Senior IT Project Manager

Senior IT Project Manager

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: initial 8 month contract

Pay: $77-82/hr

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise technology initiatives focused on endpoint management, cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, and compliance. This role will oversee project planning, budgets, schedules, resources, vendor relationships, risk management, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful implementation of enterprise technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, governance, and execution.
• Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, forecasts, milestones, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate enterprise endpoint management deployments, system configurations, testing, and production rollouts.
• Oversee migration from legacy tools and processes to modern enterprise technology platforms.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, Statements of Work (SOWs), deliverables, and performance.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, architecture, compliance, operations, and business teams.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule or budget variances.
• Ensure project activities align with cybersecurity, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare executive dashboards, status reports, project documentation, and steering committee updates.
• Drive quality assurance, project acceptance, and operational handoffs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of IT project or program management experience.
• 5+ years managing large-scale IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, or enterprise software implementations.
• Experience leading enterprise endpoint management or security platform deployments.
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project management methodologies.
• Experience managing budgets exceeding $500,000 and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, presentation, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Jira, or similar project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or managing Tanium or similar enterprise endpoint management platforms.
• Background in cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, endpoint security, or IT asset management.
• Familiarity with SOX, NERC-CIP, PCI, or other regulatory compliance frameworks.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with cloud initiatives, infrastructure modernization, or operating system lifecycle programs.
• Utility industry or critical infrastructure experience.