Project Manager; Infrastructure

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager (Infrastructure) to join our Client's team. We are seeking a highly experienced, results-driven Senior IT Project / Program Manager to lead infrastructure and security initiatives within Digital Innovation and Technology (DigIT), in collaboration with the Project Management Office (PMO). The ideal candidate will independently lead complex, cross-functional infrastructure and security projects from initiation through successful completion, including initiatives such as the Cryptographic Key Rotation project, certificates and secrets management improvements, and other infrastructure and security initiatives.

The position will take project direction and priorities from the Infrastructure Director, partnering closely with infrastructure, information security, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders. Exceptional verbal and written communication, facilitation, and delivery leadership are essential. We are seeking a proactive, hands‑on leader who takes ownership, drives accountability, navigates ambiguity, and consistently moves initiatives forward with minimal oversight. The Infrastructure Director sets project priorities and approves changes to the scope or priority.

The Project Manager owns plans, schedules, status reporting, and risk escalation, and works with the PMO Manager to align with the PMO process and reporting standards.

• Lead and own assigned IT projects and programs from initiation through planning, execution, implementation, and closure, ensuring successful delivery within defined scope, schedule, and budget.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, enterprise applications, and other IT services.
• Translate direction and priorities from the Infrastructure Director into actionable project plans, milestones, dependencies, resource needs, and implementation schedules.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks, issues, and roadblocks, escalating appropriately with clear ecommendations and proposed solutions.
• Drive project execution by establishing accountability, managing commitments, and ensuring timely completion of action items and deliverables.
• Coordinate infrastructure engineers, security specialists, technical and business stakeholders, vendors, and implementation partners to achieve project outcomes.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing competing priorities while maintaining delivery commitments.
• Ensure successful project implementation, operational transition, and formal closure.
• Plan and drive cryptographic keys and certificate lifecycle projects, including key rotation; inventory of keys, certificates, and dependent systems; dependency mapping; sequencing; cutover; validation; and rollback planning.
• Establish a repeatable rotation schedule and operational handoff so that completed work transitions to ongoing operations.

• Demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and confidently at all organizational levels.
• Independently plan, lead, and facilitate project meetings, workshops, stakeholder discussions, and executive status reviews.
• Drive productive meetings with clear objectives, structured discussions, documented decisions, assigned actions, and timely follow-through.
• Prepare high-quality executive communications, project status reports, presentations, meeting summaries, and decision documents.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, actionable updates for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build strong working relationships and influence stakeholders across teams, including situations where direct authority is limited.
• Proactively communicate project progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, and issues to leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment, resolve conflicting priorities, and drive timely decisions to keep projects moving forward.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required. Proof of certification must be provided.

• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible project management experience, including…