This contract IT Project Manager role focuses on leading strategic technology initiatives that include custom software development and third-party software implementations. You will serve as a delivery-focused leader, managing complex programs, competing priorities, vendors, and distributed teams while maintaining clear accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business outcomes. The position requires strong executive presence, practical technical acumen, and the ability to translate between business priorities and delivery realities. You will communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, from C-level executives and steering committees to entry-level business users, technical specialists, and near-shore software development teams. This is a hybrid, 6–12 month engagement with the potential to become a permanent role in a rapidly growing organization.

• Lead multiple concurrent IT projects from initiation through planning, execution, deployment, stabilization, and closeout, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, communication plans, RAID logs, and executive dashboards to provide clear visibility into project status and performance.
• Manage project scope, timeline, budget, quality, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and change control, proactively addressing challenges and keeping projects on track.
• Provide concise project health reporting and actionable recommendations to executive sponsors and governance bodies, enabling informed decision-making and timely course corrections.
• Lead custom software development initiatives using Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies, selecting and tailoring the approach based on project needs and organizational standards.
• Coordinate product owners, business analysts, architects, developers, QA teams, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to ensure cohesive delivery and clear ownership across all workstreams.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and production deployments to drive iterative, high-quality delivery.
• Drive accountability, transparency, and delivery discipline across near-shore software development teams, ensuring clear expectations, consistent communication, and reliable execution.
• Lead implementation of enterprise SaaS and commercial software platforms, overseeing planning, configuration, integrations, testing, training, deployment, and adoption.
• Coordinate software vendors, implementation consultants, internal IT teams, cybersecurity, data teams, and business process owners to deliver integrated, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Oversee data migration, interface development, user acceptance testing, cutover planning, go-live readiness, and post-launch support, ensuring stable and successful transitions to new systems.
• Hold vendors accountable for contractual milestones, deliverables, quality standards, and issue resolution, managing contracts and expectations to protect business outcomes.
• Serve as the communication bridge among C-level executives, department leaders, business users, technical teams, vendors, and near-shore partners, ensuring consistent messaging and alignment.
• Translate technical risks, constraints, and dependencies into clear business language and decision-ready recommendations that support executive understanding and timely decisions.
• Adapt communication style and level of detail for audiences ranging from executives to entry-level contributors, tailoring content to drive engagement and clarity.
• Build alignment, resolve conflicts, facilitate decisions, and maintain momentum across distributed teams and time zones, fostering collaboration and a strong delivery culture.
• Support and coach teams on Agile practices, helping them balance iterative delivery with enterprise governance requirements and compliance needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management and delivery processes by sharing best practices, lessons learned, and opportunities for optimization.

• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience managing complex IT projects and enterprise technology initiatives, including both custom software development and third-party software implementations.
• Demonstrated success deliv