Senior IT Project Manager

Unclassified - Indianapolis, IN

Full-time - Senior

Indianapolis, IN

About the position

The Senior IT Project Manager at Indus River Technologies Inc. is responsible for managing technical, software, and data-centric IT projects. This role involves designing, planning, and coordinating IT work teams while adhering to standard project management practices. The manager will work closely with project sponsors to understand business and technical objectives, create project documentation, track budgets and schedules, and ensure effective communication among stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and coordinate IT work teams for project execution.
• Create project kickoff, progress, and close-out reports.
• Track budget and schedule progress using appropriate metrics.
• Establish project organization and methodologies, defining roles and responsibilities.
• Document risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Manage project scope and implement communication plans as necessary.
• Build effective teams with the right technical and business-facing subject matter experts.
• Assign tasks to team members and evaluate outcomes.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders and project sponsors.
• Identify, track, and resolve issues and barriers to project success.
• Provide technical support to project team members.
• Manage complex application features and technical designs.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of project management experience.
• Experience managing IT projects with up to ten staff or multiple subprojects.
• Strong knowledge of information systems development life cycle and project management tools.
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to translate technical terms for non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience managing projects within Azure DevOps.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience working on State of Indiana large data, business intelligence, or software projects as a Senior IT PM.
• PMP Certification.