Senior IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Leidos is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager who is interested in supporting large information technology projects for our Utility Technologies Solutions team. In this role, you will be driving the execution and delivery of IT projects for our electric utility client. Additionally, you will ensure the successful delivery of projects while adhering Leidos' Mission, Vision, and Values.

The Project Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of technology initiatives while ensuring adherence to established PMO governance and delivery standards. This role partners closely with IT teams, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and external vendors to drive successful project outcomes, maintain alignment across workstreams, and support the delivery of strategic technology objectives.

Location: This position is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Qualified candidates must reside within a commutable distance and be able to work onsite at client offices three days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the full lifecycle of technology projects, ensuring successful delivery within established timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
• Oversee project governance activities, including planning, tracking milestones, managing deliverables, resolving issues, and controlling scope changes.
• Partner with business units, IT teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to coordinate project execution and maintain alignment.
• Apply PMO/EPMO standards, methodologies, reporting practices, and governance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Create and maintain project documentation, including schedules, risk and issue logs, status updates, action items, and executive-level communications.
• Lead project meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing readiness activities, and deployment planning sessions.
• Monitor and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and issues associated with system integrations, third-party vendors, compliance requirements, and technical limitations.
• Coordinate environment readiness, data preparation efforts, and interdependencies with concurrent initiatives.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, business stakeholders, leadership, and external partners.
• Support implementation readiness by ensuring training, documentation, support models, and stabilization activities are in place for go-live.

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration or another related field required with 8+ years of project management experience.
• PMP certification required.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals including scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance, quality management, and PMO reporting.
• Experience supporting enterprise system implementations, platform modernization, integrations, or large-scale technology transformation initiatives.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) across technical, operational, and executive stakeholder groups.
• Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination capabilities.
• Experience managing vendors, system integrators, and third-party delivery teams.
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management skills.
• Technical project coordination experience supporting enterprise or operational technology platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, highly regulated, and complex environment.
• Strong skills using Microsoft product suite and PPM/project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous IT project management experience working within utilities or other highly regulated industries preferred.

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