IT Project Manager

Overview:

The IT Project Manager leads the planning, execution, and delivery of technology projects across Converge Studios, Inc and its sister company, MaroonStudio Inc. This role is responsible for managing project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources, while coordinating across engineering, design, operations, and vendor teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. The role requires strong stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and a working understanding of software development and IT infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT and software projects, from initiation through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource allocations, and budgets; track progress against baseline.
• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and other Agile/Scrum ceremonies where applicable, or manage waterfall milestones for infrastructure-type projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues; escalate and drive resolution of blockers in a timely manner.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, QA engineers, system administrators, designers, and third-party vendors.
• Manage vendor and contractor relationships for outsourced IT initiatives, ensuring deliverables meet contractual and quality standards.
• Prepare and present regular status reports, dashboards, and steering committee updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage change requests and ensure proper documentation of project scope changes, approvals, and impact assessments.
• Ensure projects comply with data privacy (R.A. 10173), information security, and internal governance requirements.
• Support post-implementation review, lessons-learned documentation, and knowledge transfer to operations/support teams.
• Maintain project documentation including charters, RAID logs, meeting minutes, and closure reports.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 to 6 years of experience managing IT, software development, or infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience managing projects using Agile/Scrum and/or traditional Waterfall methodologies.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello, Confluence).
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and basic IT infrastructure concepts.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and vendor management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience working across multiple business entities or matrixed organizations is a plus.

Pay: Php60,000.00 - Php70,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person