Senior IT Project Manager

Role Title: Senior Project Manager

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: Through January 2027

Location: Remote (Must work CST hours)

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a high-profile enterprise initiative focused on infrastructure readiness, cybersecurity risk reduction, vulnerability remediation, and operational resilience.

This is a highly visible delivery role where you'll partner with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Enterprise IT, Operations, and executive leadership to drive multiple strategic initiatives from planning through execution. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who can keep complex programs on track, remove roadblocks, and ensure cross-functional teams deliver against aggressive timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple enterprise technology projects from initiation through delivery.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, dependencies, RAID logs, and resource plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Operations.
• Drive execution of initiatives related to infrastructure modernization, cloud, networking, vulnerability remediation, patch management, and operational readiness.
• Partner with Security and Vulnerability Management teams to track remediation efforts and manage risks.
• Prepare executive-level status reports, dashboards, and governance presentations.
• Facilitate meetings, remove blockers, escalate issues when needed, and ensure project milestones are achieved.
• Establish project governance, reporting standards, and delivery best practices.
• Support organizational change efforts by partnering with Change Management and Communications teams.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading large-scale enterprise IT projects.
• Proven experience managing Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Data Center, Security, or Technology Transformation initiatives.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, risk management, dependency tracking, and resource coordination skills.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams in complex enterprise environments.
• Comfortable presenting to and working with Directors and executive leadership.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar project management tools.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, or Risk Management programs.
• Understanding of vulnerability remediation, patch management, incident response, and enterprise security practices.
• Experience creating executive dashboards and governance reporting.
• Strong change management experience with enterprise-wide communications and stakeholder alignment.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Agile, SAFe, ITIL, CISSP, CISM, or related certifications are a plus.
• Experience supporting large global enterprise organizations.
• Exposure to AI tools or AI agent initiatives is a plus.