IT Infrastructure Project Manager

The IT Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of large-scale IT infrastructure projects within a complex manufacturing environment.

The role manages technical workstreams, budgets, schedules, risks, suppliers, and stakeholders from project initiation through commissioning, production ramp-up, stabilization, and operational handover. A key focus is the standardized and scalable integration of more than 1,000 manufacturing tools and connected endpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, objectives, milestones, budget, resources, quality, and acceptance.
• Develop and govern integrated project plans covering:
• Data centres, servers, compute, storage, and backup
• Network and OT connectivity
• Cloud and platform services
• Identity, monitoring, automation, and cybersecurity
• Establish standardized and scalable processes for integrating more than 1,000 manufacturing tools.
• Develop repeatable onboarding methods, connectivity standards, automation, acceptance criteria, and progress tracking.
• Coordinate equipment vendors, engineering, MES, automation, OT, IT infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
• Manage dependencies across installation, interface development, connectivity, testing, and production readiness.
• Lead project workstream owners, architects, engineers, suppliers, and delivery partners.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resources, risks, issues, changes, procurement, and escalations.
• Monitor supplier performance and contractual deliverables.
• Lead infrastructure design, build, testing, commissioning, ramp-up, stabilization, and operational handover.
• Conduct governance meetings, steering reviews, stage-gate reviews, and executive reporting.
• Maintain project documentation and capture reusable standards and lessons learned.

Accountability

• Accountable for the approved project scope, budget, schedule, quality, and delivery commitments.
• Define the infrastructure integration and deployment strategy.
• Prioritize equipment onboarding and deployment waves.
• Validate project progress, technical readiness, testing, and acceptance.
• Identify and escalate major risks, bottlenecks, deviations, and decisions.
• Ensure suppliers meet agreed timelines, quality, and performance requirements.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Extensive experience managing complex IT infrastructure projects in manufacturing, semiconductor, industrial, or mission-critical environments.
• Proven experience delivering multidisciplinary infrastructure projects through operational handover.
• Experience managing high-volume integration of manufacturing equipment or connected endpoints.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, resource planning, contracts, supplier management, and governance.
• Experience leading international, cross-functional teams.
• Experience with MES, automation, OT connectivity, and cybersecurity is preferred.

Certification Requirements

At least one recognized project management certification is required:

• PMP
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• IPMA Level B or A
• Equivalent senior-level certification

Program management certification, such as PgMP, is an advantage.

Key Competencies

• IT infrastructure project and program management
• Manufacturing equipment integration
• Data centre, compute, storage, backup, and network infrastructure
• OT connectivity, cloud, platforms, and cybersecurity
• Project planning and dependency management
• Budget, resource, risk, issue, change, and quality management
• Testing, commissioning, acceptance, and operational handover
• Supplier, vendor, and contract management
• Stakeholder leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Executive communication and reporting

Language Requirements

• Business-fluent English
• Additional local or regional languages are advantageous

Changes made: Repetitive statements were removed, related responsibilities were combined, and the technical and leadership requirements were streamlined without changing the role’s main scope.