Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for an IT Project Manager to support a global plant technology modernization initiative focused on reducing operational risk, standardizing technology environments, and modernizing infrastructure across more than 1,000 manufacturing locations worldwide. This position provides day-to-day project leadership across multiple concurrent workstreams, helping establish structure, governance, reporting, and execution processes within a complex enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage and coordinate approximately five active workstreams supporting a large-scale technology modernization program.
· Partner with workstream leads to define scope, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and success metrics.
· Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, roadmaps, and status reporting processes.
· Establish consistent project governance, tracking mechanisms, and reporting standards across the program.
· Build and maintain visibility into milestones, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
· Coordinate activities across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and deployment partners.
· Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, stakeholder discussions, and decision-making sessions.
· Prepare executive-level communications, presentations, and program updates for leadership audiences.
· Support Agile ceremonies, sprint planning activities, backlog management, and roadmap development.
· Assist technical teams in identifying priorities, dependencies, roadmap gaps, and execution risks.
· Drive project documentation, action item tracking, and organizational alignment across workstreams.
· Support change management activities associated with technology deployments and modernization initiatives.
· Collaborate with teams to collect and track financial information, operational costs, subscriptions, and budget-related commitments.
Core Qualifications:
· 7+ years of dedicated IT Project Management experience supporting large-scale enterprise initiatives.
· Proven experience managing complex projects with multiple concurrent workstreams and stakeholder groups.
· Strong background establishing project governance, tracking, reporting, and execution frameworks.
· Demonstrated success developing project plans, managing dependencies, and driving projects to completion.
· Experience managing project risks, issues, mitigation strategies, and change control activities.
· Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level presentations and reporting.
· Experience working within large corporate environments and navigating complex organizational structures.
· Ability to influence stakeholders and facilitate alignment among teams with competing priorities.
· Experience working across both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
· Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Project Management tools.
· Experience coordinating cross-functional teams that include business, technical, operational, and vendor stakeholders.
· Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment and collaborate with geographically dispersed teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, hardware, or technology deployment programs.
· Experience managing projects involving deployments across multiple locations or facilities.
· Hands-on experience using JIRA for backlog management, roadmap creation, sprint planning, and story tracking.
· Background supporting manufacturing, plant technology, industrial, or operational technology environments.
· Experience driving global or multinational transformation programs.
· Familiarity with organizational change management practices related to technology implementations.
· Previous experience supporting large-scale modernization, standardization, or risk-reduction initiatives.
· Experience gathering and tracking project financials, operational costs, software subscriptions, or budget commitments.
· Previous experience within the client organization or supporting similar Fortune 500 enterprise environments.