IT Project Manager

Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: Brea, CA
Pay Rate: $70/hr. - $80/hr.
Schedule: 5 days per week, 40 hours per week (standard business hours)

The IT Project Manager will play a crucial role as the leader of project teams responsible for delivering key business initiatives. This role ensures that project goals and Products are aligned, deliverables and tasks are on time and meet established project standards. They will be a part of the IT PMO and will work closely with project sponsors and owners to assemble and manage technical project teams to execute essential business initiatives, ensure quality control, standardized deliverables, and proper communication and delegation of tasks throughout the project lifecycle, plan, evaluate, and execute projects according to predefined objectives, Product, timelines, and requirements, identify project roadblocks and risks, escalating them to the appropriate levels within the project and organization.

The PM will lead dynamic project assignments from initial assessment through to completion, by leveraging and coordinating the expertise of diverse disciplines. Craft comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets; engage in negotiations with functional managers to secure the right resources and build a team dedicated to achieving project success. Prioritize tasks to ensure productivity, quality, and customer service goals are consistently met. Collaborate with business stakeholders to clarify requirements, ensuring alignment and understanding as needed.

Monitor and track project progress, providing key stakeholders with regular updates to the team to keep them informed of milestones and achievements.
Innovatively address and remove obstacles to enhance team productivity and ensure smooth project execution. Additionally, the IT Project Manager will collaborate within the PMO to support process improvements, foster collaboration, and report on portfolio and organizational metrics for IT.

Education:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience

Licensure & Certifications:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification highly preferred

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven track record of managing complex projects, typically with 10 years of IT project management experience in relevant industries

• Advanced project management skills: Proficiency in project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) and tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA, PPM Pro)

• At least 10+ years of experience in a Project Management role with global technology projects

• Hands-on experience in technical IT project management (e.g., Application, Infrastructure)

• Technical background with the ability to interface with business and vendors

• Flexible to regularly attend meetings across Asia, US East Coast, and European time zones

• Ability to lead technical projects with limited direction

• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently

• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments

• Ability to bring project to successful completion through organizational dynamics

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and operational skill sets

• Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies

• Strong customer service skills and focus required

• Tenacious, driven, energetic, and a high degree of professional integrity

• Strong track record of on-time, on-budget, and to-specification delivery of projects

• Ability to organize, delegate, and leverage resources to accomplish objectives

• Ability to manage relationships with internal team members, outside contractors, and customer stakeholders and end users

• Ability to understand the business context of IT projects to assist in making key project decisions

• Ability to develop rapport with business/IT project team members to help drive outcomes