IT Operations Project Manager

# IT Operations Project Manager Apply
** Job#: 3055236
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* Job Description:

**** IT Operations Project Manager
***
* Location:

** San Antonio, Texas (Hybrid)
** Schedule**: 2-3 days onsite, 2-3 days remote. Hours are M-F 8-5
** Length**: 12+ Month W2 Contract
** Job Summary
*** The IT Operations Project Manager will support ongoing technology lifecycle and operational initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for providing practical project oversight with a strong emphasis on
** financial management, budget tracking, forecasting, resource capacity, and operational coordination**.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Manage and support multiple IT lifecycle and operational work streams.
* Track detailed project and operational financials, including
** budget vs. actuals, forecasted spend, accruals, and financial adjustments**.
* Maintain accurate financial reporting and identify potential budget variances.
* Support
** resource capacity planning and tracking
** across assigned initiatives.
* Partner closely with IT infrastructure and operations teams to understand work, dependencies, priorities, and financial impacts.
* Provide the appropriate level of project oversight based on the complexity of each initiative rather than applying unnecessary project-management processes.
* Coordinate ongoing lifecycle activities where scope, volume, and costs may already be established.
* Support vendor management activities, including
** invoice review and alignment of invoices to appropriate cost objects**.
* Maintain visibility into schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and operational commitments.
* Provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
* Work independently with operational teams that have limited time for extensive project-management administration.
* Communicate effectively with both technical teams and business leadership, translating project-management concepts into straightforward, actionable information.
* Utilize Excel and other reporting tools to maintain accurate financial and operational tracking.
** Required Qualifications
*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
* Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating projects within an
** IT operations or IT infrastructure environment**.
* Strong understanding of infrastructure operations such as
** networking, fiber, desktop/end-user services, or similar technology operations**.
* Strong financial management experience, including:  + Budget tracking  + Forecasting  + Accruals  + Budget-to-actual analysis  + Spend tracking  + Financial reporting
* Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
* Experience supporting multiple concurrent initiatives or operational work streams.
* Ability to work effectively with technical teams without creating unnecessary administrative or process overhead.
* Ability to quickly understand established operational work and determine the appropriate level of project management oversight.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate directly and clearly without relying heavily on PM terminology.
* Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Experience supporting
** IT infrastructure lifecycle programs or recurring operational initiatives**.
* Experience with resource capacity planning.
* Vendor management experience.
* Experience reviewing invoices and allocating or reconciling costs against cost objects.
* Experience working within a utility or similarly complex enterprise IT environment.
* Experience managing multiple technology work streams simultaneously.
* Experience working with established IT operations teams supporting ongoing  run-the-business  activities.

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