IT Project Manager

Are you looking to join a dynamic team that provides its people with the tools to be successfull and opportunities to grow? Universal Logistics is a leading provider of customized transportation and logistics solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of services including transportation, value-added, intermodal, and specialized services utilized throughout entire supply chains. Universal has immediate career opportunities in your area.

Universal Logistics is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning both enterprise IT and transportation-technology systems. This role owns projects end-to-end — from charter through post-implementation review — across areas such as transportation management systems (TMS), fleet telematics, EDI/ELD integrations, and general IT application and system-integration work.

The Senior IT Project Manager operates with a high degree of autonomy on higher-risk, higher-visibility programs, selects the delivery approach (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) appropriate to each project, and provides guidance and informal leadership to project coordinators and less experienced PMs. This is a hands‑on executioner role – your engagement has immediate impact!

Director, IT

Warren, MI (fully onsite)

Exempt

May informally lead or mentor 1–2 project coordinators / junior PMs/ Team members

• Lead the full lifecycle of enterprise IT and transportation-technology projects, including software development, system integrations, and platform implementations.

• Develop project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, schedules, RACI, and RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) logs.

• Select and tailor the appropriate delivery methodology (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) based on project size, risk, and business need.

• Monitor progress against schedule, scope, and budget; identify variances early and drive corrective action.

• Lead implementations and upgrades of transportation management systems (TMS), fleet telematics, freight visibility platforms, and EDI/ELD integrations.

• Partner with operations, dispatch, safety, and compliance teams to align technology projects with DOT/FMCSA-related requirements (e.g., ELD mandate, IFTA reporting) where applicable.

• Coordinate with carriers, brokers, 3PL partners, and technology vendors on integration timelines and data exchange requirements.

• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, escalating issues that threaten scope, budget, or schedule.

• Own project budgets: track expenses, forecast costs, and report variances to stakeholders and finance.

• Manage vendor and contractor relationships, including statements of work, deliverables, and performance against contract terms.

• Serve as primary point of contact for business and IT stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

• Facilitate project meetings, steering committee updates, and executive status reporting.

• Mentor and provide day-to-day guidance to project coordinators and junior project managers; may lead a small project team on larger initiatives.

• Drive change management activities and user adoption planning for new systems and processes.

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation: plans, status reports, meeting notes, and decision logs.

• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards, business requirements, and compliance obligations.

• Conduct post-project reviews and lessons‑learned sessions; drive adoption of process improvements across the PMO.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science,…