Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager IT to lead complex delivery initiatives within for one of our technology teams in Southern California. This Long-term Contract position requires a hands-on leader who can coordinate technical and business workstreams, guide vendor performance, and maintain strong delivery governance. The ideal candidate will bring a balanced background in project execution, stakeholder communication, financial oversight, and platform operations in a fast-paced onsite environment. This will be onsite 4 days per week.
Responsibilities:
• Lead end-to-end project execution by managing schedules, scope, milestones, and coordination across internal teams and external partners.
• Oversee daily delivery activities spanning reporting, quality assurance, platform-related work, and issue resolution to keep initiatives on track.
• Manage vendor commitments by monitoring service levels, reviewing progress, and escalating risks or delays before they affect timelines.
• Coordinate closely with business, IT, application, QA, and vendor teams to align dependencies and support smooth delivery.
• Maintain project governance artifacts, including risks, actions, issues, and dependencies, and drive timely follow-through on open items.
• Administer and prioritize the project backlog in partnership with the Product Owner, ensuring work is sequenced effectively based on business needs.
• Provide oversight of system integrations, data movement, and technical dependencies to support build, test, and release planning.
• Direct production support operations by supervising ticket activity, enforcing SLA performance, and promoting root-cause resolution for recurring issues.
• Own project financial management, including budget tracking, forecasting, invoice validation, accruals, and coordination with finance and procurement.
• Prepare status reporting and executive updates, facilitate stakeholder meetings, and support testing, deployment readiness, and go-live planning.
• Proven experience leading large-scale IT projects or programs in a senior project management capacity.
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional teams, third-party vendors, and multiple parallel workstreams.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project financial controls, including forecasts, accruals, invoice review, and budget variance analysis.
• Experience translating technical dependencies, integration risks, and operational issues into clear actions for stakeholders and leadership.
• Skilled in status reporting, documentation, executive communication, and delivery governance.
• Familiarity with testing coordination, deployment planning, and production support within enterprise platforms.