Lead IT Project Manager

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YOUR IMPACTThe Lead IT Project Manager is an experienced project delivery leader responsible for managing complex, cross-functional IT projects from initiation through closure. This role owns the integrated project plan, governance cadence, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, and delivery transparency required to achieve defined business outcomes. Working closely with Portfolio Managers, sponsors, Domain Leads, Enterprise Architects, technical teams, and business stakeholders, the Lead IT Project Manager translates business intent into an executable delivery approach, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and benefits are clearly defined, governed, and actively managed.

WHAT

THE ROLE OFFERSLead complex IT projects end-to-end, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.

Translate business priorities and sponsor objectives into project charters, delivery plans, milestones, governance structures, and execution roadmaps.

Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, and delivery partners to drive execution, resolve obstacles, and maintain alignment with business and technology goals.

Develop and manage integrated project plans, including timelines, dependencies, resources, financial tracking, and delivery constraints.

Apply PMO standards and governance practices, ensuring documentation, approvals, decision logs, change controls, and compliance requirements are maintained.

Manage project scope, benefits realization, and change management through structured planning, impact assessments, and stakeholder collaboration.

Monitor project health by maintaining accurate status reporting, financials, risks, issues, decisions, and action items in approved systems.

Provide clear, decision-focused updates to sponsors and senior stakeholders while proactively identifying, mitigating, escalating, and resolving risks and issues.

Lead stakeholder engagement by facilitating meetings, governance forums, and communications that drive accountability, alignment, and informed decision-making.

Champion continuous improvement and AI-enabled project delivery by mentoring project teams, improving PMO practices, leveraging AI tools for productivity and insights, and ensuring responsible AI adoption within governance and security standards.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred; equivalent education and experience considered.
8+ years of progressive project management experience, preferably managing complex, cross-functional IT projects in a matrixed enterprise environment.

Proven ability to deliver large or complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, dependencies, risks, and competing priorities.

Strong knowledge of project lifecycle management, governance, change control, risk and issue management, financial tracking, project reporting, and stakeholder communication.

Well-versed in Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery approaches; experience with project management methodologies such as…