Senior IT Project Manager | Tulsa, OK | Locals | Position

Work Arrangement: Onsite - Monday through Thursday; remote Friday

Contract: 12 months

Pay Rate: $82/hour

Experience: 7+ years of project management experience, including 3+ years supporting IT initiatives

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead large, complex technology initiatives with significant organizational impact.

This role is ideal for a project leader who can bring structure to complex environments, anticipate risks and dependencies, align business and technical stakeholders, and provide leadership with clear recommendations that drive informed decisions.

The successful candidate will be highly proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership of projects from planning through delivery.

This is an onsite role in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local candidates only.

• Lead and coordinate multiple complex IT projects and programs with significant organizational impact.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, dependency tracking, and governance artifacts.
• Own projects through the full lifecycle, from planning and requirements through execution, delivery, and closeout.
• Understand business objectives, technical requirements, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery priorities.
• Proactively identify risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints and implement mitigation strategies before they impact delivery.
• Partner with business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to align priorities and drive successful outcomes.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and maintain alignment across business and technology teams.
• Provide clear project performance reporting and executive-level communications.
• Present options, tradeoffs, risks, recommendations, and solution paths to leadership to facilitate decision-making.
• Navigate ambiguity and bring structure, clarity, and actionable next steps to complex situations.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve project delivery and team productivity.
• Maintain ownership for delivery quality, project outcomes, and sustainable business value.

• 7+ years of professional project management experience
  , including at least 3 years supporting information technology initiatives
  ; OR 11+ years of related business experience
  .
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technology projects or programs
  .
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and governance activities.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, technical, vendor, and leadership groups.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate project status, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Strong organizational, leadership, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools.

You identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and opportunities before they become business challenges.

You bring clarity and structure to uncertainty and help teams move from problems to actionable solutions.

You understand not only what needs to be delivered, but why it matters to the business and how different decisions affect outcomes.

You can clearly communicate project performance, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

You actively look for ways to use AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve project delivery and team productivity.

You take responsibility for outcomes rather than simply completing assigned project tasks.

• Must currently be local to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
• This is an on-site position.
• Candidates requiring relocation assistance should not apply.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Candidates should have demonstrated experience leading complex IT projects rather than primarily administrative project coordination.