IT Project Manager

Overview

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This IT Project Manager 3 will lead end to end delivery of complex IT initiatives, providing expert guidance on PMI-based project management practices across the full systems development lifecycle. They will plan and manage scope, schedules, resources, budgets, risks, and dependencies; facilitate team and stakeholder collaboration; and provide clear status reporting and corrective actions.

The role serves as a liaison between business and technical teams, developing roadmaps, project plans, and technical documentation while ensuring successful transitions and change management. Requirements include experience delivering medium to large scale IT projects (software, hardware, data, network/telecom), advanced MS Project skills, Agile and Waterfall expertise, and strong executive communication.

Experience with cybersecurity and compliance driven environments and enterprise stakeholder engagement is essential.
This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay Rate: $54.79 -$78.28

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Life Balance Discount Program

• Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
• Forecast and recommend / request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; recommended resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with and provided by appropriate Performance Managers.
• Collaborate with business units and Performance Managers to resolve resource allocation issues.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings.
• Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
• Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
• Draft project plans, resource strategies, and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
• Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.
• Organize, coordinate, and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage.
• Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting appropriate manager / personnel of any obstacles / potential delays to project timelines, targets, or success; provide corrective action recommendations.
• Coordinate activities for manager-assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
• Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
• Address and navigate politically sensitive issues in a collaborative and professional manner with manager assistance and guidance.
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested by manager / personnel; work with appropriate parties to facilitate resolution of conflicting team positions.
• Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
• Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients on the progress of the project vis-a-vis the work plan.
• Collaborate and work with project sponsors and performance managers to remove obstacles impacting…