IT Project Manager

$100,000 - $100,000/Yr

Loyal Source - Orlando, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Orlando, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The IT Project Manager at Loyal Source is responsible for overseeing the deployment of Information Technology projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. This role involves managing complex software and hardware development projects, collaborating with geographically dispersed teams and vendors, and focusing on innovative technologies. The IT Project Manager will work closely with Business IT Teams and Vendors to facilitate project success.

Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors.
• Facilitate scope definition, high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops with cross-functional teams.
• Quantify cost factors required to deliver project deliverables, including resources, project oversight, risk, and contingency planning.
• Document key assumptions and dependencies identified during estimation activities.
• Prepare and present high-level plans and estimates to executives and cross-functional leaders.
• Create project schedules and communication plans, ensuring proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and tasks.
• Develop project plans and schedules with cross-discipline functional leads.
• Ensure scope, timeline, and budget align with project goals.
• Estimate resource needs with assistance from functional leads.
• Lead cross-functional projects and individual tracks of large programs through the full delivery life cycle.
• Serve as the primary liaison among multiple teams, maintaining regular communication with project and executive leadership.
• Monitor adherence to schedules and milestone commitments, escalating key issues and risks for timely resolution.
• Use metrics, including burn-down charts, to drive performance, efficiency, and improve forecasts.
• Ensure proper project closure, including retrospectives/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting.
• Adhere to compliance and security regulations (NIST, CMMC, SOX, PCI, PII).

Requirements

• 4-7 years of relevant project management experience, ideally in cloud deployment and Office 365 environments.
• 2-5 years of Agile delivery experience.
• Strong experience in facilitating the gathering and development of requirements for complex solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of project management fundamentals (estimation, planning, resource management, issue and risk management, change management, communication planning).
• Proficiency with Office 365 Products such as Planner and Teams.
• Familiarity with project management and SCRUM tools/software (e.g., MS Project, MS TFS, Jira, MS Office, MS Visio, SharePoint, Kanban boards).
• Self-motivated team player with a positive attitude in a team environment.
• Technical background is desirable.

Benefits

• Salary up to $100,000/year