Senior IT Delivery Project Manager

Role Description

The Senior Manager, IT Project Manager will lead complex IT delivery efforts across the software development lifecycle for the energy efficiency and utility sectors. This role is responsible for:

• Establishing operational objectives, directing project teams, managing delivery performance, and ensuring technology solutions support client, contract, and business objectives.
• Providing leadership to project managers, business analysts, technologists, vendors, subcontractors, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Serving as a senior delivery leader, trusted client partner, and subject matter expert in IT project execution, system implementation, governance, risk management, and operational improvement.
• Operating with significant independence, influencing across functional areas, managing complex client and vendor relationships, and ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and performance expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in IT project management, technology delivery, systems implementation, business analysis, or related consulting delivery.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex IT projects, programs, or portfolios with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and stakeholder management.
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading teams, including project managers, business analysts, technologists, vendors, subcontractors, or cross-functional delivery resources.
• Experience leading software development lifecycle activities, including requirements, design, development coordination, testing, issue tracking, implementation, release readiness, and post-launch support.
• Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and SharePoint.

Requirements

• Experience in the utility, energy, and/or energy efficiency sectors.
• Experience managing technology delivery across multiple systems, vendors, subcontractors, and client stakeholder groups.
• Experience leading or supporting proposal activities, contract management, financial performance tracking, client service strategy, or business growth initiatives.
• Strong ability to influence decisions across functional teams, client organizations, vendors, and internal leadership.
• Strong leadership skills with experience developing high-performing teams, mentoring staff, and supporting managers or senior individual contributors.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management tools and methodologies, including Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience developing and governing standard project documentation, including requirements specifications, use cases, design specifications, test plans, test scripts, implementation plans, status reports, risk logs, and decision records.
• Experience with content management systems, user roles, configuration, workflows, and content editing.
• Experience with business intelligence, reporting, data quality, system data, dashboards, or analytics.
• Ability to balance competing priorities across multiple projects, teams, deadlines, and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to provide strong direction to project teams while maintaining accountability for scope, budget, schedule, quality, and delivery outcomes.
• Ability to communicate with impact through executive-ready presentations, client-facing updates, written recommendations, and decision materials.
• Ability to lead blended teams of ICF staff, client staff, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, sponsor change, improve delivery processes, and implement practical solutions to complex business and technology problems.

Benefits

• Flexible workplace arrangements and work-life balance.
• Donation matching and volunteer opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement, access to professional development resources, 401k matching, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• And many, many more: Ask your recruiter for more details.